Grammar Simple Solutions Quiz #28

In which sentence is the the pronoun/antecedent most clear?

• The delivery man ran into Leo, but he wasn’t hurt.

• Keith met Nolan at the gate, and he gave him a ticket.

• According to Candace, Dahlia needs to improve her grades.

• I saw that picture of Lisa with her puppy; she's so cute!

What is the simple subject and simple predicate in the following sentence?

Often, Clara and I create our own costumes.

• Subject: Clara --- Predicate: create

• Subject: Clara and I --- Predicate: costumes

• Subject: costumes --- Predicate: create

• Subject: Clara and I --- Predicate: create

Choose the word that does NOT come from the Latin root that means "to carry."

• import

• pedestrian

• portable

• porter

What does the idiom "let the cat out of the bag" mean?

• undecided

• tell a secret

• get it right

• wait

Which word completes the following analogy?

rock: music :: ________: bird

• fly

• mammal

• pigeon

• worm

Choose the correct pronoun.

Please deliver the cartons to (whoever / whomever) they belong.

• whoever

• whomever

Check all of the words that are interrogative pronouns.

• you

• what

• them

• which

• whom

Check all of the words that are interrogative pronouns.

• who

• whose

• mine

• you

• when

Choose the correct pronoun.

We don't know (whose / who's) going to be there to sign for the package.

• whose

• who's

What is wrong with the following sentence?

Joey's dog made a mess, and he won't stop crying.

• pronoun case is incorrect

• pronoun use makes the meaning unclear

• subject-verb agreement is incorrect