Advanced Grammar Quiz 1

Which is a complete sentence?

• After leaving the road.

• The group took out their map.

• To check that they were on the right path.

• And had not become lost.

Most of the searching performed on the internet utilises Boolean logic. Boolean logic refers to the logical relationships among search terms and is named after the British mathematician George Boole. It allows you to combine search terms using and, not and or.

In the last sentence, what does It refer to?

• the searching

• the internet

• Boolean logic

• the logical relationships

Which is a correct sentence?

• Featuring multiple airbags, we were convinced to buy the car.

• Trekking through the jungle, the colourful birds entranced us.

• Growing luxuriantly, the ferns and palms shaded the valley.

• Making a hasty phone call, the train reached her station.

What type of word is crumbling in this sentence?

We gasped at the sight of the crumbling castle on the bend of the river.

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• adjective

Which words complete this sentence correctly?

The remarkable discovery of the Wollemi Pine in the Greater Blue Mountains [________] the area being inscribed on the World Heritage List in December 2000.

• is why

• then caused

• suggested that

• contributed to

Which of these words is a noun?

• define

• definite

• definitive

• definition

Which is a correct sentence?

• I ran to the oval so quick that I was there first.

• The train can travel quite fast on the new track.

• He typed the address wrong so the website did not appear.

• She drew the diagram neat so everyone would understand it.

Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?

• Some equipment—tennis balls, nets and score sheets—was left behind.

• Some equipment (tennis balls, nets and score sheets) was left behind.

• Some equipment was left behind, tennis balls, nets and score sheets.

• Some equipment was left behind: tennis balls, nets and score sheets.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• I go to Pinetree High, Treeview, Tasmania, where my dad went to school.

• I go to Pinetree High, Treeview Tasmania where my dad went to school.

• I go to Pinetree High, Treeview, Tasmania where my dad went to school.

• I go to Pinetree High, Treeview Tasmania, where my dad went to school.

Which option is punctuated correctly?

• “Why did you say you would help?” my sister asked, “when you knew you were busy.”

• “Why did you say you would help,” my sister asked, “when you knew you were busy?”

• “Why did you say you would help?” my sister asked. “When you knew you were busy.”

• “Why did you say you would help,” my sister asked. “When you knew you were busy?”