ENG111 - Quiz

Find the correctly written capitalization.

Dear Mr. Wilson Smith:

I regret that Kevin and I will not be able to attend your retirement party at Harry’s House of Hoses.

• All of these are correct

• Kevin and I

• Harry’s House of Hoses

• Dear Mr. Wilson Smith

Which sentence is NOT capitalized correctly?   

• The sugar maple and the hemlock are both native to Canada.

• Last Spring we took a trip through the Rocky Mountains.

• We’re studying about World War II in history now.

• I discussed the matter with my professor

Which word in the following sentence has the apostrophe used correctly?

John and his sister’s we’re going to go to the race’s yesterday but didn’t because it rained.

   

• Sister’s

• We’re

• Race’s

• Didn’t

Cracking your knuckles when you’re bored is a hard habit to break. “Cracking” is an example of __________.   

•   Infinitive

• Gerund

• Participle

• Preposition

The following topics use capitalization except __________?

• Proper noun

• Person’s title

• Seasons

• Salutation

Shaken is a participle, swimming is a __________.

• Preposition

• Gerund

• Infinitive

• Phrase

Punctuate the following sentence.

Cesar having conquered his enemies returned to Rome    

• Cesar having conquered his enemy’s, returned to Rome.

• Cesar, having conquered his enemies, returned to Rome.

• Cesar having conquered his enemies returned to rome.

• Cesar: having conquered his enemies, returned to Rome.

Use the correct punctuation marks in the following sentences.

Take it easy ___ and I hope you get better soon.

• :

• ()

• ‘

•   ,

Which are examples of punctuation marks?     

• Asterisk and percent

• Commas and full stops

• Peso sign and dollar signs

• Plus and minus signs

To dance in the middle of the road at night may be a horrible idea. This example identifies function of infinitives. What function of infinitive is being used?

• Subject Complement

• Adjective

• Direct Object

• Subject