Comma and Dash Grammar Quiz

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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
Rachel Keller
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8 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Kim and Ashley decided to take a girls’ trip to Lake Charles, Louisiana; a great place for young people to relax and have fun.
NO CHANGE
to: Lake Charles, Louisiana, a
to Lake Charles, Louisiana - a
to Lake Charles, Louisiana (a
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
If you’re keen to run a marathon in sub-freezing temperatures and have a spare $20,500 you can sign up for the 26.2-mile Antarctic Ice Marathon.
NO CHANGE
temperatures - and have a spare $20,500 -
temperatures - and have a spare $20,500,
temperatures, and have a spare $20,500
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Both waffle and pancake recipes share some of the same basic ingredients, like eggs, milk and flour, but their batters are not the same. A pancake has more baking powder to help them rise in the pan: for example, while waffles have more butter and an extra egg to help them form their slightly crispy, golden brown outside.
NO CHANGE
in the pan, for example:
in, the pan for example -
in the pan, for example,
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
While most of us are exactly that - ordinary people leading ordinary lives (though not, of course, in the eyes of our parents) - our world would be incomplete without visionaries.
NO CHANGE
not of course in the eyes
not, of course in the eyes
not of course, in the eyes
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
“Hiking lets you spend time in nature and benefits the body, mind, and spirit,” said hiker, Ashley Mateo, award-winning journalist and RRCA-certified running coach.
NO CHANGE
hiker, Ashley Mateo
hiker Ashley Mateo,
hiker Ashley Mateo
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Only a certified nutrition specialist can work in highly specialized fields such as medical nutrition therapy. Medical nutrition therapy uses nutrition science to treat existing medical conditions (for example, to identify patients’ food allergies or manage sugar levels of people with diabetes).
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
therapy, and this therapy
therapy, which
therapy - and it
therapy; as a therapy, it
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Some nutritionists might caution you about the sugars found in fruit. Champions of the whole food diet, though, argue the opposite. They argue that fruits like blueberries retain their natural fiber and nutrients, unlike processed foods.
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
opposite -
opposite, such
opposite, which is
opposite; their opinion is
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What college did Ms. Keller graduate from?
University of Houston-Clear Lake
University of Houston-Main Campus
University of Nebraska
Texas A&M
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