English grammar quiz

Which sentence below is correctly punctuated?

• My sister, the tall one, is about to enter high school.
• My sister the tall one is about to enter high school.
• My sister, the tall one is about to enter high school.
• My sister the tall one, is about to enter high school.

which is correct

• Your'e pretty.

• You're pretty.

• Your pretty.

• none of them

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I do not like tomatoes, onions, or carrots.

• I do not like tomatoes onions, or carrots,.

• I do not like ,tomatoes ,onion or ,carrots.

• I do not like tomatoes onions or carrots.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

• Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

• Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

• Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.

Are all proper nouns capitalized?

• Yes
• No

Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly.

• My older brother gets on my nerves so, I ignore him all the time.

• My older brother gets on my nerves ,so, I ignore him all the time.

• My older brother gets on my nerves so I ignore him all the time.

• My older brother gets on my nerves ,so I ignore him all the time.

Which underlined verb or verb phrase is NOT used correctly?

• They will have argued in the past about who should be captain.

• Mindy asked me to meet her by the fountain after school.

• By evening, the snow had reached the car's windows.

• So far, Jonah has relied on his sister to drive him home.

Which sentence is written correctly with quotation marks?

• "I had a great time" she said.

• He whined, "I'm tired.

• "Thank goodness it's Friday," said our teacher.

• I don't like the color green I said.

Which sentence uses homophones in an INCORRECT way?

• Sofoniyas descended the stairs one at a time.

• We're visiting the local farm on a field trip this year.

• The dog is being bothered by a flea near it's ear.

• The basket was too heavy for Ethan to carry himself.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Us put on the ice skates Mom brought for me.

• Them put on the ice skates mom brought for me.

• We put on the ice skates Mom brought for we.

• We put on the ice skates Mom brought for us.