Mastering English: Grammar and Structure

What part of speech is the word "quickly" in the sentence "She quickly ran to the store"?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

• The children's books were left outside.

• The childrens' books were left outside.

• The childrens books were left outside.

• The childrens books' were left outside.

What is the plural form of the noun "mouse"?

• Mouses

• Mice

• Mousees

• Mices

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

• She runs every morning.

• After the rain stopped, the sun appeared.

• He wanted to go to the movie, but he had too much homework.

• Because she was late, she missed the bus.

Which of the following sentences uses a semicolon correctly?

• The cat slept through the storm; because it was tired.

• I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight.

• She loves cooking; her family.

• It's raining; hard.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses "their," "there," and "they're."

• Their going to love going there for their vacation.

• They're going to love going there for their vacation.

• There going to love going their for they're vacation.

• They're going to love going their for there vacation.

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: "She wanted to go to the beach, but it was raining."

• Wanted

• To

• But

• It

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: "The book on the table belongs to me."

• The book

• On the table

• Belongs to

• To me

Which of the following sentences is a complex sentence?

• She laughed and danced under the moon.

• Although it was raining, we decided to go hiking.

• We went hiking and got caught in the rain.

• It was raining, but we went hiking anyway.

Which of the following sentences correctly uses "it's" and "its"?

• It's books are over there on its shelf.

• Its a beautiful day in its neighborhood.

• It's going to rain, but its leaves are already dry.

• Its not easy to find it's way in the dark.