Grammar Quiz

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

"Snake! yelled Samantha," pointing at the long, slippery snake coming towards her.

• Delete the comma after long

• Delete the quotation marks after Samantha and add quotation marks after the exclamation point

• Change the period to an exclamation point

• Make no change

Which change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

"I'm going to read my book" said Josie, as she lay down on her bed.

• Add a period after book

• Change said to Said

• Add a comma after book

• No change is needed

What is the correct way to write the two sentences?

Quickly I jumped up. I tried to grab my books, but they fell out of my hands.

• Quickly I jumped up, I tried to grab my books, but they fell out of my hands.

• Quickly I jumped up, and tried to grab my books, but they fell out of my hands.

• Quickly I jumped up, and tried to grab my books. But falling out of my hands.

• The sentences are correct.

What is the correct way to write the two sentences?

Ella suggested we go to the library. And stop at the store along the way.

• Ella suggested we go to the library, we stopped at the store along the way.

• Ella suggested we go to the library and stop at the store along the way.

• Ella suggesting we go to the library and stop at the store along the way.

• Correct as written.

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

The headlights on the truck showing that we were on a long, winding road.

• Change showing to showed

• Change that to something

• Change were to was

• Make no change

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

To help my sister pick up her toys, I dropped down on my hands and knees.

• Change help to helping

• Change hands and knees to hand's and knee's

• Change dropped to droped

• No change is needed

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

I was hungry as a bear, and ready to eat Grandma's apple pie.

• Delete the comma

• Change and to I was

• Change hungry to hungrey

• The sentence is correct.

What is the correct way to write the sentence?

I took some yummy soup to my Grandmother, who was not feeling well.

• Change took to tooken

• Change soup to soop

• Change Grandmother to grandmother

• The sentence is correct as written.

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

This is an important part of our saturday outing.

• Change important to more important

• Change an to a

• Change saturday to Saturday

• The sentence is correct.

Which revision, if any, should be made to the sentence?

Maggies' dress was the most beautiful dress at the dance.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• Change Maggies' to Maggie's

• Change dance to danse

• No revision is needed