Grammar Skills Quiz

The meaning of sentence 16 can be improved by changing they to which of the following?

• safe rooms

• people

• reports

• tornadoes

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• Change the period to a question mark

• Delete the comma after 2012

• Change voted to vote

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

• Delete the comma after said

• Delete the quotation marks after the period

• Change this to This

• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

• The dog barked loudly last night.

• Running faster than ever.

• She eats breakfast every morning.

• They went to the store for groceries.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• The list of items are on the table.

• The team plays well together.

• There is many reasons to celebrate.

• Each of the girls sing beautifully.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• She likes to read, he prefers movies.

• After dinner, we went for a walk.

• The cat slept in the sun.

• It was a sunny day; we decided to go to the beach.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Choose the sentence that is free from punctuation errors.

• My best friend, John, is moving to London, England.

• The teacher asked, "What is your name?"

• I can't believe it: you've grown so much!

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence needs revision for clarity and coherence?

• The cat chased its tail.

• Despite the rain, we enjoyed the picnic because we had umbrellas.

• Walking home from school, the rain began to fall harder.

• She made a sandwich for lunch.

Identify the sentence with a pronoun-antecedent agreement error.

• Everyone should do their best.

• The students wanted their test papers back.

• The committee made its decision.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• She said, "Will you be coming to the party"?

• "What time will you be arriving?" asked John.

• The teacher asked, "Will the test be difficult"?

• "I can't believe it!" He exclaimed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A