Grammar Skills Quiz

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?  asked Jackson.

• "Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.

• "Didn't she say our homework was due Friday? asked Jackson.

• "didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.

How would you fix the following sentence?

Whenever we go to the movies I always have to have popcorn.

• add a semicolon after movies

• add a comma after movies

• delete the second "have" before popcorn

• No change needed

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Nick Fury leads the Avengers, with Agent Maria Hill.

• Nick Fury leads the Avengers with Agent Maria Hill.

• Nick, Fury leads the Avengers with Agent, Maria, Hill.

• Nick Fury leads. The Avengers with Agent Maria Hill.

All of the following nouns require an uppercase letter EXCEPT for______

• Cincinnati

• Kings Island

• Mall

• Olive Garden

What change should be made in sentence 2?

(2) I look forward to the recess bell like everyone else, but every time I go Outside, I think about how recess could be even better.

• Delete but

• Change Outside to outside

• Change better to more better

• No change should be made.

Which of the following sentences uses correct capitalization?

• My Aunt and Uncle will visit the Grand Canyon in september.

• My aunt and uncle will visit the Grand Canyon in September.

• my aunt and uncle will visit the grand canyon in September.

• My aunt and Uncle will visit the grand Canyon in september.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas.

• Before we go to the movie, we should eat dinner.

• Before we go to the movie we should, eat dinner.

• Before, we go to the movie we should eat dinner.

• Before we go to the movie we should eat, dinner.

Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe?

• Its going to rain today.

• It's going to rain today.

• Its' going to rain today.

• It's going to rain today'.

Select the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation.

• Every summer, we visit the smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C.

• Every summer we visit the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.

• Every summer, we visit the Smithsonian museum in washington, D.C.

• Every summer, we visit the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.

Which option correctly punctuates the items in a series?

• We need bread, milk, and eggs from the store.

• We need bread milk and eggs from the store.

• We need bread, milk and eggs from the store.

• We need, bread, milk, and eggs, from the store.