Grammar Skills Challenge

Identify the part of speech for the word 'happy'.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Answer explanation

The word 'happy' is an adjective, which is a part of speech used to describe or modify a noun. In this case, 'happy' describes a noun by expressing a particular quality or attribute.

Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: i love to read books

• I love to read books

• i love to read books

• I love to read books.

• I love to read books.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'I love to read books.' as it capitalizes the first letter and adds a period at the end for proper punctuation.

Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: She _______ to the store yesterday.

• went

• gones

• go

• goed

Answer explanation

The correct verb form to complete the sentence is 'went' as it is the past tense of the verb 'go'. Therefore, the correct answer is 'went'.

Which word in the sentence should be capitalized: the dog ran fast to catch the ball.

• Dog

• ball

• fast

• catch

Answer explanation

The word 'Dog' in the sentence should be capitalized as it refers to a specific name or noun, which is a standard rule in English grammar.

Rearrange the words to form a grammatically correct sentence: the park they visited yesterday.

• The park visited they yesterday.

• They visited the park yesterday.

• They the park visited yesterday.

• Yesterday they visited the park.

Answer explanation

The correct rearranged sentence is 'They visited the park yesterday.' This choice maintains the correct word order and grammar.

Select the correct verb tense for the sentence: She _______ her homework every day.

• did

• will do

• making

• does

Answer explanation

The correct verb tense for the sentence is 'does' as it indicates a habitual action that is done regularly, which fits the context of the sentence.

Identify the subject-verb agreement error in the sentence: The dogs barks loudly at night.

• The dogs bark loudly at night.

• The dog bark loudly at night.

• The dog barks loudly at night.

• The dogs barked loudly at night.

Answer explanation

The subject-verb agreement error is in the verb 'barks' which should be 'bark' to match the plural subject 'dogs'. The correct choice is: The dogs bark loudly at night.

Add the missing punctuation to the sentence: where is my book

• Where is my book

• Where is my book

• Where is my book

• Where is my book?

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'Where is my book?' as it includes the necessary question mark at the end of the sentence to make it a complete question.

Which word in the sentence should be capitalized: the president of the united states lives in washington, d.c.

• united

• washington

• lives

• president

Answer explanation

The word 'president' should be capitalized because it is referring to a specific title, which should always be capitalized.

Choose the correct sentence structure: a) Running in the park, the dog chased the ball. b) The dog chased the ball running in the park.

• a) Running in the park, the dog chased the ball.

• The dog chased the ball in the park running.

• The dog chased the park running in the ball.

• Running in the park, chased the dog the ball.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence structure is 'Running in the park, the dog chased the ball.' This choice correctly places the introductory phrase at the beginning of the sentence.