Grammar and Language Quiz

Why does students in the first sentence not have an apostrophe, but students' in the second sentence does?

1. The teacher praised the students for their effort.

2. The students’ parents attended the awards ceremony.

Can you complete the sentence with the correct word? Sentence: Can you device/devise a new way to solve the puzzle?

• device

• devise

What are brackets used for in the following sentence? Sentence: Mr. Patel (the school's science coordinator) organized the experiment.

Add the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: Sentence: The whole class is excited about the trip. __________ will leave at 9 a.m.

• They

• We

• The class

That's the boy __________ bag was found yesterday.

• whose

• who's

What punctuation marks are used for parenthesis in this sentence? Sentence: Sarah - the new student - joined our group today.

Add a question tag to the end of this sentence: Sentence: The children enjoyed the game.

• didn't they?

• did they?

• aren't they?

Complete the sentence by forming an adverb from the adjective quick. Sentence: The sprinter moved __________ to win the race.

Choose the correct pair of verbs to complete this sentence: Sentence: We __________ waiting for the bell to ring; yesterday we __________ late to class.

• was / were

• are / were

• were / were

Identify the command in the following options: a) It is necessary to finish your homework. b) The teacher told us to read quietly. c) Clear the desks before lunch. d) They decided to clean up the room.

• a

• b

• c

• d