Grade 12 Term 2 Final Test Grammar Revision

At the end of a busy day, my parents like to ____ on the grass and watch the sun set.

• set

• sit

• have set down

• set down

Anthony ______ on the couch after a tough football practice.

• is laying

• had laid

• is lying

• lays

Choose the sentence without a double negative.

• Odetta don't have no new boots.

• Sydney can't have the car this weekend.

• Dennis couldn't fix nothing on the car.

• Dylan never told no one that he would attend the meeting.

Choose the sentence without a double negative.

• Beth wouldn't never leave you alone.

• Jeff didn't have no money for the movies.

• Doug had no time to write a column for the newspaper.

• Zoë never asked no one for the time, so she was always late.

Choose the correctly written negative sentence.

• My family doesn't hardly plan our vacation before May.

• Kathy wouldn't never learn to cook.

• Devon didn't barely make enough juice for all the children.

• Our letter carrier would never deliver mail before noon.

Choose the incorrectly written negative sentence.

• There weren't but two apples in the bowl and four hungry children.

• I have not only one pen that I use for writing essays, but two.

• We had scarcely begun reading the story when my niece fell asleep.

• Jake could hardly wait for the day to be over and the game to start.

Choose the correctly written negative sentence.

• Meg wouldn't never learn to scuba dive no matter how much she wanted to.

• There weren't but three seats left for the dance show.

• Clea packed hardly enough clothes for the whole week.

• Zach hadn't scarcely started researching his topic the week before the paper was due.

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence. Chad is a great skater and will _____ you the skills you need.

• learn

• teach

• inform

• practice

Choose the sentence without a double negative.

• I don't like walking in the rain, but I don't mind walking in the wind.

• My favorite sweater is so old it doesn't have no buttons anymore.

• There weren't any seats nowhere in the movie theater.

• Neither of those girls doesn't know the way to the track meet.

Choose the sentence with a double negative.

• Sue can find none of the game pieces.

• I never have good luck when I go fishing!

• After Sunday, we won't have no more football games this year.

• Pete can hardly wait to have no more practices.