Grammar Test Review

Read this sentence: The tickets are free for this event if you donate food or clothes to our charity

How should this sentence be changed?

• Place a comma after event

• Place a comma before are and after event

• Place a comma after free

• No change needs to be made to this sentence

Answer explanation

This sentence does not need a comma because the main clause comes before the subordinate clause

Read this sentence:

I recently joined the middletown Youth Orchestra.

How should this sentence be changed?

• Change joined to join

• Change middletown to Middletown

• Change recently to recent

• Change I to Me

How should this sentence be changed?

• Delete the comma after finish

• Delete the comma after finish and add a comma after off

• Place a comma after off

• No change needs to be made to this sentence

The sisters ____ alike.

• think

• thinks

George___spent his allowance this week

• have

• has

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The noun (person or thing) that is completing the action of the sentence.

• The figurative language (imagery) that is being used to paint a picture in the sentence.

• The verb (action) that is being completed in the sentence.

What is a run-on sentence?

• When there are three or more adjectives in a sentence.

• When two or more complete sentences are connected improperly.

• When a sentence is missing either a subject or a predicate.

What is a fragmented sentence?

• When there are three or more adjectives in a sentence.

• When two or more complete sentences are connected improperly.

• When a sentence is missing either a subject or a predicate.

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• The noun (person or thing) that is completing the action of the sentence.

• The verb (action) that is being completed in the sentence.

• The figurative language (imagery) that is being used to paint a picture in the sentence.

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• Blackpink is a band from South Korea. It's made up of four female singers.

• Blackpink is a band from South Korea and it has four female singers.

• Blackpink is a band from South Korea, but it is very popular in the United States.