Mastering Grammar and Punctuation

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• My favourite colours are blue, green and red.

• My favourite colours are blue green, and red.

• My favourite colours are, blue, green and red.

• My favourite colours are blue, green, and red.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence: "The cat quickly climbed the tree."

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

Which sentence uses capitalisation correctly?

• My brother and I went to the beach on saturday.

• My brother and I went to the Beach on Saturday.

• My brother and I went to the beach on Saturday.

• My Brother and I went to the beach on Saturday.

Choose the correct sentence structure.

• Because it was raining, we stayed inside.

• We stayed inside because it was raining.

• We stayed inside, because it was raining.

• Because it was raining. We stayed inside.

Which of the following sentences contains a subject-verb agreement error?

• The dogs barks loudly at night.

• The dog barks loudly at night.

• The dogs bark loudly at night.

• The dog bark loudly at night.

Select the sentence with the correct use of punctuation marks.

• "Can you help me" asked Tom.

• "Can you help me?" asked Tom.

• "Can you help me," asked Tom.

• "Can you help me." asked Tom.

Identify the common grammar mistake in the following sentence: "She don't like ice cream."

• Incorrect verb tense

• Incorrect subject-verb agreement

• Incorrect pronoun usage

• Incorrect adjective usage

Which of the following sentences is correctly capitalised?

• The Prime Minister will visit Sydney next week.

• The prime minister will visit sydney next week.

• The Prime minister will visit Sydney next week.

• The prime Minister will visit Sydney next week.

Choose the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.

• The team are winning the match.

• The team is winning the match.

• The team were winning the match.

• The team has winning the match.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• It's a beautiful day isn't it?

• It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

• Its a beautiful day, isn't it?

• Its a beautiful day isn't it?