Mastering English Conventions Quiz

Which of the following sentences uses correct capitalization?

• the president of the united states lives in the white house.

• The President of the United States lives in the White House.

• The president of the United States lives in the White house.

• the President of the united states lives in the White House.

Choose the sentence with the correct use of commas to set off a nonrestrictive element.

• My brother who is a great cook made dinner.

• My brother, who is a great cook, made dinner.

• My brother who is a great cook, made dinner.

• My brother, who is a great cook made dinner.

Identify the correctly spelled word.

• Recieve

• Receive

• Recive

• Receeve

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?

• The car (which was red) sped past us.

• The car which was red (sped past us).

• The car which (was red) sped past us.

• The car which was red sped (past us).

Select the sentence with correct punctuation.

• She said, "I can't believe it".

• She said, "I can't believe it!"

• She said "I can't believe it!"

• She said, "I can't believe it?"

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

• Accomodate

• Acommodate

• Accommodate

• Acommodate

Choose the sentence with the correct use of a dash.

• She gave me her answer - no.

• She gave me her answer, - no.

• She gave me her answer -no.

• She gave me her answer, no-.

Identify the sentence with correct capitalization.

• We visited the eiffel tower in Paris.

• We visited the Eiffel Tower in paris.

• We visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

• We visited the eiffel tower in paris.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• My friend, who is from Canada, loves hockey.

• My friend who is from Canada loves, hockey.

• My friend who is from, Canada loves hockey.

• My friend, who is from Canada loves hockey.

Select the correctly spelled word.

• Definately

• Definitely

• Definitley

• Definately