English Grammar and Punctuation Quiz 2024

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• After he ate the lion lay down, and slept for many hours.

• After he ate the lion, lay down and slept for many hours.

• After he ate, the lion lay down and slept for many hours.

• After he ate the lion lay down and slept, for many hours.

Which sentence must end with a question mark?

• Do you know how long it took for the trees to grow

• We have planted rose bushes around the trees

• How beautiful the flowers will be

• I will ask my teacher if I can show you

Insert a semi-colon in the correct place in the sentence below.

• It was raining heavily; she had lost her umbrella the week before.

• It was raining heavily she had lost her umbrella; the week before.

• It was raining; heavily she had lost her umbrella the week before.

• It was raining heavily she had lost; her umbrella the week before.

Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

• Sadly, the match had to be cancelled.

• However, talented she will still need to work hard.

• Therefore the answer, is obvious.

• Before next weekend all our packing, must be finished.

Which sentence is a command?

• The nurse will bandage your sprained ankle.

• You have been told to stay at home and rest.

• Putting an ice pack on it should help.

• Hold the handrail to keep yourself steady.

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

• The car’s horn beeps loudly.

• The cars’ horn beeps loudly.

• The cars horn beep’s loudly.

• The cars horn beeps’ loudly.

Rewrite the underlined verbs in the sentence below so that they are in the simple past.

• felt - collected - won

• felt - colected - won

• felt - collected - win

• feld - collected - won

Tick one box in each row to show whether the underlined word is a possessive pronoun or a relative pronoun.

• Possessive

  pronoun

• Relative

  pronoun

Tick one box in each row to show whether the underlined word is a possessive pronoun or a relative pronoun.

• Possessive

  pronoun

• Relative

  pronoun

Tick one box in each row to show whether the underlined word is a possessive pronoun or a relative pronoun.

• Possessive

  pronoun

• Relative

  pronoun