FRIDAY: Language Quiz

Is this an idiom or an adage?

• idiom
• adage

What is the meaning of the idiom or adage?

• Telling the truth is easy.
• Telling the truth is hard.
• Telling the truth is not always the best option.
• Telling the truth is better than lying, even when telling the truth is hard to do.

Which pair of correlative conjunctions best completes the sentence?

• neither/nor
• either/or
• both/and
• whether/or

Which definition of light is being used in the sentence?

• 1
• 2

Look for any SHIFTS in verb tense. Is the sentence correct or incorrect?

• Correct
• Incorrect

If the sentence was incorrect, pick the corrected sentence.

• The sentence is correct.
• The birds flew over the mountain tops while the deer running through the valley.
• The birds flew over the mountain tops while the deer ran through the valley.
• The birds flew over the mountain tops while the deer have run through the valley.

Add a comma to correct the sentence.

• Are you going, to help me paint the outside of our house Victor?
• Are you going to help me paint, the outside of our house Victor?
• Are you going to help me paint the outside, of our house Victor?
• Are you going to help me paint the outside of our house, Victor?

Add a comma to correct the sentence.

• After, all it was your idea.
• After all, it was your idea.
• After all it was, your idea.
• After all it was your, idea.

Add a comma to correct the sentence.

• Yes, I’ll help you.
• Yes I’ll, help you.
• Yes I’ll help, you.

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• hot
• difficult
• easy
• long