English Grammar Quiz 1

Which of the following is a compound sentence?

• She went to the store.

• She went to the store, and he stayed home.

• He stayed home.

• She went to the store and bought some food.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• My dog loves playing outside, but she hates getting wet.

• My dog loves playing outside but, she hates getting wet.

• My dog loves playing outside but she hates, getting wet.

• My dog loves playing, outside but she hates getting wet.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the subject of the sentence? "The children are playing outside."

• playing

• children

• outside

• are

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

• I have a big test tomorrow; I need to study tonight.

• I need to buy groceries; and I have to clean the house.

• I’m going to the park; because it’s sunny.

• We had a test tomorrow; however, it was canceled.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• The dogs runs fast.

• The team practices every day.

• She go to school every morning.

• They enjoys reading books.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Which of the following is a correctly punctuated sentence?

• I want to visit Paris, London, and Rome.

• I want to visit Paris London and Rome.

• I want to visit Paris; London, and Rome.

• I want, to visit Paris London, and Rome.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What part of speech is the word “quickly” in the sentence: “She ran quickly to the bus”?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

• I want to go to the store but I don’t have any money.

• I want to go to the store, but I don’t have any money.

• I want, to go to the store but I don’t have any money.

• I want to go, to the store but I don’t have any money.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: “The cat is under the table.”

• The cat

• under the table

• is under

• is

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the verb in the sentence? “The students listened attentively to the teacher.”

• students

• listened

• teacher

• attentively

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B