Grammar and Punctuation Quiz

At a school, several teachers have their own collection of books in the staff room. Choose the correct plural possessive form to describe the books belonging to the teachers.

• The teacher’s books

• The teachers’ books

• The teachers books

• The teachers’s books

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Choose the correct plural possessive form: The backpacks of the students.

• The students backpacks

• The students’ backpacks

• The student’s backpacks

• The students’s backpacks

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence uses the correct plural possessive form?

• The children’s toys were scattered across the room.

• The childrens’ toys were scattered across the room.

• The childrens toy’s were scattered across the room.

• The children toys were scattered across the room.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence uses it’s correctly?

• It’s important to review the company’s profits.

• The company increased its revenue this year.

• Its a good time for the company.

• The company and its employees worked hard.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentence(s) have correct pronoun/antecedent agreement? Select all that apply:

• Neither of the players brought his cleats.

• Neither of the players brought her cleats.

• Neither of the players brought their cleats.

• Neither of the players brought his or her cleats.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Select the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: Each of the players forgot ___ water bottle in the locker room.

• their

• his or her

• its

• they

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

After Mia finished her homework, she went outside to play in the yard.

Identify the dependent clause:

• After Mia finished her homework

• She went outside to play

• In the yard

• She went outside to play in the yard

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence uses a comma correctly after an introductory phrase?

• After the bell rang the students left the classroom.

• After the bell rang, the students left the classroom.

• After, the bell rang the students left the classroom.

• The students left the classroom, after the bell rang.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence contains a correctly punctuated dependent clause in the middle?

• The book that I borrowed from the library was fascinating.

• The book, that I borrowed from the library was fascinating.

• The book that I, borrowed from the library was fascinating.

• The book that I borrowed, from the library was fascinating.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

After the experiment had failed twice, the scientist continued her research to find a solution. Identify the dependent clause in this sentence.

• the scientist continued her research to find a solution

• her research to find a solution

• the experiment had failed twice

• After the experiment had failed twice

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B