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Miss Emma's hard-as-nails grammar and punctuation quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a sentence?

a)

Baby, I'm ready to go.

b)

Got to make a move to a town that's right for me.

c)

Where there is desire, there is going to be a flame.

d)

It's black; it's white.

2.

Which of the following is NOT a question?

a)

Why do you all always sit in the same seats?

b)

Do you just do it out of habit?

c)

Is there some unwritten rule about seating arrangements?

d)

I wonder if it will ever change?

3.

Using commas within a sentence: which one is CORRECT?

a)

We can be heroes, just for one day.

b)

I'm looking to the sky to save me looking for a sign of life.

c)

Well, we talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it.

d)

You make me feel like, I've been locked out of heaven.

4.

Which sentence is grammatically INCORRECT?

a)

If I were a boy, I think I could understand.

b)

If you're thinking of being my baby, it don't matter if you're black or white.

c)

What if we rewrite the stars: maybe the world could be ours.

d)

I blessed the rains down in Africa.

5.

Which of these commas ought to be a semi-colon?

a)

You represent what's true, I drain the colour from the sky and turn blue without you.

b)

Where there is desire, there is gonna be a flame.

c)

We are the champions, my friend, and we'll keep on fighting til the end.

d)

Last Friday night, we danced on tabletops.

6.

Which of these examples has MISUSED the highlighted word/phrase?

a)

Even though this is fun, it cannot last forever.

b)

Tests are bad. Even though, this one is quite good.

c)

However you look at it, this quiz is pretty cool.

d)

It's a quiz but nonetheless a fun one.

e)

I know you're struggling now. Although it's tough, keep going.

7.

Present perfect vs Past perfect tense: select the sentences that contain PRESENT PERFECT verbs (simple or continuous forms)

a)

I've been waiting for a girl like you.

b)

You've broken my heart.

c)

I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

d)

I'll see you in my dreams.

8.

Which of these has the QUESTION MARK in the CORRECT place?

a)

How are you getting on so far - I know this is quite hard?

b)

How are you? Getting on so far I know this is quite hard.

c)

How are you getting on so far? I know this is quite hard.

d)

How are you getting on so far I know? This is quite hard.

9.

Which one is grammatically correct?

a)

I have seen a lot of amazing things when I went to the moon.

b)

Everyone knows that man never have been to the moon.

c)

Everyone knows that man never have went to the moon.

d)

Everyone knows that man has never gone to the moon.

10.

Which one(s) is/are grammatically correct?

a)

I had been on holiday for a whole week before I realised how empty my life was without my Year 11 class.

b)

I had never seen such incredible dancing as I did when Jia Jing and Soon Hau took to the floor.

c)

There is nothing I enjoy more than a huge pile of marking to do at the end of the school day.

d)

The climax of the evening came when Daniyal, Raidi and Riz, who had all been saving this as a surprise and rehearsing for weeks in secret, sang a medley of Britney Spears tunes to entertain the crowd.

11.

Which one(s) uses(s) dashes correctly?

a)

It's easy for you - you're a genius.

b)

Despite all of this - I am still unsure of what to do.

c)

Where all of this will lead - is anyone's guess.

d)

I wasn't too sure how many questions to pose - should it be ten? Eleven? Twelve? It was hard to know.

12.

Which one(s) is/are punctuated correctly?

a)

Okay, how about twelve questions: will that suffice?

b)

Who just said no.

c)

Really? You want even more questions. You guys are insane.

d)

Really? You want even more questions? You guys are insane!