WorksheetsGrammar Review Rules #9-11
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which demonstrates correct apostrophe usage?
Many students cars were painted red and black.
Many student’s cars were painted red and black.
Many students’ cars were painted red and black.
Which demonstrates
correct apostrophe usage?
Marlo and Julian's car was painted black.
Marlo's and Julian's car were painted black.
Marlos' and Julians' car was painted black.
There
Their
They're
__________ projects were the best in the class.
Sariah's and Ryan's
Sariahs' and Ryans'
Sariah and Ryan's
Lukas' burgers
James'es cookies
Mikess' bikes
Carlos's socks
Someone left __ gym bag in the locker room.
their
they're
his or her
there
Everyones favorite color is red.
Everyone's favorite color is red.
Everyones' favorite color is red.
Everyon'es favorite color is red.
The _________ tails are all red.
fox's
foxs'
foxes'
_______ bag is this?
Who's
Whose
Whos'
An independent clause:
has a subject and a verb but no complete thought
has a subject and a verb and a complete thought
can't be a sentence on its own
The subordinate conjunction of this sentence is:
The subordinate conjunction of this sentence is:
What's the subordinating conjunction: Unless we study, we will not learn about subordinating conjunctions.
study
unless
conjunctions
What's the subordinating conjunction: I want to go home because I want to read my favorite book.
favorite
want
because
What's the subordinating conjunction: While I was watching television, my mom was writing a letter.
while
watching
writing
A criticwrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, beautifully performed, and had many outstanding special effects." Which of the following shows how the author could correctly use an ELLIPSIS to shorten the quote?
A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed. . . ."
A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, . . . and beautifully performed."
A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully . . . performed."
A critic wrote that . . . the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed."
The punctuation mark(s) is/are used by a writer to provide extra information in a quote.
(a)
My sister exclaimed, "It the package is here!"
Where should we put the brackets?
[exclaimed]
[my sister]
[the package]
[is]
Ms. Buglewicz the English teacher teaches grade 10 students this year.
Where do you put the brackets?
[the English teacher]
[grade 10]
[Ms. Buglewicz]
[this year]
Which best revises the original quote below in order to use the ellipsis correctly?
According to the brochure, "Animal behavior is the scientific study of everything animals do, whether the animals are single-celled organisms, invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals, and is a major component of the veterinary degree program."
According to the brochure, "Animal behavior is the study of everything animals do. . . and is a major component of the veterinary degree program."
According to the brochure. . . "Animal behavior is the scientific study of everything animals do, whether the animals are single-celled organisms, invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals, and is a major component of the veterinary degree program."
According to the brochure, "Animal behavior is the scientific study of everything animals do. . . whether the animals are single-celled organisms, invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptieles, birds, or mammals. . . and is a major component of the beterinary degree program.
Identify whether the brackets are being used correctly or not.
I'm a member of the ASB [Associated Student Body], which is another name for the student council.
Yes
No
What do I use square brackets [ ] for?
To include a quotation.
To change a part of a quote into your own words.
To include the author's name and page number.
To end the sentence.
What do I use ... for?
When you don't want to include all of the quote.
To finish a sentence.
To show author and page number.
Paraphrase.
Click on the missing punctuation mark from this sentence:
The door slowly opened
Ellipsis
...
Dash
-
Commas
,
Apostrophe
'
True or False:
Brackets can add extra information to a sentence.
TRUE
FALSE
True or False:
Ellipsis can show the trailing off of thoughts or create tension.
TRUE
FALSE
