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Quiz about Whats Your Grammar Correctness Quotient I

What's Your "Grammar Correctness Quotient?" I Quiz

What's your "Grammar Correctness Quotient?" This quiz tests your knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation, according to the rules of American English:

A multiple-choice quiz by mkp51. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
mkp51

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
98,346

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which sentence is grammatically incorrect in American usage? Hint

There's the poodle that won the dog show.

Have I your permission to go to the party?

The flight that was supposed to leave at ten o'clock departed one hour late.

Everybody danced with their own partner.

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Question 2 of 10

2. A verb ending in "-ing" that is used as a noun in a sentence is a: Hint

participle

phrasal

infinitive

gerund

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which of the following sentences may be found a verb in the present perfect progressive tense? Hint

I am reading a new book.

Bob and Susan are going to the movies tonight.

Has Mr. Smith been taking his medicine on time?

The doctor had treated forty patients by five o'clock.

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Question 4 of 10

4. The rules of American English strictly forbid the splitting of infinitives.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. The two main parts of a sentence are: Hint

direct object and subject

noun and verb

subject and predicate

pronoun and subject

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which part of speech establishes a relationship of space, time, cause, accompaniment, or manner between its object and another word in the sentence? Hint

participial phrase

preposition

passive verb

auxiliary verb

7. "Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, wrote the Gettysburg Address." In the preceding sentence, the phrase "the sixteenth President of the United States" is what kind of phrase? Hint

participial phrase

adverb phrase

appositive phrase

infinitive phrase

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect? Hint

There's the signal for which we've all been waiting.

Their's is the only group that showed up on time.

There's no business like show business.

Which choice do you prefer: ours or theirs?

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Question 9 of 10

9. According to American usage, it is acceptable to place a preposition at the end of a sentence.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? Hint

She couldn't hardly wait for the school day to end.

It was I who had the keys to the president's office.

Neither John nor Mary want to take the dog for a walk.

He acts as if he was the boss.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which sentence is grammatically incorrect in American usage?

Answer: Everybody danced with their own partner.

According to American usage, the collective noun "everybody" is singular; therefore, modifying pronouns must also be singular. The sentence should read: "Everybody danced with his (her) own partner." British English rules are a bit more flexible.

2. A verb ending in "-ing" that is used as a noun in a sentence is a:

Answer: gerund

Here�s an example: "WALKING is considered the best form of exercise." In this sentence, the gerund "walking" is being used as a noun, and the subject of this sentence.

3. In which of the following sentences may be found a verb in the present perfect progressive tense?

Answer: Has Mr. Smith been taking his medicine on time?

The present perfect progressive tense indicates action or a state of being sometime before now, up to now, as in the sentence "Has Mr. Smith been taking his medicine on time?"

4. The rules of American English strictly forbid the splitting of infinitives.

Answer: False

False. In fact, sometimes it's desirable to split an infinitive. Remember the opening narration to the original "Star Trek" television series, where Captain Kirk says: "To boldly go where no man has gone before?" Now imagine him saying "To go boldly" or "Boldly to go..."

5. The two main parts of a sentence are:

Answer: subject and predicate

The subject of a sentence is what the sentence is about. The predicate of the sentence says something about the subject.

6. Which part of speech establishes a relationship of space, time, cause, accompaniment, or manner between its object and another word in the sentence?

Answer: preposition

A few examples of prepositions are: under, about, in, out, throughout, at.

Answer: appositive phrase

An appositive phrase is one that supplements, identifies, or explains the meaning of the word or words it adjoins.

8. Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?

Answer: Their's is the only group that showed up on time.

In the sentence "Their's is the only group that showed up on time.", the word "theirs" should not have an apostrophe in it. The other choices are all grammatically acceptable.

9. According to American usage, it is acceptable to place a preposition at the end of a sentence.

Answer: True

True. Sentences like: "What's the movie about?" and "We have never been to London before." are perfectly acceptable with prepositions located at the end.

10. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

Answer: It was I who had the keys to the president's office.

The grammatically correct sentence is "It was I who had the keys to the president's office." It is a very common mistake to say: "It was me who had the keys to the president's office." In this case, the word "I" is a subject complement, and therefore must be in the subjective case "I" rather than the objective case "me." The other choices all contain grammatical errors.

Source: Author mkp51

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