Master Grammar and Punctuation: Enhance Your Writing Skills

Question 1

Yesterday, what tense verb was used to describe the children playing in the park?

Accepted Answer

Past tense

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Present tense

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Future tense

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Present perfect tense

Question 2

Which sentence correctly uses noun agreement between the subject and verb?

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The group of students was very excited.

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The group of students were very excited.

Question 3

Which of the following is a preposition?

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In

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And

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The

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Quickly

Question 4

Which sentence is an example of a complex sentence?

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The boy ran to the store because he needed milk.

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The boy ran to the store.

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The cat is sleeping.

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I went to the park with my friends.

Question 5

How do you correctly spell the word 'separate'?

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Separate

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Seperate

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Sepparate

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Seperat

Question 6

Which sentence uses correct capitalisation?

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I went to the store yesterday.

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i went to the store yesterday.

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i Went to the store Yesterday.

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I Went To The Store Yesterday.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a subordinating conjunction?

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And

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Because

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Although

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Since

Question 8

Which sentence is written correctly?

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The dog barks at the mailman.

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The dog bark at the mailman.

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The dogs bark at the mailman.

Question 9

Which of the following is a noun?

Accepted Answer

Tree

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Quickly

Answer

And

Question 10

Where should a comma be placed in this sentence: The children played happily in the park?

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After 'happily'

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After 'children'

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After 'park'

Question 11

Which of these words is an adverb?

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Quickly

Answer

Tree

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And

Question 12

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb 'to be'?

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I am tired.

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I is tired.

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I are tired.

Question 13

Where should an apostrophe be placed in this sentence: The children's toys were scattered on the floor?

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After 'children'

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After 'toys'

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After 'were'

Question 14

Which of these is the correct plural form of the noun 'child'?

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Children

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Childs

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Childs'

Question 15

What type of sentence is this: The cat slept on the windowsill?

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Declarative

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Interrogative

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Imperative

Question 16

Which of these is the correct past tense of the verb 'to run'?

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Ran

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Runned

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Ranned

Question 17

Which punctuation mark shows that a question is being asked?

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?

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.

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!

Question 18

Which sentence has commas used correctly?

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The cat sat on the windowsill and purred

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The cat, sat on the windowsill and purred

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The cat sat, on the windowsill, and purred

Question 19

Which word takes the place of a noun?

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he

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quickly

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jumped

Question 20

Which sentence describes something that is happening now?

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The boy is walking to school.

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The boy walked to school.

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The boy will walk to school.

Question 21

Which of the following sentences has only one independent clause?

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The boy ran quickly.

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The cat meowed because it was hungry.

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John went to the store, and he bought a loaf of bread.

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Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.

Question 22

Which of these shows the correct way to write a quote someone said?

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He said, 'I am going to the park.'

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He said, 'I am going to the park.

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He said 'I am going to the park.'

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He said 'I am going to the park.

Question 23

Which of these words shows the position or relationship of something?

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on

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the

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and

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because

Question 24

Which of these shows that something belongs to someone or something?

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the cat's toy

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the cat toy

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the cats toy

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the cat toys

Question 25

Which of these shows a strong feeling or emotion?

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Wow!

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the

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because

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is

Question 26

Which is the correct plural form of the noun 'church'?

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churches

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churchs

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church

Question 27

Which word is an adjective?

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beautiful

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quickly

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and

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however

Question 28

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

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The cat sat on the mat, and purred.

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I went to the store and I bought milk.

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My favorite color is blue and green.

Question 29

Which word is a preposition?

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over

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the

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quickly

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and

Question 30

Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?

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I've finished my homework.

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I finished my homework yesterday.

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I will finish my homework tomorrow.

Question 31

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

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The cat's fur is soft.

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The cats fur is soft.

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The cat fur is soft.

Question 32

Which word is a noun?

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dog

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quickly

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and

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beautiful

Question 33

Which sentence is in the future tense?

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I'll go to the park tomorrow.

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I went to the park yesterday.

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I'm going to the park now.

Question 34

Which sentence uses the correct word order to show who did the action?

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My friends and I went to the park.

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Me and my friends went to the park.

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Me went to the park with my friends.

Question 35

Which sentence shows the action that happened in the past?

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I walked to school yesterday.

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I will walk to school tomorrow.

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I am walking to school now.

Question 36

Which symbol is used to ask a question?

Accepted Answer

Question mark

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Period

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Comma

Question 37

Which sentence has the comma in the right place?

Accepted Answer

The dog barked loudly, but the cat just slept on.

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The dog barked loudly but the cat just slept on.

Question 38

Which sentence joins two sentences using a joining word?

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I went to the store, but I didn't buy anything.

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I went to the store but I didn't buy anything.

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I went to the store and I didn't buy anything.

Question 39

Which sentence shows who is doing the action?

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The boy kicked the ball.

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The ball was kicked by the boy.

Question 40

Which word describes how something is done?

Accepted Answer

Slowly

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Book

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Big

Question 41

Which sentence shows that something belongs to someone or something?

Accepted Answer

The cat's toy was broken.

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The cats toy was broken.

Question 42

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Accepted Answer

The boy kicked the ball.

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The boy, he kicked the ball.

Question 43

Which verb tense describes an action that happened in the past?

Accepted Answer

Past tense

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Present tense

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Future tense

Question 44

Which of these words describes a person, place, or thing?

Accepted Answer

Car

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Quickly

Answer

And

Question 45

Which sentence correctly uses the verb 'to be' for a single item?

Accepted Answer

The cat is sleeping.

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The cat are sleeping.

Question 46

Which word describes how something is done?

Accepted Answer

Slowly

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The

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Beautiful

Question 47

Which sentence shows that something is being done to someone or something else?

Accepted Answer

The ball was kicked by the boy.

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The boy kicked the ball.

Question 48

Which word describes the way an action is done?

Accepted Answer

Slowly

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Beautiful