Commas
Dashes, Colons, Semicolons
Possessives
Subject-Verb/Pronoun Agreement
Transitions
100
After which word should the comma be placed in the following quote: "Asia now has its share of structures that defy the conventional and many more are on the way"?
"defy"
100
After which word should the colon be placed in the following quote: "Little children are not little pigs they require and demand attentions that were wholly unexpected by Edith, and which she was ill prepared to give"?
"pigs"
100
Which bracketed choice is best in the following: "[Jimmy/Jimmy's/Jimmys'/Jimmys] book is heavy"?
"Jimmy's"
100
In "The boats rocking against the dock [glistens/glistening/glisten] invitingly?" which is the correct word in the brackets?
"glisten"
100
In the quote, "Many of those bad decisions are caused or exacerbated by a lack of knowledge. The time for claiming ignorance as an excuse [furthermore/in fact/however/likewise] may be coming to an end," which bracketed word or phase is best?
"however"
200
In "Anyone who has tried to play that [deceptively, difficult, devilish] opus had consciously courted big trouble because each note was exposed and transparent," which words should have commas after them? Deceptively, difficult, and/or devilish?
"difficult"
200
After which word should the dash be placed in the following quote: "The horse's mane was beautiful lustrous and black"?
What is "beautiful"?
200
In "If you ride [it's/its/its'] enormous escalator, you immediately will be overwhelmed by the sheer spaciousness of Sir Norman Foster's larger-than-life Erector set," which bracketed word is correct?
What is "its"?
200
In "My brother and sister [sits/sitting/sit/both sits] in the bow, getting a view of the lake in front of us," which is the correct bracketed word?
"sit"
200
In "The students consistently record an average score of 50 to 55 percent, generally considered to be a failing grade. [On the other hand/On the contrary/Likewise], research on adults shows that about 3 in 4 workers don't know how much money they need to save for a comfortable retirement," Which word or phrase is best?
"Likewise"
300
In "The hard selections, those that really made him sweat[; was/were/, were] the slow pieces like Aaron Copland's 'Quiet City,'" which is the correct bracketed choice?
", were"
300
In, "I'm going to make a curry for dinner tomorrow, so to my grocery list I need to add the following tomatoes, curry powder, capers, and a red onion," after which word would you add a punctuating mark and which mark would that be?
Colon after "following"
300
In "Can you clean out the dogs kennel? It's filthy," where should an apostrophe be added?
In "dogs" after the "s"
300
"Migrants sent home about $300 billion last year, and those sums [is/are/have] building houses, educating children and seeding small businesses, and they have made migration central to discussions about how to help the global poor." Which word in the brackets is correct?
"are"
300
In, "The service was slow and the atmosphere stuffy. [Instead/Accordingly/Nevertheless/Moreover], the food was fantastic," which bracketed choice is best?
"Nevertheless"
400
After which words do you need to insert a comma in the following quote: "However as current evidence indicates the robusts lived in wetland areas"?
"however" and "indicates"
400
In, "Roger Federer widely considered to be the best tennis player in the world recently defeated Novak Djokovic in an intense match a five-set stunner," which punctuation must be added and where to make this sentence grammatically correct?
Dash after "Federer," "world"; dash or colon after "match."
400
In the quote, "You can't get your [drivers/drivers'/driver's] license until you pass the written and driving tests," which bracketed choice is best?
"driver's"
400
In "Each of the boys [have/has/having] an apple," which bracketed word is correct?
"has"
400
In, "[Then/On the other hand/Likewise/Since] 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth... as well as being the 150th anniversary of the publication of his masterpiece... the extravaganza is set to continue until the end of the year," which bracketed word or phrase is best?
"Since"
500
After which word(s) should there be commas in the following quote: "Recently our fishermen have been fortunate enjoying a lobster population boom"?
"fortunate"
500
After which words would you place a dash, colon, or semicolon in the following quote: "I went to bed early before the ACT however, I still slept through my alarm a high, piercing tone"?
A semicolon after "ACT" and a dash after "alarm."
500
In "She earned all of her instructors praise because of her hard work and dedication.... On June 15, 1921, Bessie Coleman earned an international pilots license, issued by the International Aeronautical Federation," where do you need to place (an) apostrophe(s) to make the sentences correct?
After the "s" in "instructors"; after "t" in "pilots"
500
In "Every company wants to retain [his/her/its/their] good employees," which is the correct bracketed word?
"its"
500
In, "I deserve to go out tonight because I did all my chores. [Moreover/Whereas/On the contrary/Nevertheless], I did Jimmy's chores and he's already gone out for the night!" which bracketed choice is best?
"Moreover"
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