Apostrophes
When a ______ tail starts wagging, that's not always a good sign.
a. cats
b. cats'
c. cat's
c. cat's
The badger, a shy animal sometimes makes friends with a coyote.
a. sometimes, makes
b. friends, with
c. a shy animal,
d. No error
c. a shy animal,
The names appearing on the book's cover－Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, weren't actually the authors' names.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Bell－
C. Bell;
D. Bell
B. Bell－
No one witnessed the silent slaughter; only the gruesome aftermath.
NO CHANGE
slaughter:
slaughter-
4. slaughter-
Choose the correct version of the sentence.
She wanted to go to the party but she had a conflict.
a. No change
b. She wanted to go to the party, she had a conflict.
c. She wanted to go to the party but, she had a conflict.
d. she wanted to go to the party; she had a conflict.
d. she wanted to go to the party; she had a conflict.
Choose the correct sentence:
The childrens table is covered in mud.They refuse to sit there.
a. No change
b. The childrens' table is covered in mud.
c. The children's table is covered in mud.
d. The child's table is covered in mud.
c. The children's table is covered in mud.
After the death of Blackbeard, the famous pirate, piracy disappeared from the coast of the American colonies.
a. the famous pirate
b. after the death,
c. coast, of
d. No error
d. No error
What would make the italized portion grammatically correct?
To begin I should explain how it is that I am a sports-lover but lazy. I have tried as many sports as have been possible in my life and I have enjoyed all of them. I had competed in national gymnastics which is probably the most holistically challenging for ten years. This sport took precedence in all of middle and high school for me.
a. competed in national gymnastics, which is probably the most holistically challenging of all the sports I did—for ten
b. competed in national gymnastics; which is probably the most holistically challenging of all the sports I did for ten
c. competed in national gymnastics—which is probably the most holistically challenging of all the sports I did—for ten
d. competed in national gymnastics. Which is probably the most holistically challenging of all the sports I did—for ten
c. competed in national gymnastics—which is probably the most holistically challenging of all the sports I did—for ten
My father, though he is only in his early fifties, is stuck in his old-fashioned ways. He has a general mistrust of any innovation or technology that he can’t immediately grasp and he always tells us, that if something isn’t broken, then you shouldn’t fix it.
A NO CHANGE
B ways he has a
C ways having a
D ways, and still has a
A NO CHANGE
Choose the correct version of the sentence.
She had straight silky black hair.
A. No Chance
b. She had straight, silky, black hair.
c. She had straight, silky black hair.
d. She had straight; silky, black hair.
b. She had straight, silky, black hair.
Choose the grammatically correct version of the sentence:
I should of gone to bed early, but I stayed up to play video games instead.
A. No Change
B. I should've gone to bed early, but I stayed up to play video games instead.
B. I should've gone to bed early, but I stayed up to play video games instead.
“Silent Night” was written by two men from the village of Oberndorf Austria.
a. men, from
b. “Silent Night,”
c. Oberndorf, Austria
d. No error
c. Oberndorf, Austria
When I retired I took up sprinting. I ran for my university track team a D3 team so don’t get too excited—and performed as a top athlete in our conference.
What would make the italicized portion grammatically correct?
a. track team a D3 team so don’t get too excited and
b. track team—a D3 team so don’t get too excited—and
c. NO CHANGE
d. track team which was a D3 team so don’t get too excited—and
e. track team, a D3 team so don’t get too excited—and
b. track team—a D3 team so don’t get too excited—and
My father, though he is only in his early fifties, is stuck in his old-fashioned ways. He has a general mistrust of any innovation or technology that he can’t immediately grasp and he always tells us, that if something isn’t broken, then you shouldn’t fix it.
A. NO CHANGE
B. tells us, that,
C. tells us that,
D. tells us that
D. tells us that
Choose the correct version of the sentence:
The chair's legs are broken.
A. No Change
B. The chair's leg's are broken.
C. The chairs legs are broken.
D. The chairs' leg's are broken.
A. No Change
Choose the sentence that is written grammatically correct:
The foxes shoes are red and blue. His fur is beautiful and unforgettable.
a. The foxe's shoes are red and blue.
b. The foxs shoes are red and blue.
c. The fox's shoes are red and blue.
d. No change
c. The fox's shoes are red and blue.
On November 19, 1929 Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew the Floyd Bennett to the base of the Queen Maud Mountains.
a. base, of
b. the, Queen
c. 1929,
d. No error
c. 1929,
Fleer Corporation, now only one of countless bubble gum manufacturers, makes four million pieces of bubble gum a day and sells them in fifty countries.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Corporation, now,
C. Corporation now,
D. Corporation: now,
A. NO CHANGE
According to the law enforcement operations manager at Limpopo National Park, two men are suspected (in) the crime, to have likely been killing the lions in retaliation for the cats having preyed on cattle.
A. NO CHANGE
B. of
C. with
D. about
B. of
Choose the correct version of the sentence:
The doctors' walked into the clinic.
A. The doctors', walked into the clinic.
B. The doctor's walked into the clinic.
C. The doctors walked, into the clinic.
D. The doctors walked into the clinic.
D. The doctors walked into the clinic.
Choose the grammatically correct version of the following sentence:
Lisa and me went to a party and celebrated Staceys birthday.
A. Yesterday Lisa and I went to a party, and celebrated Staceys' birthday.
B. Lisa and I went to a party and celebrated Stacey's birthday.
C. Yesterday Lisa and I went to a party, and celebrated Staceys's birthday.
D. Yesterday me and Lisa went to a party and celebrated Staceys' birthday.
E. The sentence is correct as it is.
B. Lisa and I went to a party and celebrated Stacey's birthday.
“The boy in the kayak,” whispered Sue “is the new football captain.”
a. boy, in the
b. new, football
c. whispered Sue,
d. No error
c. whispered Sue,
Although Walter Diemer, now a retired senior vice president of the Fleer Corporation never patented his invention, he had hoped to keep his recipe a secret from other gum manufacturers.
A. NO CHANGE
B. president, of the Fleer Corporation,
C. president of the Fleer Corporation,
D. president, of the Fleer Corporation
C. president of the Fleer Corporation,
He has run a small grocery store in town, and if you were to look at a snapshot of his back office taken when he opened the store in 1975, you would see that not much has changed since.
A. NO CHANGE
B. not be likely to see very much that has changed since.
C. be able to see right away that not very much has changed since.
D. not change very much.
A. NO CHANGE
Choose the correct version of the sentence.
Having just finished dinner Alex asked to be excused.
A. No Change
B. Having, just finished dinner Alex asked to be excused.
C. Having just finished dinner ,Alex, asked to be excused.
D. Having just finished dinner, Alex asked to be excused.
D. Having just finished dinner, Alex asked to be excused.