Advanced Grammar
Identify the correct verb form: “Neither of the students ___ prepared for the exam.”
is
Choose the correct word: “She has a ___ understanding of grammar.” Options: profound, profane
profound
Identify the noun: “The cat slept on the sofa.”
cat, sofa
Identify if sentence is simple, compound, or complex: “She runs every morning, and he swims in the evening.”
compound
Choose the correct form: “Its/It’s a great day.”
It’s
Correct the misplaced modifier: “Walking down the street, the flowers caught her attention.”
…while she was walking down the street, the flowers caught her attention
Identify the misused word: “He literally exploded with laughter.”
“literally” is incorrect, should be “figuratively”
Identify the verb: “She runs every morning.”
runs
Correct the run-on sentence: “I went to the store I bought milk.”
I went to the store, and I bought milk.
Identify the punctuation error: “However I disagree, we can try.”
Missing comma after “However”
Choose the correct tense: “If he ___ earlier, he would have seen it.”
had arrived
Select the correct idiom: “She decided to bite the ___.” Options: bullet, tongue, nail
bullet
Identify the adjective: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
quick, brown, lazy
Transform passive to active: “The homework was completed by the student.”
The student completed the homework.
Subject-verb agreement?: “The data shows.”
The data show
Combine these sentences using a relative clause: “The professor is brilliant. She teaches linguistics.”
The professor who teaches linguistics is brilliant.
Differentiate between affect vs. effect: “The weather will ___ the event.”
affect
Identify the adverb: “He spoke very softly during the meeting.”
very, softly
Combine into one complex sentence: “He studied hard. He passed the exam.”
Because he studied hard, he passed the exam.
Misused word or correct: “He did good on the exam.”
good → well
Identify the subtle error in parallel structure: “She likes reading, to jog, and swimming.”
to jog → jogging
Identify the precise meaning: “He was an ambivalent participant.”
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something
Identify the prepositional phrase: “The book on the table belongs to Sarah.”
on the table
Correct?: “Although she tried her best.”
It is a fragment; needs main clause.
Revise awkward sentence: “Due to the fact that he was late, he missed the meeting.”
Because he was late, he missed the meeting.