Grammar
Usage
Punctuation
Parallelism
Hyphens
100

Which sentence is grammatically correct?
A. She go to the store every Saturday.
B. She goes to the store every Saturday.
C. She going to the store every Saturday.

B:She goes to the store every Saturday.

100

Choose the correct completion: She is taller than ___.
A. I
B. their
C. me

A. I

100

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
A. I need milk, eggs, and bread.
B. I need milk eggs, and bread.
C. I need milk, eggs and bread.

A. I need milk, eggs, and bread.

100

Which sentence is parallel in structure?
A. She likes reading, writing, and jogging.
B. She likes to read, to write, and jogging.
C. She likes to read, writing, and jog.

A. She likes reading, writing, and jogging.

100

Which sentence is correct?
A. She is a well known-artist.
B. She is a well known artist.
C. She is a well-known artist.

C. She is a well-known artist.

200

What is the function of the italicized word in the sentence: He ran quickly down the hall.
A. Preposition
B. Adjective
C. Adverb

C. Adverb

200

Which sentence uses the correct form of “they’re/their/there”?
A. Their going to the game tonight.
B. There going to the game tonight.
C. They’re going to the game tonight.

 C. They’re going to the game tonight.

200

Choose the correct use of a semicolon.
A. I enjoy summer; and the beach is my favorite place.
B. I enjoy summer; the beach is my favorite place.
C. I enjoy summer; but the beach is my favorite place.

B. I enjoy summer; the beach is my favorite place.

200

Which sentence is NOT parallel?
A. He enjoys skiing, snowboarding, and skating.
B. He enjoys to ski, to snowboard, and to skate.
C. He enjoys skiing, snowboarding, and to skate.

C. He enjoys skiing, snowboarding, and to skate.

200

Which is correctly hyphenated?
A. He has a three-year-old son.
B. He has a three year old-son.
C. He has a three year old son.

 A. He has a three-year-old son.

300

Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?
A. The students were excited.
B. The student were excited.
C. The students was excited.

A. The students were excited.

300

Which option completes the sentence correctly: He has ___ pencils than I do.
A. fewer
B. less
C. fewest

A. fewer

300

Where should the comma go? After lunch we went back to class.
A. After lunch, we went back to class.
B. After lunch we, went back to class.
C. After, lunch we went back to class.

A. After lunch, we went back to class.

300

Choose the revision that corrects the parallelism error:
My goals are to finish college, getting a job, and to travel the world.
A. finishing college, getting a job, and travel the world
B. to finish college, to get a job, and to travel the world
C. to finish college, get a job, and traveling the world


B. to finish college, to get a job, and to travel the world

300

Choose the sentence that uses a hyphen correctly.
A. The full-time job required experience.
B. The full time-job required experience.
C. The full-time job-required experience.

 A. The full-time job required experience.

400

Which sentence has a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
A. Each of the girls tied her shoes.
B. Neither of the boys did his homework.
C. Every student brought their own pencil.

C. Every student brought their own pencil.

400

Choose the sentence that uses the correct word:
A. I except your apology.
B. I accept your apology.
C. I excepted your apology.

B. I accept your apology.

400

Which sentence uses punctuation correctly?
A. “I love this book.” she said.
B. “I love this book” she said.
C. “I love this book,” she said.

C. “I love this book,” she said.

400

Identify the sentence with faulty parallelism.
A. The coach told the players to warm up, to hydrate, and get plenty of sleep.
B. The coach told the players to warm up, hydrate, and get plenty of sleep.
C. The coach told the players to warm up, to hydrate, and to sleep.

A. The coach told the players to warm up, to hydrate, and get plenty of sleep.


400

Pick the correctly hyphenated compound.
A. That’s a decision-making process.
B. That’s a decision making-process.
C. That’s a decision making process.

A. That’s a decision-making process.

500

Which sentence uses the comparative form correctly?
A. This book is interestinger than the last one.
B. This book is more interesting than the last one.
C. This book is the most interestinger.


B. This book is more interesting than the last one.

500

Which sentence is written correctly?
A. The cat licked its paw.
B. It’s tail was wagging.
C. Its raining outside.

A. The cat licked its paw.

500

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
A. She visited Atlanta Georgia, Dallas Texas, and Miami Florida.
B. She visited Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; and Miami, Florida.
C. She visited Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida.

B. She visited Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; and Miami, Florida.

500

Which version maintains parallel structure?
A. The speech was clear, persuasive, and inspired the audience.
B. The speech was clear, persuasive, and inspiring to the audience.
C. The speech was clear, persuasive, and inspiring.

C. The speech was clear, persuasive, and inspiring.

500

Which sentence uses the hyphen properly?
A. The runner-up received a medal.
B. The runner up-received a medal.
C. The runner up received-a medal.

A. The runner-up received a medal.