How Good Are Your Grammar?

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Question 1/10

What is grammar?

  • An adherence to punctuation and capitalization
  • An adherence to language system and structure
  • The effect of phonology on a sentence
Question 2/10

What should be the title of this quiz?

  • How Good Are Your Grammars?
  • How Good Is Your Grammars?
  • How Good Is Your Grammar?
Question 3/10

The experiment failed, it had been left unobserved for too long.

  • A non-binding sentence
  • A sprawl sentence
  • A choppy sentence
  • A run-on sentence
Question 4/10

Which is the proper presentation of the February holiday honoring past U.S. presidents?

  • Presidents’ Day
  • President’s Day
  • Presidents Day
  • President Day
Question 5/10

Which of the following is NOT one of the eight parts of speech?

  • Adverb
  • Noun
  • Preposition
  • Antecedent
Question 6/10

“Affect” and “effect” is confusing to many. Which sentence below is correct?

  • What affect did the loss have on the team?
  • How does the crime rate effect hiring levels by local police forces?
  • Brad tried reasoning with the loud passenger, but his words had little affect.
  • The professor was clear that late papers would affect grades.
Question 7/10

Which of the following sentences is a fragment?

  • Hank, a puppeteer who loved entertaining in front of young audiences.
  • A puppeteer who loved entertaining young audiences.
  • None of the above.
  • All of the above, including this one.
Question 8/10

Which sentence below is a good example of bad syntax?

  • It was a dark and stormy night.
  • The night was dark and stormy.
  • The dark night was stormy.
  • Stormy dark night was the and.
Question 9/10

Choose a sentence below that demonstrates parallel sentence structure.

  • Young Greg liked his cereal with milk and strawberries.
  • Young Greg liked his cereal with milk, and then some strawberries.
  • Young Greg liked his cereal with milk. He would also add strawberries.
  • Young Greg liked his cereal. He would add milk. And add strawberries.
Question 10/10

Which sentence is left with a dangling modifier?

  • Meticulous and punctual, Taylor has an admirable work ethic.
  • Hungry, we devoured the leftover pizza.
  • With a sigh of disappointment, the expensive item was returned to the shelf.

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