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Quiz: Grammar, Sentence, and Punctuation
Name: _______________________________ ENGL 1301 – ______________ Date: _____________
Match the following parts of speech with the correct definition:
| _____ 1. Noun | A. a word that shows concepts such as time, place, direction, and manner; indicate the relationship between ideas B. a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb |
| _____ 2. Pronoun | C. a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea |
| _____ 3. Verb | D. a word that expresses strong emotion |
| _____ 4. Adverb | E. a word that joins or connects words, phrases, or clauses |
| _____ 5. Adjective | F. a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun |
| _____ 6. Preposition | G. a word that tells what the subject is doing and when it is occurring; shows action or a state of being |
| _____ 7.Conjunction | H. a word that takes the place of a noun |
| _____ 8. Interjection |
Identify the necessary punctuation in each of the following sentences. There will only be one letter used per sentence.
A. Comma B. Semicolon C. Colon D. Apostrophe E. Quotation Marks F. Hyphen
_____ 9. Jason my brother’s neighbor just had a new fence installed.
_____ 10. He needed a new fence for a few reasons his old fell, his dogs kept getting out, and my brother was complaining.
_____ 11. The cost of the fence set Jason back about $3,000 however, he had saved his income tax return to cover the cost.
_____ 12. His wife said, Using the return money is the best idea because we will not have to use any of our savings.
_____ 13. Jasons wife is named Dana.
_____ 14. They have been married for twentythree years.
_____ 15. Even though they have been married for so long they still go on dates every Friday night.
_____ 16. They have three dogs that love to poop in my brother’s yard now that the fence is up, my brother has stopped complaining.
Label each of the following sentences as:
S for Simple Sentence C for Compound Sentence CX for Complex Sentence CCX for Compound-Complex Sentence
_____ 17. I wrote my grandmother a letter while she was in the hospital.
_____ 18. Since she fell, she has not been able to do things on her own, so she will have to live with a family member from now on.
_____ 19. Andrew rang the doorbell, but no one answered the door.
_____ 20. He was discouraged; however, he went to the next house anyway.
_____ 21. His goal was to sell ten magazine subscriptions before the end of the week.
Chose the verb/verbs or pronoun/pronouns to correctly complete the following sentences.
22. Prior to the flight today, Samantha _____ to London last summer because she ____ to see Big Ben.
a. flew, wants b. had flown, wanted
23. One of those books _____ on the reading list for English 1302.
a. is b. are
24. Mary had a little lamb, but her brother ______ it on accident when he was learning how to drive.
a. kills b. kill
c. killed d. will kill
25. My bus driver _____ to make up for the time he lost while _____ a flat tire.
a. hurried, fixed b. hurry, fix
c. hurried, fixing d. hurried, was fixing
26. His office _____ to donate money to a charity rather than _____ Christmas presents for each other.
a. choose, donate b. chose, to donate
c. chosen, donate d. choosed, donated
26. Jerry asked her and _____ to help him carry the groceries.
a. me b. I
27. _____ is a chance that _____ going to be late to class tonight.
a. There/their b. There/they’re
c. Their/they’re d. Their/their
28. This book is _____, and that book is _____
a. mine, your’s b. mine, yours
29. Mr. Maddox and _____ will be meeting after class to discuss the assignment.
a. her b. she
Chose the coordinating or subordinating conjunction to best complete the sentence.
30. My father needs a new lawnmower, _______ he is shopping around for a new one.
a. so b. but c. and
31. I wish I would have known he was in the market, _______ there were lawnmowers and edgers on sale last weekend.
a. or b. for c. yet
32. We went to look at a riding mower, ________ we chose a push mower instead.
a. for b. but c. nor
33. Some employees cannot resist Internet surfing _____ their employers restrict access.
a. as long as b. before c. since
34. _____ companies are now more aware, employees continue to abuse their work responsibilities.
a. Unless b. If only c. Although
35. _____ one visit to the wrong website could take down an institution’s entire system, student Internet access is limited to education based websites only.
a. Although b. Because c. After
Correct the following comma splices, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments to make them correct.
36. Uncle Herbert and his new wife met us in Galveston they were on the same cruise.
37. Because they met in the ship’s bar.
38. But as it turns out. They only met there due to special circumstances.
39. He says it was love at first sight, she says the same thing.
