Question 1

The following sentence uses all words correctly: She was disinterested in paying me a complement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

A linking verb is always followed by a noun, pronoun, or adjective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What is the problem with this sentence? "We can give him a small raise, he deserves it."

Accepted Answer

A) Comma splice 
B) Sentence fragment 
C) Dangling modifier 
D) Nothing 
A) Comma splice 
B) Sentence fragment 
C) Dangling modifier 
D) Nothing A

Question 4

What is the tense of the verb in this sentence? "We had given Tim the money a week before he arrived."

Accepted Answer

A) Present 
B) Past 
C) Future 
D) Past perfect 
A) Present 
B) Past 
C) Future 
D) Past perfect

Question 5

Which of the following terms should not be hyphenated?

Accepted Answer

A) The relationship was long-term. 
B) We had a long-term relationship. 
C) That is one self-confident politician. 
D) I introduced her as my ex-wife. 
A) The relationship was long-term. 
B) We had a long-term relationship. 
C) That is one self-confident politician. 
D) I introduced her as my ex-wife.

Question 6

Which of the following is a demonstrative pronoun?

Accepted Answer

A) He 
B) This 
C) Who 
D) Anyone 
A) He 
B) This 
C) Who 
D) Anyone

Question 7

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Accepted Answer

A) The bigger they are, the harder they fall. 
B) He put the package in the mail right away. 
C) Come here. 
D) Moxie, depending on his friends for support. 
A) The bigger they are, the harder they fall. 
B) He put the package in the mail right away. 
C) Come here. 
D) Moxie, depending on his friends for support.

Question 8

You should include a comma when a date consists only of the month and year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Many adverbs are formed by adding "-ly" to adjectives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A semicolon is used to separate independent clauses when the second clause begins with a conjunctive adverb such as "however" or "therefore."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following italicized words is an adjective?

Accepted Answer

A) too dark 
B) silent movie 
C) into the theater 
D) badly missed 
A) too dark 
B) silent movie 
C) into the theater 
D) badly missed

Question 12

Which of the following punctuation marks is used to separate a dependent clause at the beginning of a sentence from the rest of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

A) Semicolon 
B) Colon 
C) Comma 
D) Dash 
A) Semicolon 
B) Colon 
C) Comma 
D) Dash

Question 13

The verb "do" is an example of a regular verb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The plural of "son-in-law" is "sons-in-law," but the possessive is "son-in-law's."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Punctuation goes inside quotation marks if the whole sentence is quoted but outside the quotation marks if only the last part of the sentence is a quote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The pronoun "who" is in the nominative case; the pronoun "whom" is in the objective case.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following words is misspelled?

Accepted Answer

A) Accomodate 
B) Exaggerate 
C) Occurrence 
D) Receive 
A) Accomodate 
B) Exaggerate 
C) Occurrence 
D) Receive

Question 18

Which of the following possessive phrases is not correct?

Accepted Answer

A) The team's contract with the players 
B) The teams' contract with the players 
C) Its advantages to the players 
D) It's advantages to the players 
A) The team's contract with the players 
B) The teams' contract with the players 
C) Its advantages to the players 
D) It's advantages to the players

Question 19

In the following sentence, which word should not be capitalized? "After talking with President Hilda Bruckner, he decided that the Insurance industry would provide a suitable career for someone who was a graduate of the Department of Business at Gable University."

Accepted Answer

A) Department 
B) President 
C) Gable 
D) Insurance 
A) Department 
B) President 
C) Gable 
D) Insurance

Question 20

The difference between "lie" and "lay" is that "lie" is an intransitive verb and "lay" is a transitive verb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: Handbook of Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage

The following sentence uses all words correctly: She was disinterested in paying me a complement.

A linking verb is always followed by a noun, pronoun, or adjective.

What is the problem with this sentence? "We can give him a small raise, he deserves it."

What is the tense of the verb in this sentence? "We had given Tim the money a week before he arrived."

Which of the following terms should not be hyphenated?

Which of the following is a demonstrative pronoun?

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

You should include a comma when a date consists only of the month and year.

Many adverbs are formed by adding "-ly" to adjectives.

A semicolon is used to separate independent clauses when the second clause begins with a conjunctive adverb such as "however" or "therefore."

Which of the following italicized words is an adjective?

Which of the following punctuation marks is used to separate a dependent clause at the beginning of a sentence from the rest of the sentence?

The verb "do" is an example of a regular verb.

The plural of "son-in-law" is "sons-in-law," but the possessive is "son-in-law's."

Punctuation goes inside quotation marks if the whole sentence is quoted but outside the quotation marks if only the last part of the sentence is a quote.

The pronoun "who" is in the nominative case; the pronoun "whom" is in the objective case.

Which of the following words is misspelled?

Which of the following possessive phrases is not correct?

In the following sentence, which word should not be capitalized? "After talking with President Hilda Bruckner, he decided that the Insurance industry would provide a suitable career for someone who was a graduate of the Department of Business at Gable University."

The difference between "lie" and "lay" is that "lie" is an intransitive verb and "lay" is a transitive verb.

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