Exam 17: Grammar Exercises

Of the 13 employees who requested holidays in the first week of August, only ______ (6, six) can be granted their request.

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the punctuation in the sentences below. -The contract requires the customers signature before the client can be assigned to an account manager.

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the punctuation in the sentences below. -We don't have the budget to hire another assistant, however, we are meeting with the college to discuss taking on an intern.

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the sentences below. -The business is only hiring three temporary workers this summer.

Of the 3 reports analyzing the benefits of the training, Tara's was the more thorough.

Which of the following is a possessive pronoun?

Which of the following punctuation marks most de-emphasizes nonessential information in a sentence?

Which of the following sentences uses capital letters correctly?

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -Before the reorganization occurred, Sandra ______ (works, worked, will work) in marketing.

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Fill in the correct preposition to correctly complete the sentence. If nothing is required, insert a dash or hyphen ( - ) to correctly complete the sentence. -The software changes will make online ordering easier for our clients and ______ the fulfilment department.

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the sentences below. -The contract requires ninety days' notice of termination.

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -If the shipment _______ (was, were) lost, we would have received a notification.

NOTE to instructors: These need to be case sensitive. The questions should not be scrambled into random order. Instructions to Students: Make any necessary corrections to the sentences below. This exercise is case-sensitive, so you must use capital letters where necessary. -Despite some manufacturing moving East, she said, "no job losses are anticipated in the Ontario plants."

My manager hates when anyone calls in sick on a Friday.

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the punctuation in the sentences below. -Sal has five meetings today; tomorrow none.

Select the most appropriate preposition to complete the following sentence: Interested employees can sign up ______ a webinar to get more information.

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -When several executives from the head office _______ (come, came) into our office, everyone got a little nervous.

Which of the following phrases contains a word or words that should be capitalized?

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the sentences below. -I read many business books in college, but this one has proven the more helpful in my career.

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the sentences below. This exercise is case-sensitive, so you must use capital letters where necessary. -Each of the offices has their own security system.