Exam 17: Grammar Exercises

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -One of the key requirements of the job is the ability to work _______ (independent, independently).

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the sentences below. -Two sales consultants have rearranged they're schedules so they can give a presentation to Finance.

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

What punctuation mark precedes a conjunctive adverb between two independent clauses?

Which of the following pronouns is NOT in the objective case?

Sentence Correction Questions Make any necessary corrections to the punctuation in the sentences below. -The merging of the two companies should improve net revenue but some shareholders are not pleased by the purchase.

A proper noun is _______.

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 city where the conference is taking place is ______ Montreal.

What usually determines when more or most should be used instead of the -er or -est suffix on an adverb or adjective?

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -An e-mail and a registered letter _______ (was, were) sent to notify the customer of the missing payment.

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -There _______ (is, are) an advertisement and an article about our company in this month's BCBusiness magazine.

A prepositional phrase is a preposition plus which part of speech?

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. This exercise is case-sensitive, so you must use capital letters where necessary. -In a series, commas are used between _______ (two, three, four) or more equal elements.

Fill-in-the-Blank Questions Select one of the options in parentheses to correctly complete the sentence. -If you had seen how the fiscal year _______ (began, begun), you would have been surprised by its outcome.

Fill-in-the-Blank Fill in the blank with the word in parentheses, capitalizing if necessary. Your answer must be case sensitive. -The company prides itself on manufacturing in the _______ (west) despite the higher cost of labour.

Her professional demeanour, as well as her street smarts, make her an ideal representative of our brand.

Which of the following phrases uses capital letters correctly?

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: My manager becomes angry when e-mails are unnecessarily long.

All four candidates for the position are well-educated, and have appropriate job experience.

The business's mailing address is 592 _______ (8th, Eighth) Avenue.