Deck 19: Handbook of Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage

Question 1

Ellipsis points consist of four to five evenly spaced periods.

Answer 1

False
Explanation: Use three evenly spaced periods to indicate that material has been omitted from a quotation.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True
Explanation: Linking verbs rely on a noun,pronoun,or adjective to express a complete thought.Linking verbs are often a form of "to be."

Question 3

Which of the following words is misspelled?

A) Exaggerate
B) Occurrence
C) Receive
D) Accommodate
E) Disbersment

Answer 3

E
Explanation: E)"Disbursement" is a frequently misspelled word that can be memorized to improve your speed and accuracy when composing documents.

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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?

A) Semicolon
B) Colon
C) Dash
D) Exclamation Point
E) Comma

Question 8

A period 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.

Question 9

Which of the following possessive phrases is not correct?

A) A year's recommendations
B) Two years' recommendations
C) Its recommendations
D) His recommendations
E) It's recommendations

Question 10

Which of the following words is an adjective?

A) too
B) silent
C) into
D) badly
E) you

Question 11

Which of the following terms should not be hyphenated?

A) Non-union
B) Pro-Republican
C) Self-assured
D) Ex-wife
E) All of the above should be hyphenated.

Question 12

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

Question 13

In the following sentence,which words 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."

A) insurance, department
B) president, university
C) graduate, department
D) insurance, graduate
E) after, business

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

A) The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
B) Put it in the mail right away.
C) Come here.
D) Depending on the circumstances.
E) The report is now due.

Question 19

Which of the following is a demonstrative pronoun?

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

Question 20

What is the tense of the verb in this sentence? "We had completed the revisions by Monday afternoon."

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