Common Grammar Mistakes and Spelling Tips Quiz
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Which type of dash is used when you’re wrapping a hyphenated word onto the next line of text.
A. Em dash
B. En dash
C. Hyphen
D. Double hyphen
The only time an apostrophe is used to pluralize a noun is when the noun being pluralized is a lowercase letter.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
For situations where you’re introducing information and need to give it some context or you have two directly related clauses and you want to emphasize the second one.
A. colon
B. semicolon
The points where you’d pause in a spoken sentence aren’t always where you’d use a comma in a written sentence.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
To signify a word within a sentence or state the title of a work, we use
A. double hyphens
B. quotation marks
C. parentheses
D. hyphens
In British English, single quotes are typically used.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
She was laying on the beach.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
I would love to lie in the shade under a tree.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
These words modify verbs and often end in –ly.
A. Adjectives
B. Adverbs
C. Nouns
D. Proverbs
The teacher asked me to lay the books out on the table.
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Semicolon
A. :
B. ,
C. ;
D. {
Think fast…
A. could of
B. could have
How many spaces go after a period?
A. One
B. Two
C. none
In American English, “while.“ is used more than “whilst”.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Choose the correct spelling:
A. nessesary
B. necesary
C. necessary
D. neccessary
Direct questions end with periods and indirect questions end with question marks.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Exclamation points should NOT be used when writing fiction.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which punctuation marks should you use to add content to a quote in order to make the quote clearer?
A. Square brackets
B. Parentheses
C. Squiggly brackets
D. Hyphens
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