Grammar: Parts and Punctuation Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Grammar: Parts and Punctuation
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Which sentence uses apostrophes correctly?
A. The dogs bone was buried in the garden.
B. The dog’s bone was buried in the garden.
C. The dogs’ bone was buried in the garden.
D. The dogs bone’s was buried in the garden.
Which of the following is a coordinating conjunction?
A. because
B. although
C. and
D. since
Which word in the sentence is an adjective? “The tall boy ran quickly.”
A. tall
B. boy
C. ran
D. quickly
Which word is the verb in this sentence? “She writes stories every day.”
A. stories
B. writes
C. every
D. she
Which word in the sentence is a pronoun? “She gave him the book.”
A. gave
B. book
C. him
D. the
Which word in the sentence is an interjection? “Wow! That was an amazing performance.”
A. amazing
B. performance
C. Wow
D. was
Which of the following is a preposition?
A. under
B. quickly
C. happy
D. and
Choose the sentence with correct use of a full stop.
A. My favourite subject is maths
B. My favourite subject is maths.
C. My favourite subject is maths,
D. My favourite subject is maths!
Which of the following is a conjunction?
A. quickly
B. because
C. under
D. beautiful
Which of the following sentences uses a conjunction to join two independent clauses?
A. I like reading and writing.
B. I like reading, but I prefer writing.
C. I like reading, writing, and drawing.
D. I like reading; writing is fun.
Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.
A. What time is it.
B. What time is it!
C. What time is it?
D. What time is it,
Which word in the sentence is an adverb? “He ran swiftly to the finish line.”
A. ran
B. swiftly
C. finish
D. line
Which word in the sentence is a verb? “The children played in the park.”
A. children
B. played
C. park
D. in
Select the sentence that uses a semicolon correctly.
A. I like tea; but I prefer coffee.
B. I like tea; I prefer coffee.
C. I like tea, I prefer coffee.
D. I like tea; and I prefer coffee.
Choose the correct sentence using a conjunction.
A. I wanted to go swimming but it was too cold.
B. I wanted to go swimming, but it was too cold.
C. I wanted to go swimming but, it was too cold.
D. I wanted to go swimming; but it was too cold.