This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Genre Specific > Biography Grammar – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biography Grammar Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Correct the double negative:"I can't never remember her name." A) I can't ever remember her name. B) I cannot never remember her name. C) I can't not remember her name. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can't ever remember her name. 2. Choose the past tense verb: A) Loves. B) Loved. C) Will love. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loved. 3. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:"One day he was sent to another farm." A) One day he was. B) Was sent. C) To another farm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To another farm. 4. She had pizza for lunch. A) First person. B) Third person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person. 5. The main difference between an autobiography and a biography is: A) An autobiography is written by the person themselves, while a biography is written by someone else. B) Both are written by the same person. C) A biography is always fictional, while an autobiography is always true. D) An autobiography is about someone else, while a biography is about oneself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An autobiography is written by the person themselves, while a biography is written by someone else. 6. A past verb ends with: A) S or es. B) Ed. C) Will. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ed. 7. Which point of view is typically used in a biography? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 8. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?"Frederick found himself back on the plantation." A) On the plantation. B) Found himself. C) Himself back. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the plantation. 9. Which of the following sentence HAS (CONTAINS) a double negative? A) I can't remember her name. B) I can't never remember her name. C) I can't ever remember her name. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can't never remember her name. 10. I told my friend that I would be at the party. A) First person. B) Third person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 11. Which of the following uses commas correctly in the sentence? A) The Nealeys whipped her, gave her poor clothing to wear, and offered little to eat. B) The Nealeys whipped her gave her, poor clothing to wear, and offered little to eat. C) The Nealeys whipped, her gave her poor clothing to wear, and offered little to eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Nealeys whipped her, gave her poor clothing to wear, and offered little to eat. 12. What are bullet points? A) Bullet points are little markers at the middle of a line which are used as adjectives. B) Bullet points are little markers at the start of a line which are used to separate items in a list. C) Bullet points are little markers at the end of a line which are used to end a sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bullet points are little markers at the start of a line which are used to separate items in a list. 13. The windows have been cleaned A) Passive Voice. B) Active Voice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passive Voice. 14. What is a biography? A) A story about someone's life, told by somebody else. B) A story about the author's own life. C) A collection of facts about historical events. D) A story that tells a personal story about a significant event or period in the author's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A story about someone's life, told by somebody else. 15. I gave him a book for his birthday A) Active Voice. B) Passive Voice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active Voice. 16. We walked as far as the waterfall, ..... we stopped for a picnic. A) Which. B) That. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 17. What is an autobiography? A) A story about someone's life, told by somebody else. B) A collection of facts about historical events. C) A story that tells a personal story about a significant event or period in the author's life. D) A story about the author's own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A story about the author's own life. 18. Which sentence correctly uses a FANBOYS conjunction? A) I wanted to go to the park but, it was raining. B) I wanted, to go to the park, but it was raining. C) I wanted to go to the park, but it was raining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I wanted to go to the park, but it was raining. 19. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?"He went barefoot even in the wintertime." A) Barefoot even. B) In the wintertime. C) He went barefoot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the wintertime. 20. He was looked after by his grandmother A) Passive Voice. B) Active Voice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passive Voice. 21. The man ..... was speaking to us was very tall. A) Who. B) Which. C) Whose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 22. Stephanie is a girl ..... has blue eyes A) Which. B) Where. C) Who. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 23. Why use bullet points? A) They help break down a set of key ideas or items so that the reader can see them all easily. B) They help break down a sentence so that the reader can understand where to add a full stop easily. C) They help to make a sentence longer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They help break down a set of key ideas or items so that the reader can see them all easily. 24. Have bullet points been used correctly in the below?This year in mathematics, we learned:1 double-digit addition;2 double-digit subtraction;3 single-digit multiplication;4 long division. A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 25. When do you use commas in a series? A) When you list one thing. B) When you list two things. C) When you list three or more things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you list three or more things. 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