This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Grammar Usage – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Grammar Usage Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence correctly uses "less extreme than" ? A) The weather in California is less extreme than the weather in Alaska. B) The weather in California is less extreme than the sun shines. C) The weather in California is less extreme than more friendly. D) The weather in California is less extreme than warm beaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The weather in California is less extreme than the weather in Alaska. 2. Find the Interjection A) Wow!. B) Kid. C) Hat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wow!. 3. For each sentence choose the correct verb form that agrees with the subject.A clarinet (has, have) a long, hollow tube and a bell-shaped opening. A) Has. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 4. A word that shows strong or mild feeling? A) Interjection. B) Prepositon. C) Pronoun. D) Conjuntion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interjection. 5. Which of the following sentences uses a past participle correctly? A) The cookies were baked smelled delicious. B) The cookies baked smelled delicious. C) The cookies were baking smelled delicious. D) The baked cookies smelled delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The baked cookies smelled delicious. 6. My hair is losing ..... color. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 7. Question mark (?) is used: A) To set apart appositive. B) To connect independent clauses. C) To show hesitation. D) To reconfirm something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To reconfirm something. 8. Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?Hair on your head grows a half inch each month. A) Hair on your head. B) On your head grows a half inch each month. C) Grows a half inch. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hair on your head. 9. What is the appropriate punctuation for the sentence?The bee flies busily from one flower to another, drinking nectar A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 10. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:Kerry Ann, ..... hates spiders, wears bug-stomping boots wherever she goes. A) Who. B) Whom. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 11. She is ..... good at driving. A) Supposably. B) Supposedly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supposedly. 12. My best friend at school ..... live in our neighborhood. A) Doesn't. B) Don't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't. 13. Which of the following sets is of concrete nouns? A) Chalk, Bird, Eye, Love. B) Helmet, Computer, Water, Roof. C) Education, Excitement, Anger, Passion. D) Hardness, Softness, Hatred, Cartoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helmet, Computer, Water, Roof. 14. Which part of speech is considered the most important among all parts of speech? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 15. The plural form of bush is A) Bushess. B) Busheshs. C) Bushes. D) Bushez. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bushes. 16. I'd say that given the circumstances of this quarter, everyone has done pretty darn ..... this year in English III. A) Well. B) Good. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well. 17. For each question, choose the correct sentence. A) I wonder if their planning to go shopping with us. B) I wonder if there planning to go shopping with us. C) I wonder if they're planning to go shopping with us. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I wonder if they're planning to go shopping with us. 18. Which is the basic sentence structure in English Language? A) SVO. B) SVOC. C) SVA. D) SVOO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SVO. 19. Which of the following is a modal verb? A) Were. B) Does. C) Ought to. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ought to. 20. Whenever ..... new movie came out, Jerry would go to the theatre and watch ..... movie three or four times. A) X, the. B) A, the. C) The, the. D) A, a. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A, the. 21. Pippin was once caught (among, between) troops and the enemy. A) Among. B) Between. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 22. Kaixuan can have some candy if ..... is any left. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 23. Identify the correct form of the adverb:She sings (good, well) in the choir. A) Good. B) Well. C) Fine. D) Better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 24. ..... is the new kid. A) Their. B) They're. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 25. The officials would not ..... the team run up the score. A) Leave. B) Let. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Let. 26. The ..... said that the decision was a matter of ..... A) Principal; principle. B) Principal; principal. C) Principle; principal. D) Principle; principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal; principle. 27. Find the Adverb? A) Quietly. B) Ran. C) Bat. D) Diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quietly. 28. Define:Adjective A) A word that gives more detail about nouns. B) A person, place, thing, or idea. C) A word that gives more details about verbs. D) An action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that gives more detail about nouns. 29. ..... wins the jackpot better share the money! A) Whoever. B) Whom. C) Who. D) Whomever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whoever. 30. What is the correct order for an argument essay? A) Introduction, Conclusion, Body. B) Body, Introduction, Conclusion. C) Introduction, Body, Conclusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduction, Body, Conclusion. 31. ..... are two oranges left in the fruit basket Grandmother sent for the Christmas holiday. A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 32. Identify the pronoun:Paula hopes that she will sing with the choir. A) Paula. B) Choir. C) She. D) Hopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She. 33. True or false:You have to use the word "and" before writing etc.(Ex. I like food, cats, coffee, and etc.) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. Which sentence uses a dash correctly? A) My dog-a golden retriever loves to play fetch. B) My dog a golden retriever loves-to play fetch. C) My dog-a golden retriever-loves to play fetch. D) My dog a golden retriever-loves to play fetch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dog-a golden retriever-loves to play fetch. 35. Since Sally and Jack began dating, problems have emerged ..... them because of their separate interests. A) Among. B) Between. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between. 36. I'm sorry I shouted at you. I'll try ..... (not do) it again. A) Not do. B) Not to do. C) Not doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not to do. 37. Identify whether to use affect or effect in this sentence.Amazingly, the three cups of coffee Simon drank at 8pm did not produce any ill ..... on his ability to sleep. A) Effects. B) Affects. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effects. 38. Either Paulette or Lily ..... all the local performances of the Alvin Ailey Dancers. A) Attend. B) Attends. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attends. 39. Is the colored word a predicate noun or adjective?My sister is a student at the University of Iowa. A) Predicate Adjective. B) Predicate Noun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicate Noun. 40. True or false:Ain't is perfectly okay to use in proper writing, such as the ACT Aspire writing portion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. They sang very ..... in the school concert last week A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 42. What is the complete predicate of this sentence?Most rocks are made of more than one mineral. A) Most rocks. B) Are made of more than one mineral. C) Most rocks are made. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are made of more than one mineral. 43. Which is correct?I need a / an umbrella because it is raining. A) A. B) An. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An. 44. Is the colored word a predicate noun or adjective?My phone was broken, so I got a new one. A) Predicate Adjective. B) Predicate Noun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate Adjective. 45. What is the past tense of the word piles? A) Piled. B) Piles. C) Piling. D) Pilled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piled. 46. What is the direct object in the following sentence?Tina is making dinner for us. A) Us. B) Making. C) Dinner. D) Tina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dinner. 47. Identify the adverb:My sister answered the questions intelligently. A) Questions. B) Intelligently. C) My. D) Answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligently. 48. A ..... case is used when the pronoun shows ownership. A) Common. B) Collective. C) Proper. D) Possessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possessive. 49. We are ..... for the lock-in. A) Already. B) All ready. C) Allready. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All ready. 50. Which is correct?There are three shelfs / shelves on the wall. A) Shelfs. B) Shelves. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelves. 51. Choose the sentence that correctly uses "different from." A) Japanese tea ceremonies are different from Western coffee culture. B) Japanese tea ceremonies are different from warmer and friendlier events. C) Japanese tea ceremonies are different from the greatest traditions of the world. D) Japanese tea ceremonies are different from enjoying tea in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese tea ceremonies are different from Western coffee culture. 52. What tense is the word works? A) Present. B) Past. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 53. ..... cat with the white paws has been adopted. A) That. B) Those. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 54. Due to the ..... times the boys cheated in the game, they should have been disqualified. A) Number of. B) Amount of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number of. 55. Mr. Jamal has a dog called Black. ..... is cute and friendly. A) It. B) He. C) They. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 56. "Hey, ..... her choice if she wants to go or not!" A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 57. Which sentence has a helping verb? A) The driver closed the bus door. B) A beaver built a dam in the stream. C) A new store opened near our school. D) My sister can play the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister can play the piano. 58. Greg! Go sit in the desk over ..... A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 59. The children were told to close ..... eyes tightly, and not ..... A) They're; peak. B) Their; peak. C) Their; peek. D) There; peek. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their; peek. 60. Our neighbors apologised for ..... such noise. A) Made. B) Make. C) Making. D) Makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making. 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