This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Grammar Usage – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Grammar Usage Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many parts of speech do we have in English Grammar? A) Ten. B) Five. C) Six. D) Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eight. 2. Which is correct?A / An unicorn looks like a horse. A) A. B) An. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 3. Choose the correct usage of 'its': A) Its a sunny day. B) Its wings are colorful. C) Its going to be fun. D) Its a long journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its wings are colorful. 4. Is the punctuation in the sentence correct or incorrect? Correctly punctuated sentences are clear and they are easy to read. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 5. Identify the noun:She purchased the ice cream with him. A) She. B) With. C) Ice cream. D) Purchased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice cream. 6. "Have a good one, " the cashier said in a singsong. "Don't forget your receipt." It wasn't until I got home that it occurred to me-I had walked out with someone else's groceries! A) Else. B) Elses'. C) NO CHANGE. D) Elses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO CHANGE. 7. There ..... several teachers at the game. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 8. Identify whether the word here or hear should be used in this sentence.If you can ..... what I'm saying, raise your hand.Choose 1 answer: A) Here. B) Hear. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 9. Which sentence uses parentheses correctly to add nonessential information? A) My sister who is a doctor (is visiting next week). B) My sister (who is a doctor is visiting next week). C) My sister (who is a doctor) is visiting next week. D) My sister who is a doctor is visiting (next week). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My sister (who is a doctor) is visiting next week. 10. Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb? A) They doesn't like apples. B) He doesn't likes apples. C) She doesn't like apples. D) She don't like apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She doesn't like apples. 11. I'm sure I gave him back the money. I remember ..... it back to him. A) Give. B) Giving. C) Gave. D) Gives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving. 12. How should sentence 2 be changed? A) Change They to You. B) Change pictures to picture's. C) Sentence 2 should not be changed. D) Change elaberate to elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change elaberate to elaborate. 13. The mountain peak was ..... away than she expected. A) Farther. B) Further. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farther. 14. Which is correct?Monkeys / Monkies live in Africa. A) Monkeys. B) Monkies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monkeys. 15. What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?Dustin sang a song with his girlfriend A) Song. B) Dustin. C) Girlfriend. D) Sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sang. 16. Which is the complete subject in "The financial department completed the inventory of computers." ? A) Financial department. B) The financial. C) The financial department. D) Department. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The financial department. 17. I have ..... dogs than my friend, Mary, who has six dogs. A) Fewer. B) Less. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fewer. 18. My sister, a preschool teacher, is more creative than ..... when it comes to planning activities for her students. A) I. B) Me. C) Mine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 19. Either he or she ..... next in line. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 20. Before Paul went ..... a trip, his friend, Marcus gave him a glass full ..... coins. A) To, of. B) Into, of. C) On, of. D) To, with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On, of. 21. They ..... each other for a long time. A) Have known. B) Knew. C) Are knowing. D) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have known. 22. The cat ..... beside the fireplace the entire day, ..... when mother went to the kitchen to start dinner. A) Set; accept. B) Sat; except. C) Set; except. D) Sat; accept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sat; except. 23. Can anyone tell me ..... ready for summertime? A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who's. 24. The students dropped ..... books of in the classroom before going to lunch. A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 25. How should sentence 23 be changed? A) Change According to Acording. B) Sentence 23 should not be changed. C) Change Serious to serious. D) Insert a comma after Davis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insert a comma after Davis. 26. There are ..... many children in the cafeteria. A) Too. B) Two. C) To. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Too. 27. Select the appropriate article to complete the sentence:I need (a, an, the) new phone. A) This. B) Some. C) An. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 28. The past tense of do is: A) Doesn't. B) Did. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 29. The ..... worksheets we get tonight, the more likely I will be able to go to the game. A) Number. B) Less. C) Fewer. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fewer. 30. Which is correct?There are two dictionarys / dictionaries on the shelf. A) Dictionarys. B) Dictionaries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictionaries. 31. The tense of a verb shows: A) How the action happened. B) Who did the action. C) When the action happened. D) Where the action happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the action happened. 32. In the sentence, the author wants to create a pattern by repeating initial consonant sounds close together. Which choice provides the best example of this?A little red bird perched perkily but precariously on a tree branch. Choose 1 answer: A) NO CHANGE. B) Sat perkily on a thin, slim tree branch. C) Perched atop an alarmingly thin tree branch. D) It needs to be changed, but none of the options apply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 33. Which of the following sentences uses 'to' correctly? A) She wants to go home. B) He is too tired to work. C) They are going too the movies. D) I am going too the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wants to go home. 34. For each sentence choose the correct verb form that agrees with the subject.The flat reed (fits, fit) into the back of the mouthpiece. A) Fits. B) Fit. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fits. 35. ..... you heating some bean and cheese burriotos in the microwave? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 36. Identify the verb:Ask the question. A) Ask. B) The. C) Question. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ask. 37. I ..... your apology. A) Except. B) Accept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 38. Using the grammar rubric, you can determine the ..... of capitalization errors your paper had. A) Amount. B) Number. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Number. 39. Which of the followings comes under modifier? A) Pronouns. B) Adverbs. C) Conjunctions. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbs. 40. My sister, an artist, is more creative than ..... when it comes to visualizing designs. A) I. B) Me. C) Mine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 41. The reason the manager changed pitchers was because he knew that the opposing side had a left handed batter. A) No change. B) The reason the manager changed pitchers which. C) The manager changed pitchers because. D) The reason that pitchers were changed by the manager was because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manager changed pitchers because. 42. Just ..... your tools on the workbench and let me show you what needs to be done. A) Principle. B) Lie. C) Principal. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lay. 43. Pluralize "story" A) Storys. B) Storyies. C) Stores. D) Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stories. 44. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of 'its' or 'it's'? A) Its' a beautiful day outside. B) The cat licked it's paws. C) Its a beautiful day outside. D) It's a beautiful day outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's a beautiful day outside. 45. Choose the correct pronoun ..... is twenty five years old. A) He. B) It. C) They. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He. 46. She agreed ..... (bring) the camera. A) To bring. B) Bring. C) Bringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring. 47. He had enjoyed an unconstrained and carefree youth. He spoke often of meeting the king and of traveling the world on a sailing ship. A) NO CHANGE. B) All over. C) Of his traveling all over. D) Of his traveling around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 48. Ten years ago, the United States imported ten times as much french cheese as Italian cheese, but today Americans are eating more of it. A) French cheese. B) Of them. C) Italian cheese. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italian cheese. 49. They took ..... canoes to the river. A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 50. We'll probably never know where he and his boat ended up, but in our imagination, he continues to be awesome across the seas. A) NO CHANGE. B) Is still sailing happily. C) Manifests his superior navigation skills. D) Carefully measures the nautical miles and adjusts his sails according to the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is still sailing happily. 51. I can't see very (good, well) at night, so I don't usually drive in the dark. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well. 52. The plural form of school is A) Schools. B) Schooles. C) Schoolz. D) Schooless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schools. 53. By the time he was in middle school, he was (already, all ready) a talented artist. A) Already. B) All ready. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Already. 54. What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?Most cats enjoy spaghetti. A) Cats. B) Spaghetti. C) Enjoy. D) Most. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoy. 55. This part of speech shows action A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 56. Which sentence uses a comma correctly to separate clauses joined by a coordinating 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) I wanted to go to the park but, it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted to go to the park, but it was raining. 57. What is the simple subject of the following sentence?They went to the mall and defeated the monster. A) Monster. B) Defeated. C) Mall. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They. 58. There are ..... days of school before the end of the year than we thought we had. A) Less. B) Fewer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fewer. 59. Find out the set of "state-of-being" verb. A) Am, is, are, shall and do. B) Is, are, were, can, and must. C) Was, were, are, am, and has. D) Am, is, are, was, and were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am, is, are, was, and were. 60. In the sentence "What are you doing in lockdown period?", "in lockdown period" is an example of: A) An adjective phrase. B) A verb phrase. C) A prepositional phrase. D) A noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prepositional phrase. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesGrammar Usage Quiz 1Grammar Usage Quiz 3Grammar Usage Quiz 4Grammar Usage Quiz 5Grammar Usage Quiz 6Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books