This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Grammar Usage – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Grammar Usage Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the appropriate article to complete the sentence:I need (a, an, the) new phone. A) This. B) A. C) Some. D) An. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 2. 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. 3. The ..... worksheets we get tonight, the more likely I will be able to go to the game. A) Fewer. B) More. C) Less. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fewer. 4. 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. 5. The tense of a verb shows: A) Who did the action. B) Where the action happened. C) How the action happened. D) When the action happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the action happened. 6. 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. 7. Which of the following sentences uses 'to' correctly? A) I am going too the park. B) He is too tired to work. C) She wants to go home. D) They are going too the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wants to go home. 8. 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. 9. ..... 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. 10. Identify the verb:Ask the question. A) Ask. B) The. C) Question. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ask. 11. I ..... your apology. A) Except. B) Accept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accept. 12. 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. 13. Which of the followings comes under modifier? A) Nouns. B) Pronouns. C) Adverbs. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbs. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Just ..... your tools on the workbench and let me show you what needs to be done. A) Lie. B) Principal. C) Lay. D) Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lay. 17. Pluralize "story" A) Stories. B) Storyies. C) Storys. D) Stores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stories. 18. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of 'its' or 'it's'? A) Its a beautiful day outside. B) It's a beautiful day outside. C) Its' a beautiful day outside. D) The cat licked it's paws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's a beautiful day outside. 19. 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. 20. She agreed ..... (bring) the camera. A) To bring. B) Bring. C) Bringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring. 21. 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. 22. 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) Italian cheese. B) No change. C) French cheese. D) Of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian cheese. 23. They took ..... canoes to the river. A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. The plural form of school is A) Schooles. B) Schooless. C) Schools. D) Schoolz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schools. 27. 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. 28. What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?Most cats enjoy spaghetti. A) Most. B) Enjoy. C) Cats. D) Spaghetti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoy. 29. This part of speech shows action A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 30. 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: B) I wanted to go to the park, but it was raining. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesGrammar Usage Quiz 1Grammar Usage Quiz 2Grammar Usage Quiz 3Grammar Usage Quiz 5Grammar Usage Quiz 6Grammar Usage Quiz 7Grammar Usage Quiz 8Grammar Usage Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books