This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Conventions And Usage – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Conventions And Usage Quiz 2 (9 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Refer to the section in red:Jose, who had been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life. A) No Change. B) School. Knew. C) School; knew. D) School, and knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No Change. 2. I want to get my lifeguarding certificate; ..... I can get a summer job at the community pool. A) Accept. B) Except. C) Then. D) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 3. Every clause has to have at least a subject and a verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which of the following changes would make the sentence below correct?The Canada Summer Games were held in Niagara in August 2022; the provinces with the highest medal count was Ontario, with 86 gold, 60 silver, and 52 bronze. A) Change the semicolon to a period. B) Remove the capital letters for "Summer" and "Games". C) Change "provinces" to "province". D) Change the period to a question mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change "provinces" to "province". 5. Neither oatmeal ..... chocolate chip cookies were offered at today's bake sale. A) Nor. B) For. C) Yet. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nor. 6. A proper noun is used when A) You write a person's name. B) You write an adjective. C) You write an action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You write a person's name. 7. ..... of cleaning their room, Roz chose to play video games. A) Because. B) Instead. C) For instance. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instead. 8. What are language conventions? A) Help make writing sound better. B) Help make writing clear and understandable. C) Help us write shorter sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help make writing clear and understandable. 9. I like swimming, and I enjoy running. This sentence is a: A) Run-on. B) Fragment. C) Complete sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complete sentence. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesConventions And Usage Quiz 1Academic Paragraph Review QuizAcademic Vocabulary QuizAcademic Writing Conventions And Practices QuizAcademic Writing Structure QuizAcademic Writing Style And Editing QuizAcademic Writing Style QuizAcademic Writing QuizAchieving Cohesion QuizCohesion And Academic Register QuizCohesion And Academic Writing QuizConcluding Sentences QuizConventions Of Usage QuizEngagement QuizEnglish Academic Writing Concision QuizEnglish For Academic And Professional Purposes QuizEssay Outline QuizEssay Writing Conventions QuizEssay Writing Features And Conventions QuizExplanatory Writing Practice QuizExpository Writing QuizFact Vs Opinion QuizFeatures Of Academic Writing QuizFormal Vs Informal Register QuizFormal Vs Informal Writing QuizGenres Of Writing QuizHook Sentences QuizInformational Essay Outline QuizInformational Text Features QuizIntroductions Review QuizNarration QuizNarrative Point Of View QuizParagraph Cohesion QuizParagraph Errors QuizParagraphs QuizPlagiarism In Academic Writing QuizPoint Of View QuizProperties Of A Well Written Text QuizReflection QuizReport Writing QuizResearch Report Writing QuizResearch Report QuizResearch Vocabulary QuizResume Building QuizScientific Writing QuizSteps In The Writing Process QuizStructuring And Outlining For Writing QuizSupporting Sentences QuizText Conventions QuizText Features QuizTextual Analysis QuizTitles Of Work QuizTitles QuizTopic Sentence Writing QuizUsing Academic Language In Thesis Writing QuizVoice In Academic Writing QuizWriting And Grammar Review QuizWriting Standards QuizWriting Titles Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books