This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Grammar Usage – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Grammar Usage Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find out the sentence which has a compound predicate. A) We're studying management. B) They and I agree with her. C) Some people especially girls go talking unnecessarily like a chatterbox. D) The roommate ate dinner and went to a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The roommate ate dinner and went to a movie. 2. Brooklyn and Decartavis each have ..... older brothers. A) Two. B) Too. C) To. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 3. Please bring ..... calculator to the test. (indefinite article) A) A. B) An. C) The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 4. The sentence "Soniya takes care of her baby." is in ..... A) Present perfect. B) Simple past. C) Simple present. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple present. 5. What suffix(es) do you add to make a word past tense? A) -d. B) -d, -ed, -n't. C) S. D) Es. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -d, -ed, -n't. 6. Where ..... travel to this summer? A) We. B) We can. C) Can we. D) We will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can we. 7. My cousin likes rock music. He can't stand ..... (listen) to soft music! A) To listen. B) Listen. C) Listening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Listening. 8. Choose the correct usage of 'their': A) Their going to the park. B) Their are many options available. C) Their is a cat on the roof. D) Their house is on the corner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their house is on the corner. 9. For each sentence choose the correct verb form that agrees with the subject.The clarinet (is, are) is a musical instrument. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 10. Which word is NOT a noun? A) Baseball. B) It. C) Football. D) Diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It. 11. Pluralize "assembly" A) Assemblys. B) Assemblies. C) Assemblyes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assemblies. 12. The plural form of fox is A) Foxeshs. B) Foxes. C) Foxs. D) Fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foxes. 13. David and I are getting married ..... wedding is next month. A) Our. B) Your. C) Their. D) They're. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our. 14. Which comes first in an argument essay? A) Thesis statement. B) Introductory statement. C) Convincing reasons. D) Body paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introductory statement. 15. Sally did (imply, infer) from my comments that I was disappointed with her work. A) Imply. B) Infer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infer. 16. Identify the error in the sentence:The teacher asked the students to bring they're books to class. A) There. B) They're. C) Thier. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 17. Is the punctuation in the following sentence correct or incorrect? When a sentence is unclear it is probably due to poor punctuation. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 18. This part of the argument essay restates the author's thesis statement and leaves a final thought. A) Introduction. B) Body. C) Transition words. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 19. She and her cousin ..... tennis every weekend except in the winter. A) Play. B) Plays. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 20. Which is correct?A / An eagle is a strong bird. A) A. B) An. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An. 21. The judges were unable to make a final decision on a single winner, so they dived the first prize between john and he. A) No Change. B) He and John. C) John and himself. D) John and him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John and him. 22. Some people ..... very cute. A) Is. B) Am. C) Be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 23. Which sentence contains a progressive participle? A) She is running in the park. B) She runs in the park. C) She ran in the park. D) She has run in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is running in the park. 24. The present tense of the word sleep is: A) Asleep/sleeps/sleeping. B) Slept. C) Sleeped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asleep/sleeps/sleeping. 25. You can only buy ..... kinds of fruits at specialty grocery stores. A) This. B) These. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These. 26. Identify the correct sentence using 'too': A) I want too go with you. B) I did that too. C) I have too apples. D) I am going too the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I did that too. 27. Choose the correct form of the adjective:This is the (good, better, best) movie I have ever seen. A) Good. B) Better. C) Worst. D) Best. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Best. 28. Many students, at Middleton Valley High School take their lunch break off campus, usually stopping at one of the nearby fast food restaurants. A) NO CHANGE. B) B. students at Middleton Valley High School,. C) Students at, Middleton Valley High School,. D) Students at Middleton Valley High School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Students at Middleton Valley High School. 29. Identify whether to use affect or effect in this sentence. Mr. Holmes's speech on how to make change in the world really ..... me. Choose 1 answer: A) Effected. B) Affected. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affected. 30. Select the sentence that uses the correct form of the adjective. A) She is the more talented of the two. B) She is the most talented of the two. C) She is the talentedest of the two. D) She is the talented of the two. 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