Grammar might not be the most exciting of the topics, but you sure need to master the basics of it. Test your skills with the 20 questions below!
1. ______ shall I say is calling?. Who Whom Whose Who’s
2. ___ hour ago we met ___ history teacher. a / an a / a an / a an / an
3. Sentences can be broken down into:. periods predicates objects clauses
4. Charles and ___ are attending the conference. me I myself mine
5. Homophones are:. two or more words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings. two or more words that share the same meaning but have different pronunciations two or more words that share the same spelling but have different meanings two or more words that share the same pronunciation but have different spellings
6. He was not thinking well __ that occasion. at in on when
7. Love, courage, and childhood are examples of: proper nouns abstract nouns relative nouns countable nouns
8. Microsoft announced ________ releasing a new product next week. it is they are itself is she is
9. We need three _______ and two _______ for the soup. fungi / potatos fungus / potatoes fungis / potatoes fungi / potatoes
10. Adverbs can modify: nouns adjectives pronouns sentences
11. The boy _______ threw the ball was blond. himself that which who
12. Those are all prepositions, except:. upon from so like
13. The other boys or Henry ____ to blame. is are were will
14. The two types of adjectives are:. attributive and relative predicative and collective attributive and predicative predicative and alternative
15. The cat has ___ the canary. eat eaten ate eated
16. Which of the following is NOT an article: a it the an
17. Chairs _______ don’t have cushions are uncomfortable to sit on. that which whose where
18. Those are all coordinating conjunctions, except: for yet from but
19. Which of the following is NOT a type of incomplete verb: auxiliary verb intransitive verb semi-auxiliary verb being verb
20. This will be just between you and ___ . myself I me mine