As we learned together in 2023, we can explore a lot of grammatical ground during twelve months. Between January and December, we reviewed subjects from stative verbs to nominal numbers to anastrophe.<\/p>\n
We look forward to continuing more linguistic review and discovery with you in 2024. Before we move farther down the trail, we’ll first find out what you recall from your most recent mission to be an even more precise and eloquent communicator.<\/p>\n
The 2023 master quiz includes twenty-five items comprising topics from different GrammarBook articles throughout the year. Consider each question, determine your answers, and check them against the answer key. Each question’s answer includes a link to the source article for your reference as well.<\/p>\n
We hope you find the quiz fun and challenging, and most of all, that it proves how much you have grown as a thoughtful writer.<\/p>\n
1. Punctuate the following correctly according to the vocative case.
\nI’m speaking to you Christopher and you Tianna. I told you not to play with honey in the sandbox.<\/p>\n
2. Identify any predicate adjectives.
\nYou seem determined to excel at this. If you maintain your approach, I believe you are certain for final-round selection.<\/p>\n
3. Change the verb in parentheses to the present perfect progressive.
\nPetra (study) astronomy since she was a child.<\/p>\n
4. Identify the stative verbs.
\nFatima thinks the solution is correct and has a stance on the issue, but she won’t share it until the rest of the data is available.<\/p>\n
5. Identify any qualifiers and intensifiers and determine if they are necessary where they appear.
\nRaheem is responding rather slowly to the emails Corretta has been sending. It’s pretty clear he has a few things he’s not really ready to discuss.<\/p>\n
6. Determine if the sentence includes proper apposition. If so, leave it as it is. If not, include proper punctuation and identify if the appositive is restrictive or nonrestrictive.
\nThey have filled the open medical-school teaching position by hiring Dorothy Clavier a longtime doctor of pediatrics.<\/p>\n
7. Identify the subjects and the verb that agrees.
\nRoger or Hyun [review \/ reviews] and [approve \/ approves] the permit applications filed for parades.<\/p>\n
8. [There’s \/ There are] a lot of red on your suspenders.<\/p>\n
9. If the following includes a sentence modifier, identify it. If it doesn’t include one, leave it as it is.
\nWendell will strike the match, which will light the first of the chain of candles for the ceremony.<\/p>\n
10. Determine if the word only<\/em> is properly placed. If so, leave it as it is. If not, move it to the correct position. 11. Identify any nominal numbers. 12. Identify any affixes. 13. Identify any words that show the use of apocope. 14. Change the following to a cleft sentence using the lead word provided. 15. Choose the correct treatment according to the general rule of hyphenating well<\/em>. 16. Identify the 1) the verbal or verbal phrase, 2) its form (gerund, participle, infinitive), and 3) its part of speech (noun, adverb, or adjective). 17. Choose the correct word according to its sentence context. 18. Form the past perfect progressive with the verb provided. 19. Is the following a loose sentence or a periodic sentence? 20. Baptiste has been playing polo since he was twelve years old. 21. Determine if single quotation marks are being used correctly. If not, correct the punctuation. 22. Identify whether the sentence includes anastrophe (yes or no). 23. Identify whether the sentence is cumulative or periodic. 24. Choose the correct usage according to daily formal writing. 25. Place brackets where needed. <\/p>\n 1. I’m speaking to you, Christopher, and you, Tianna. I told you not to play with honey in the sandbox. 2. You seem determined to excel at this<\/u>. If you maintain your approach, I believe you are certain for final-round selection<\/u>. 3. Petra has been studying<\/u> astronomy since she was a child. 4. Fatima thinks<\/u> the solution is<\/span> correct and has<\/u> a stance on the issue, but she won’t share it until the rest of the data is<\/u> available. 5. Roni is responding rather<\/u> slowly to the emails Corretta has been sending. It’s pretty<\/u> clear he has a few things he’s not really<\/u> ready to discuss. None are necessary<\/strong> 6. They have filled the open medical-school teaching position by hiring Dorothy Clavier,<\/u> a longtime doctor of pediatrics<\/span>. Add a comma;<\/strong> nonrestrictive<\/strong> 7. Roger<\/u> or Hyun<\/u> reviews<\/u> and approves<\/u> the permit applications filed for parades. 8. There’s<\/u> a lot of red on your suspenders. 9. No sentence modifier 10. Jessica has been living there for only<\/u> two years. 11. If you will be attending to 150 people in three different banquet rooms, I suggest serving them wine from bin 12<\/u> instead of bin 19<\/u>. 12. You say the pre<\/u><\/strong>heated<\/u><\/strong> soup leaves you un<\/u><\/strong>impressed<\/u><\/strong>. Yet you haven’t even tried<\/u><\/strong> it. I believe you will find it tasty<\/u><\/strong>. 13. According to Liz<\/u>‘s obit<\/u>, she loved to go to the zoo<\/u> and the cinema<\/u>. 14. What<\/u> Nomusa finished writing this year was<\/u> her seventh book. 15. I find Patricia to be an elegant and very well spoken<\/u> person. 16. Caleb tuned up the snowblower to prepare for the approaching blizzard<\/u>. infinitive, adverb<\/strong> 17. I think we have a real problem<\/u> with that meteor that’s heading our way. 18. The faucet had been leaking<\/u> for at least a week before Caitlin fixed it. 19. Grace continued practicing, refusing to stop or to quit. loose sentence<\/strong> 20. d.<\/strong> Perfect progressive aspect 21. “It’s like what President Lincoln said: ‘The best thing about the future is it that it comes one day at a time.’ ” Single quotations are correct<\/strong> 22. No anastrophe 23. Because Bart lost the leash, we cannot walk the dog. periodic sentence<\/strong> 24. Here are<\/u> most of the baseball cards Shane had been planning to trade.
\nJessica has only been living there for two years.<\/p>\n
\nIf you will be attending to 150 people in three different banquet rooms, I suggest serving them wine from bin 12 instead of bin 19.<\/p>\n
\nYou say the preheated soup leaves you unimpressed. Yet you haven’t even tried it. I believe you will find it tasty.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to Liz’s obit, she loved to go to the zoo and the cinema.<\/p>\n
\nNomusa finished writing her seventh book this year. (what)<\/p>\n
\nI find Patricia to be an elegant and very [well spoken \/ well-spoken] person.<\/p>\n
\nCaleb tuned up the snowblower to prepare for the approaching blizzard.<\/p>\n
\nI think we have a real [issue \/ problem] with that meteor that’s heading our way.<\/p>\n
\nThe faucet (leak) for at least a week before Caitlin fixed it.<\/p>\n
\nGrace continued practicing, refusing to stop or to quit.<\/p>\n
\nThis sentence is an example of:
\na. Simple aspect
\nb. Progressive aspect
\nc. Perfect aspect
\nd. Perfect progressive aspect<\/p>\n
\n“It’s like what President Lincoln said: ‘The best thing about the future is it that it comes one day at a time.’ ”<\/p>\n
\nI know I must go through steady, mounting snow.<\/p>\n
\nBecause Bart lost the leash, we cannot walk the dog.<\/p>\n
\n[Here is \/ Here are] most of the baseball cards Shane had been planning to trade.<\/p>\n
\n(For more information on growing forty-foot sunflowers, refer to Hydroponic Secrets Unleashed <\/em>2nd edition.)<\/p>\nJumbo Pop Quiz Answers<\/h2>\n
\nWhat Is the Vocative Case in English?<\/a> 1-18<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is a Predicate Adjective?<\/a> 1-25<\/p>\n
\nPresent Perfect Progressive (Continuous) Tense<\/a> 2-1<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is a Stative Verb?<\/a> 2-15<\/p>\n
\nWhat Are Qualifiers and Intensifiers?<\/a> 3-1<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is Apposition in Grammar?<\/a> 3-22<\/p>\n
\nCompound Subject: Definition and Examples<\/a> 4-12<\/p>\n
\nShould We Use There Is <\/em>and There Are<\/em>?<\/a> 4-19<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is a Sentence Modifier?<\/a> 4-26<\/p>\n
\nHow to Use Only <\/em>Correctly<\/a> 5-3<\/p>\n
\nNominal Number: Definition and Examples<\/a> 5-10<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is an Affix?<\/a> 5-24<\/p>\n
\nApocope Definition and Examples<\/a> 6-7<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is a Cleft Sentence?<\/a> 6-21<\/p>\n
\nAre We Hyphenating Well<\/em>?<\/a> 7-5<\/p>\n
\nVerbals: Definitions & Examples<\/a> 7-12<\/p>\n
\nTackling More Tricky Word Choices: Issue<\/em> vs. Problem<\/em><\/a> 8-2<\/p>\n
\nPast Perfect Progressive<\/a> 8-23<\/p>\n
\nPeriodic Sentence: Definition and Examples<\/a> 9-13<\/p>\n
\nWhat Is Aspect in Grammar?<\/a> 9-27<\/p>\n
\nSingle Quotation Marks: Uses and Examples<\/a> 10-4<\/p>\n
\nAnastrophe<\/a> 10-25<\/p>\n
\nCumulative Sentence: Definition and Examples<\/a> 11-1<\/p>\n
\nHere Is<\/em> vs. Here Are<\/em><\/a> 11-8<\/p>\n