Year-End Quiz: 2025

There’s a good chance you follow GrammarBook.com because you are thoughtful and curious about language, and you appreciate what gives it precision and eloquence.

In 2025, we continued exploring the grammar that provides American English its system for expression, structure, and clarity. Our discussions roamed from finer points such as determiners to broader topics such as Gen Alpha slang.

Each year, we like to punctuate what we’ve learned by testing what we aimed to retain. The 2025 master quiz includes twenty-five items from topics we reviewed with you from February to December.

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 reference as well.

We hope that you enjoy the quiz and that it reveals how much further you developed as an accurate, versatile writer in 2025.

Jumbo Pop Quiz: 2025 in Twenty-five Questions

1. What is the meaning of the following word in Gen Alpha slang?
gyatt
a. No way
b. Obnoxious
c. That person’s attractive!

2. What is the meaning of the following word in Gen Alpha slang?
Ohio
a. Thick in the middle
b. Odd, strange, weird
c. Having a hometown spirit

3. Trolley: What is the American equivalent of this Australian English word?
a. Shopping cart
b. Streetcar
c. Baby carriage

4. Sweater: What is the Australian equivalent of this American English word?
a. Pullover
b. Jersey
c. Jumper

5. Use verbing to change the identified word from a noun to an action.
The anonymous benefactor has [donation] $1 million to the charity.

6. Use verbing to change the identified word from a noun to an action.
The panel of scientists is [theory] that certain atoms are forming new properties.

7. Identify any instances of nominalization in the sentence.
Wow! Did you see the quarterback’s last play?

8. Identify any instances of nominalization in the sentence.
As they say, the prevention is usually better than the cure.

9. Identify any instances of nominalization in the sentence.
The salesperson uses good tactics for starting a conversation.

10. Which sentence might fit better in a social media post than in a formal letter?
a. We wish to recognize you at this exclusive event.
b. We chose you to be honored!

11. Which sentence might fit better in a formal announcement than in an app message?
a. This page will be unavailable 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST because of server maintenance.
b. Page down 8pm-11pm EST for server updates

12. What are the consonants in the word philanthropic?

13. How many consonants does the English alphabet include?
a. Twenty-one
b. Eighteen
c. Twenty

14. Can consonants on their own form syllables? [Yes / No]

15. How many syllables are in the word scratched?
a. Two
b. Zero
c. One

16. The word dry includes an example of a(n) _________ syllable.
a. magic e
b. open
c. diphthong (vowel team)

17. Which word contains a long vowel?
a. Sock
b. Hope
c. Rhythm

18. The word power is an example of a:
a. monophthong.
b. diphthong.
c. triphthong.

19. Is the letter y a vowel?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Sometimes

20. The following sentence is an example of a [metaphor / analogy].
The offense cut through the defense like a hot knife through butter.

21. The following sentence is an example of a [metaphor / analogy].
Shayna’s determination was a high-beam light leading the way.

22. Neither Raoul nor Cedric has submitted [their / his] timesheet yet.

23. Each of the cats will have [its / their] own bed and food bowl.

24. Identify any determiners in the following sentence.
Anastasia found her socks in the plastic storage cube.

25. Identify any determiners in the following sentence.
I need more information before I decide about that particular item.

 

Jumbo Pop Quiz Answers

1. c. That person’s attractive!
Generation Alpha Slang: An Introduction 2-19

2. b. Odd, strange, weird
Generation Alpha Slang: An Introduction 2-19

3. a. Shopping cart
America and Australia: What’s the English? 3-19

4. c. Jumper
America and Australia: What’s the English? 3-19

5. The anonymous benefactor has donated $1 million to the charity.
Verbing: When Nouns Become Verbs 4-23

6. The panel of scientists is theorizing that certain atoms are forming new properties.
Verbing: When Nouns Become Verbs 4-23

7. Wow! Did you see the quarterback’s last play?
Nominalization: Ways to Change Verbs into Nouns 5-21

8. As they say, the prevention is usually better than the cure.
Nominalization: Ways to Change Verbs into Nouns 5-21

9. The salesperson uses good tactics for starting a conversation.
Nominalization: Ways to Change Verbs into Nouns 5-21

10. b. We chose you to be honored!
Formal or Informal? Choosing the Right Tone for Digital Communications 6-18

11. a. This page will be unavailable 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST because of server maintenance.
Formal or Informal? Choosing the Right Tone for Digital Communications 6-18

12. philanthropic
Consonants: Definition, Meaning, Examples 7-23

13. a. Twenty-one
Consonants: Definition, Meaning, Examples 7-23

14. Can consonants on their own form syllables? No
Consonants: Definition, Meaning, Examples 7-23

15. c. One
Syllables: Definition, Meaning, Examples 8-20

16. b. open
Syllables: Definition, Meaning, Examples 8-20

17. b. Hope
Vowels: Definition, Types, Examples 9-17

18. c. triphthong
Vowels: Definition, Types, Examples 9-17

19. c. Sometimes, when y produces a vowel sound (e.g., shy)
Vowels: Definition, Types, Examples 9-17

20. The offense cut through the defense like a hot knife through butter. analogy
Analogy vs. Metaphor: The Difference 10-22

21. Shayna’s determination was a high-beam light leading the way. metaphor
Analogy vs. Metaphor: The Difference 10-22

22. Neither Raoul nor Cedric has submitted his timesheet yet.
Antecedents: Definition and Meaning 11-19

23. Each of the cats will have its own bed and food bowl.
Antecedents: Definition and Meaning 11-19

24. Anastasia found her socks in the plastic storage cube.
What Is a Determiner? Definition and Examples 12-17

25. I need more information before I decide about that particular item.
What Is a Determiner? Definition and Examples 12-17

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