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Final Grammar Test
Part I: True or False
1. The following word group is a FRAGMENT: That movie, one of my favorites. __True __False
2. The following word group is a FRAGMENT: The local baseball team, needing a good pitcher most of all. __True __False
3. The following word group is a FRAGMENT: Using a flashlight, he looked under the bed for his shoes. __True __False
4. The capitalized verb agrees with the subject: Three employees from our company and one from our competitor WAS fired. __True __False
5. The capitalized verb agrees with the subject: Three of my friends LIKE this band. __True __False
6. The capitalized verb agrees with the subject: Six girls and one boy WAS in the dance class. __True __False
7. Quotation marks are correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized: "This is a fantastic opportunity", the salesman insisted. __True __False
8. Quotation marks are correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized: "Are you serious ?!?" Fred asked. __True __False
9. Quotation marks are correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized: My best friend said that "She'd heard something like that." __True __False
Part II: Multiple Choice In the following sentences, identify if the word grouping contains sentence fragments, a comma splice, or a run-on sentence, or if the grouping is a complete sentence.
10. Cats, unlike dogs and fond of sitting on laps. __ Sentence fragment __ Comma splice __ Run-on sentence __ Complete sentence (contains no error)
11. I don't know what you want me to do, the directions are not
Final Grammar Test
Part I: True or False
1. The following word group is a FRAGMENT: That movie, one of my favorites. __True __False
2. The following word group is a FRAGMENT: The local baseball team, needing a good pitcher most of all. __True __False
3. The following word group is a FRAGMENT: Using a flashlight, he looked under the bed for his shoes. __True __False
4. The capitalized verb agrees with the subject: Three employees from our company and one from our competitor WAS fired. __True __False
5. The capitalized verb agrees with the subject: Three of my friends LIKE this band. __True __False
6. The capitalized verb agrees with the subject: Six girls and one boy WAS in the dance class. __True __False
7. Quotation marks are correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized: "This is a fantastic opportunity", the salesman insisted. __True __False
8. Quotation marks are correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized: "Are you serious ?!?" Fred asked. __True __False
9. Quotation marks are correctly used in the following sentence, the entire sentence is correctly punctuated, and all words in the sentence are correctly capitalized: My best friend said that "She'd heard something like that." __True __False
Part II: Multiple Choice In the following sentences, identify if the word grouping contains sentence fragments, a comma splice, or a run-on sentence, or if the grouping is a complete sentence.
10. Cats, unlike dogs and fond of sitting on laps. __ Sentence fragment __ Comma splice __ Run-on sentence __ Complete sentence (contains no error)
11. I don't know what you want me to do, the directions are not