Appendix H
Comprehensive Grammar CheckPoint Answer Form
Enter the correct answer for each item by typing either a or b in the second column. Provide an explanation for each choice in the Rationale column. The boxes expand to accommodate your text.
Item | Correct Answer(a or b) | Rationale | 1. | a | One activist is the subject and the singular verb is has. | 2. | B | Requires is right because the subject is a group of people | 3. | A | Are is right because vitamins is plural so the verb must be too | 4. | A | Became is past tense and this is not past tense | 5. | A | Took is past tense and the sentence is not | 6. | B | Laid is past tense | 7. | B | Am is right because they are currently interested | 8. | a | Have is showing the actions of being on American Idol, not just them being on it | 9. | A | Have is present tense | 10. | A | Have to be well organized refer to the students | 11. | B | Its Patients who do not spend so much time in the waiting room | 12. | B | It refers to the vehicle | 13. | B | Presenters is plural so their notes is correct | 14. | B | It is right because they are not many items, they are single | 15. | A | Council members is plural | 16. | B | Anyone needs a singular pronoun | 17. | A | The pronoun is singular | 18. | A | Because the subject is his brother, me is correct | 19. | A | Her shows possessiveness | 20. | A | I is correct because the ise is proper when there is another person | 21. | A | The verb was refers to who which is correct | 22. | B | Whom is right because the verb send doesn’t apply to whom | 23. | A | Who is the subject of the verb owns | 24. | B | Not clear if the tree or the car made the noise | 25. | A | This increasing pollution must be included to show that pollution is the problem | | |