Grammar Quiz

After James ________home, he washed his hands

• had washed

• washes

• will wash

• washed

Daniel is proud _____his brother

• off

• about

• in

• of

Martha is interested _______physics.

• on

• in

• about

• for

Mia, who works at Mac Donald's, exerts effort.

• essential clause

• non-essential clause

• fragment

• run-on

The Civil War _______in 1861 in the U.S.

• broke into

• broke up

• broke out

• broke off

Waiting patiently in the line, people chatted and read newspaper.

• participle phrase

• infinitive phrase

• appositive phrase

• gerund phrase

Luckily, Zach likes taking the dog for a walk.

• infinitive phrase

• appositive phrase

• gerund phrase

• participle phrase

We ran the race to raise money for medical research.

• infinitive phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• participle phrase

Pumpkin, our ten-year-old cat, has a sweet temperament.

• gerund phrase

• infinitive phrase

• participle phrase

• appositive phrase

Martin _______a new shirt last week.

• buys

• buy

• buying

• bought