Grammar Basics

Choose the word that best suits the following:

To put off until a later time

• genuine

• exempt

• diligence

• defer

Sincere and honest is the same as

• genuine

• remiss

• eloquence

• tedious

Which word in the following sentence is a subject:

Our relationship with food changes over time.

• time

• food

• Our

• relationship

Which word in the following sentence is a verb:

Many people now avoid trans fats in their diets.

• many

• avoid

• people

• diets

Nothing is worse ____ fighting traffic on a Friday afternoon.

• Then

• Than

Core the apple and ____rinse it will lemon juice.

• Then

• Than

The word 'persistence' is the same as:

• negligence

• tenacity

• empathetic

• motivated

Which word is the subject in the following sentence:

Carbohydrates provide most of our calories.

• carbohydrates

• calories

• most

• provide

Pick the punctuation for the following:

Do you feel pain?

• question

• exclamation

• sentence

• command

The plural word for bacterium is

• bacterititis

• bacteria

• bacteriae

• bacteriums