GRAMMAR QUIZ 2

APPROPRIATE TRANSITION USAGE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) For instance,

• C) However,

• D) Similarly,

ESSENTIAL OR NONESSENTIAL INFORMATION

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) painter, Georges Seurat’s

• C) painter Georges Seurat’s,

• D) painter Georges Seurat’s

POSSESSION & WITHIN SENTENCE PUNCTUATION

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) its tiniest;

• C) its tiniest:

• D) it’s tiniest,

ON TOPIC OR NOT?

• A) Yes, because it provides historical context for the

  Thorne Miniature Rooms exhibit.

• B) Yes, because it explains why salons are often

  ornately decorated.

• C) No, because it interrupts the paragraph’s

  description of the miniature salon.

• D) No, because it implies that the interior designer

  of the salon had political motivations.

JOINING SENTENCE ELEMENTS: COMMA SPLICE RUN-ON ERROR

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) legs, the couch and chairs

• C) legs and

• D) legs,

SUPPORTING DETAIL THAT REMAINS ON TOPIC

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) a tea cup is about a quarter of an inch.

• C) there are even tiny cushions on some.

• D) household items are also on this scale.

LOGICAL COMPARISON

• A) furnished by their

• B) furnished, but their

• C) furnished: their

• D) furnished, whereas

PARALLEL STRUCTURE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) a small table is under the third wall’s window.

• C) the third wall has a window and small table.

• D) the third wall has a small table against it and a

  window.

SINGULAR VS PLURAL & VERB TENSE

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) visitors remarking,

• C) visitor remarked,

• D) visitor remark,

DANGLING OR MISPLACED MODIFIERS

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) Another visitor, dotted with pin-sized knobs,

  noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk

  and its drawers.

• C) Another visitor dotted with pin-sized knobs

  noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk

  and its drawers.

• D) Another visitor noticed my fascination with a

  tiny writing desk and its drawers, dotted with

  pin-sized knobs.