ELA II Grammar Proficiency: DTV 2024

Which option correctly demonstrates the use of a comma in a compound sentence?

• I want to go for a walk, but it is raining outside.

• I want to go for a walk but, it is raining outside.

• I want to go for a walk but it is raining outside.

• I want to go for a walk but it is raining, outside.

Which option correctly uses the comma in a complex sentence?

• She was late to school; because her alarm didn't ring.

• Because her alarm didn't ring, she was late to school.

• She was late to school, and her alarm didn't ring.

• She was late to school. Her alarm didn't ring.

Which option correctly uses the comma in a list?

• I bought apples, oranges and bananas.

• I bought apples oranges, and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges, and, bananas.

A compound subject contains how many subjects

joined by and, or, or nor?

• Subjects are always singular

• Two

• Two or more

• A minimum of three

Which option is a correctly written sentence that uses a comma in a list?

• I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges and bananas.

• I bought: apples, oranges, and bananas.

• I bought, apples, oranges, and the banana.

What part of the following sentence is underlined? Nobody wants to admit that being on fire will ruin anybody's trip to the zoo.

• adverb

• object of the preposition

• gerund

• direct object

Which option correctly demonstrates a sentence that uses a subordinating conjunction?

• After they removed the leeches she showed him

  to the door.

• After they removed, the leeches, showed him

  to the door.

• After they removed the leeches--she showed him

  to the door.

• After they were removed, the leeches showed him

  to the door.

Which option correctly uses the past perfect tense?

• She has seen the movie before she read the book.

• She had seen the movie before she read the book.

• She saw the movie before she had read the book.

• She sees the movie before she reads the book.

Which option correctly uses the comparative form of the adjective?

• She is the most smart student in the class.

• He runs more fast than anyone else.

• This is the most interesting of all the books.

• She is taller than her brother.

Which option correctly uses the past perfect tense?

• He has seen the movie last week.

• She had finished her homework before dinner.

• They are going to the store tomorrow.

• We were eating when he called.