Troublesome Usage Problems in English

Identify the sentence with the correct usage of the word "affect."

• The weather will effect our plans.

• The weather will affect our plans.

• The weather will have an affect on our plans.

• The weather will have an effect our plans.

Identify the sentence with the correctly placed modifier.

• She almost ate all the cookies.

• She ate almost all the cookies.

• She ate all the almost cookies.

• She ate all almost the cookies.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

• Each of the students have their own locker.

• Each of the students has their own locker.

• Each of the students have his own locker.

Identify the sentence with the correct usage of "then" and "than."

• She is taller then her brother.

• She is taller than her brother.

• She is more taller then her brother.

• She is more taller than her brother.

Which sentence correctly uses "less"?

• He has fewer money than his brother.

• He has less money than his brother.

• He has less friends than his brother.

Which sentence uses "its" correctly?

• Its going to rain today.

• The dog wagged its tail.

• The cat cleaned it's fur.

• Its' a beautiful day.

Select the sentence that correctly uses the idiom.

• She let the cat out of the bag by mistake.

• She let the cat out from the bag by mistake.

• She let the cat out off the bag by mistake.

• She let the cat out into the bag by mistake.

Select the sentence that correctly uses "your" and "you're."

• Your going to love this movie.

• You're car is parked outside.

• You're going to love this movie.

• Your going to love this movie.

Identify the sentence with the correctly placed modifier.

• The boy ate the sandwich that was covered in mustard quickly.

• The boy quickly ate the sandwich that was covered in mustard.

• Quickly, the boy ate the sandwich that was covered in mustard.

• The boy ate quickly the sandwich that was covered in mustard.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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