Grammar and Language Quiz

Choose the sentence that is free from errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.

• "This here netsuke," said Mr. Washington, "Made by the artist Kano Tomokazu.

• "This netsuke," said Mr. Washington, "was made by the artist Kano Tomokazu."

• "This netsuke," said Mr Washington, "was made by the artist Tomokazu."

• This netsuke," said Mr. Washington "was made by the artist Kano Tomokazu.

Choose all of the following that are considered proper nouns.

• don't know

• names of places

• people's names

• common nouns

• people's titles in front of their names

What is dialogue?

• written speech enclosed in quotation marks that makes your writing more interesting

• something that is set off with commas

• something of which I have never heard

• different types of questions

Choose the sentence that is free from errors in punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.

• He said, "Raiden, the Thunder Demon, is pulling the wind out of his sack."

• He said, "Raiden, the Thunder Demon, pulling the wind out of his sack.

• He said "Raiden, the Thunder Demon, is pulling the wind out of his sack."

• He said, "Raiden, the Thunder Demon is pulling the wind out of his sack"

Choose ALL of the following words that are considered to be tag words used in setting off dialogue.

• screamed

• through

• announced

• cried

• after

When writing dialogue, what punctuation marks are used to show that the character is speaking those exact words?

• apostrophes

• quotation marks

• commas

• semicolons

• colons