Grammar Practice

Which is a run-on sentence?

• Yesterday I went swimming, so today I will try to go fishing.
• Paul hoped to find the book he wanted at the library, but it had been checked out.
• My grandmother is very old, when she sits down she has trouble getting up again.
• We went on a nature hunt with my class and collected leaves, rocks, and pinecones.

Which sentence needs an apostrophe?

• Do not remove the tag from your mattress; it is the law.
• Ashleys kitchen was a mess, but nobody wanted to clean it up.
• Alexis needs to find a new place to live by the end of the month.
• The feelings are always the same when you move to a new town.

Which date is correctly punctuated?

• January 7 2001
• January 7, 2001
• January, 7, 2001
• January. 7. 2001

You are trying to find some words you can use in your writing that mean the same as "guide." Which source should you use?

• Almanac
• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Thesaurus

Which resource would contain information about the best time to plant different crops?

• Atlas
• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Almanac

Which sentence uses the correct past tense of the verb to bring?

• I brought my books home.
• I brung my books home.
• I brang my books home.
• I bring my books home.

Which word is the correct plural of box?

• box
• boxies
• boxs
• boxes

Which word in the following sentence is the pronoun?

Will you sing the new song for the visitors?

• will
• you
• song
• visitors

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

I passed the test easily.

• I 
• passed
• test
• easily

Which word in the sentence is a verb?

Andrea played well in a difficult tennis match.

• Andrea
• played
• difficult
• tennis