Integrated Grammar Practice

Which of the following is an example of an independent clause?

• While I know that.

• Until you know the answer.

• I have six cats.

• If you know him,

Verb tense depends on _______ the action took place.

• where

• when

• who

• why

Proper nouns are ________ nouns.

• general

• special

• great

• specific

In subject-verb agreement, the subject and verb must...

• not agree.

• use punctuation to show agreement.

• work together to agree.

• be capitalized.

A: Why wasn`t Jennifer at the party on Saturday?B: She _______________ about the date change.

• Wasn`t been told

• Hadn`t been told

• Hadn`t told

• Wasn`t been informed

• Weren`t told

the cat is running away from the dog.

• punctuation

• capitalization

• usage

• spelling

Last October us students read some lively books about womans.

• Change October to october
• Change "us" to "we" and "womans" to women
• Change "lively" to "livly"
• Change "read" to "red" and change "students" to "student"

Ms Chu said, Tell me about Zina Garrison Robert.

• Add quotation marks in front of Tell and after Robert.
• Change "Chu" to "chu"
• Change Zina to zina
• Add a "." after the s in Ms and quotations in front of tell and after Robert.

On Saturday, Miss Washington will speek to us about sioux artists.

• Change "speek" to "speak" and change "sioux" to "Sioux"
• Take out the comma after Saturday and put a capital on "sioux"
• Change "artists" to "artist"
• No changes needed

Which three do you need to look for when proofreading your work?

• Spelling

• Internet connection

• punctuation

• Grammar