Laff Grammar

Which word is an adverb in the sentence below?

The enormous crowd of runners was almost at the finish line.

• enormous

• crowd

• runners

• almost

Which word is an adverb in the sentence below? As the elegant dancer moved gracefully, the soft music filled the room.

• elegant

• moved

• gracefully

• soft

Which word is an adverb in the sentence below? Daryl said, "Sometimes you have to learn a difficult lesson and make a fresh start."

• Daryl

• Sometimes

• difficult

• fresh

Which word is an adverb in the sentence below? The rain stopped, so the children started to play cheerfully.

• stopped

• the

• play

• cheerfully

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

• The cat and the dog has a toy.

• The cat and the dog have a toy.

• The cat and the dog is having a toy.

• The cat and the dog haves a toy.

The police forced The miscreant _______ the truth.

• Tells

• To tell

• Telling

• To telling

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the possessive form.

• The dogs bone is big.

• The dog's bone is big.

• The dogs' bone is big.

• The dog bone is big.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I like apples, bananas and grapes.

• I like apples bananas, and grapes.

• I like, apples, bananas, and grapes.

• I like apples, bananas, and grapes.

Which word does the adverb loosely describe in the sentence below? The belt fit loosely around the boy's waist.

• belt

• fit

• the

• waist

Select the correct tense of the verb in parentheses in the sentence below.

The author (use) Pluto as the setting of his next book.

• use

• used

• using

• will use