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Everyone uses grammar every day. The human brain has an amazing ability to recognize when a sentence is structure properly, and when it’s not. That said, what we don’t always have an amazing ability to do is label and understand WHY certain grammar is correct and other grammar is just wrong wrong wrShow More
Everyone uses grammar every day. The human brain has an amazing ability to recognize when a sentence is structure properly, and when it’s not. That said, what we don’t always have an amazing ability to do is label and understand WHY certain grammar is correct and other grammar is just wrong wrong wrong.
If you passed high school English you should have learned a bit about the parts of speech, the way sentences get put together, and how to use different but similar words correctly. Let’s find out just how well you remember those high school English classes with this far from basic grammar quiz. We’ll see if you know words like intransitive, subordinating, and adverbial clause (don’t worry, we promise it’s not actually that scary).
So pull out that red pen and see if you can diagram a few sentences to discover the correct answers to these grammar questions!
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Fill in the blank: the power of his gaze ______ her deeply.
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Effected
Affected
Either can be used
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What kind of subordinate clause is used in this sentence: After the movie was over, we went out to eat.
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Adverb clause
Adjective clause
Noun clause
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Is the verb in this sentence transitive or intransitive: the rain fell on the ground.
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Transitive
Intransitive
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Does this sentence use a coordinating conjunction or a subordinating conjunction: I am going to go to the store and the coffee shop.
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Subordinating
Coordinating
Both
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Which of these sentences contains a noun clause?
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The teacher, who just started this year, is absolutely terrifying.
That test, which everyone else thought was easy, was impossible.
I don’t know what I’m going to do now.
I get to go on a rollercoaster if I’m tall enough.
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In the phrase "there is a pile of books" is the subject singular or plural?
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Singular
Plural
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Which of these is an example of a modal verb?
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Is
Have
Should
See
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Identify the participial phrase: "Theresa, who was out early, saw her father jogging across the beautiful bridge in the morning light.
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Who was out early
Jogging across the beautiful bridge
The beautiful bridge
In the morning light
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Is the word hard in this sentence an adjective or adverb? Aaron worked hard all week.
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Adverb
Adjective
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What type of adjective is the word 'this'?
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Quantitative
Possessive
Descriptive
Distributive
Demonstrative
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What is the predicate of this sentence: Ellen swam down the pool.
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Ellen
Swam
Swam down the pool
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There's an error in this sentence. Tell us what kind of error it is. 'David was known for belching; and telling inappropriate jokes in public.'
What did you get? Let us know in the comments!