Name: _____________________ Score: ______ / 50

Date: 07/19/2019 Grammar Quiz #1

Subject-Verb Agreement: Circle the correct form of the present-tense verb. ( ______ / 10 )

1) She ( agree , agrees ) with my ideas, but they ( disapprove, disapproves ) of them.

2) After talking with him, the two boys ( realize , realizes ) that everybody ( is , are ) afraid
of the haunted house.

3) Either the fork or the knife ( belong , belongs ) to the child.

4) In my opinion, both the fork and the knife ( belong , belongs ) to the parent.

5) Nobody ( is , are ) thinking about the book that was written many years ago.

6) The thunder ( sound , sounds ) scary; Josh ( do , does ) not want to go outside right now.

7) Sometimes, the cat and the mouse ( forget , forgets ) that they are enemies.

Punctuation: Rewrite each sentence. Add punctuation marks where they belong. ( _____ / 20 )

1) Is chocolate or vanilla your favorite ice cream flavor

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2) The chicken was greasy old and smelly

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3) I’m excited she screamed out loud in the park

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4) If he can do well on this quiz then he can get cake tonight

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5) I said I don’t know what to do

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6) Because they loved writing essays they yelled We want more essays

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 7) However I don’t know what you mean by this

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8) I have read many different books all of them are my favorite

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Proper Nouns: Circle the letter(s) that needs to be capitalized in each sentence. If nothing
needs to be capitalized, write “correct” on the line next to the sentence. ( ______ / 8 )

1) We should walk towards main Street tomorrow. ______________

2) In the future, I want to visit paris, france to see the Eiffel tower. ______________

3) I think Ella is a very nice person because she let me use her ipad. ______________

4) I don’t want to read harry potter even though my friend told me to. ______________

5) He is moving to Kansas today, but he wants to stay in the city. ______________

6) They are going to buy food from mcdonalds and burger king. ______________

7) The students are going to laugh every time they watch a disney movie. ______________

8) Everyone wants to go to New york to see times square. ______________

Articles: Fill in the blanks with a, an, or the. You may leave the line blank if needed. ( _____ / 6 )

1) I live in ______________ state of California.

2) I enjoy learning ______________ English in school.

3) We will go to ______________ mall tomorrow.

4) I am going to play ______________ baseball after I leave your house.

5) We saw ______________ university by the river.

6) I saw ______________ racoon in my backyard.

Homophones: Write a good sentence for each of the following words. ( _____ / 6 )

Their: _________________________________________________________________________

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They’re: _______________________________________________________________________

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To: ___________________________________________________________________________

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Too: __________________________________________________________________________

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Except: _______________________________________________________________________

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Accept: _______________________________________________________________________

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Extra Credit: What is the difference between a definite and indefinite article? ( 3 points )

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