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Grammar for Grownups Quiz 17

Let's see what you remember from Miss Miller's grammar class back in third grade. Select the right answer, then check to see if you can "pass" into fourth grade!

1. The following parts of speech need to be capitalized:

a) pronoun
b) adverb
c) noun
d) apostrophe
e) none of the above

2.Which of the following is modified by an adverb:

a) verb
b) adverb
c) adjective
d) prepositional phrase
e) all of the above

3. A gerund is most like which of the following:

a) preposition
b) interjection
c) noun
d) exclamation mark
e) none of the above

4. A comma is always used after a

a) noun
b) pronoun
c) adjective
d) interjection
e) none of the above

5. An appositive may define:

a) subject
b) noun
c) pronoun
d) gerund
e) all of the above

6. An apostrophe is used

a) to make plural a numeral
b) to form a contraction
c) to make a noun plural
d) to define a quotation
e) all of the above

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