Quiz 5
Correct the pronoun use in the following (example: The cow loved their (its) food so much, they (it) at all the time.) :
1. When Gloria set the pitcher on the glass-topped table it broke.
2. Tom told James that he had won the lottery.
3. The typical employee is not as happy with a cubicle as they would be with a traditional office.
4. Many people believe that the polygraph test is highly reliable if you employ a licensed examiner.
5. Parent involvement is high at XYZ Primary School. They participate in many committees and activities that affect all aspects of school life.
6. During the Lindbergh trial, Bruno Hauptmann repeatedly denied that the kidnapper was him.
7. Janice was indignant when she realized that the salesclerk was insulting her mother and she.
8. The most traumatic experience for her father and I occurred long after her operation.
9. Joel ran away from home because his stepfather and him had quarrelled.
10. The chief strategists, Dr. Bell and me could not agree on a plan.
Correct apostrophe use in the following (simply add or delete according to usage):
1. Both diplomats briefcases were searched by guards.
2. Have you seen Joyce and Gregs new computer?
3. My father-in-laws sculpture won first prize.
4. The course was taught by a professional florist who’s technique was Japanese.
5. Some outpatient’s have special parking permits.
6. Each area has it’s own conference room.
7. Beginning readers often confuse bs and ds.
8. Someones raincoat has been left behind.
9. Loiss sister left for India last week.
10. Her article was all about Karl Marxs philosophies.
Replace the missing quotation marks in the following (simply add them!):
1. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.
2. This is a stick up, said the well-dressed couple. We want all your money.
3. Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party provoked a lively discussion in our short-story class last night.
4. The future champion could, as he put it, float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
5. We shot them like dogs, boasted Davy Crocket, who was among Jackson’s troops.
6. What is it I asked, bracing myself.
7. Stephan Leacock once said, I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
8. Gandhi once said, An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
9. That’s the most beautiful seashell I’ve ever seen, Alexa exclaimed.
10. Gloria Steinem once twisted an old proverb like this, A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
Correct for missing and unnecessary commas in the following:
1. Marie Curie discovered radium and later applied her work on radioactivity to medicine.
2. “Yes dear you can have dessert” my mother said.
3. On January 15 2004 our office moed to 29 Commonwealth Avenue Mechanicsville VA 23111.
4. President Lincoln’s original intention, was to save the Union not to destroy it.
5. Putting together a successful fundraiser Patricia discovered requires creativit ...
Quiz 5Correct the pronoun use in the following (example The cow.docx
1. Quiz 5
Correct the pronoun use in the following (example: The cow
loved their (its) food so much, they (it) at all the time.) :
1. When Gloria set the pitcher on the glass-topped table it
broke.
2. Tom told James that he had won the lottery.
3. The typical employee is not as happy with a cubicle as they
would be with a traditional office.
4. Many people believe that the polygraph test is highly reliable
if you employ a licensed examiner.
5. Parent involvement is high at XYZ Primary School. They
participate in many committees and activities that affect all
aspects of school life.
6. During the Lindbergh trial, Bruno Hauptmann repeatedly
denied that the kidnapper was him.
7. Janice was indignant when she realized that the salesclerk
was insulting her mother and she.
8. The most traumatic experience for her father and I occurred
long after her operation.
9. Joel ran away from home because his stepfather and him had
quarrelled.
10. The chief strategists, Dr. Bell and me could not agree on a
plan.
Correct apostrophe use in the following (simply add or delete
according to usage):
1. Both diplomats briefcases were searched by guards.
2. Have you seen Joyce and Gregs new computer?
3. My father-in-laws sculpture won first prize.
4. The course was taught by a professional florist who’s
technique was Japanese.
5. Some outpatient’s have special parking permits.
6. Each area has it’s own conference room.
7. Beginning readers often confuse bs and ds.
8. Someones raincoat has been left behind.
2. 9. Loiss sister left for India last week.
10. Her article was all about Karl Marxs philosophies.
Replace the missing quotation marks in the following (simply
add them!):
1. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds wrote
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
2. This is a stick up, said the well-dressed couple. We want all
your money.
3. Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party provoked a lively
discussion in our short-story class last night.
4. The future champion could, as he put it, float like a butterfly
and sting like a bee.
5. We shot them like dogs, boasted Davy Crocket, who was
among Jackson’s troops.
6. What is it I asked, bracing myself.
7. Stephan Leacock once said, I am a great believer in luck, and
I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
8. Gandhi once said, An eye for an eye only ends up making the
whole world blind.
9. That’s the most beautiful seashell I’ve ever seen, Alexa
exclaimed.
10. Gloria Steinem once twisted an old proverb like this, A
woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
Correct for missing and unnecessary commas in the following:
1. Marie Curie discovered radium and later applied her work on
radioactivity to medicine.
2. “Yes dear you can have dessert” my mother said.
3. On January 15 2004 our office moed to 29 Commonwealth
Avenue Mechanicsville VA 23111.
4. President Lincoln’s original intention, was to save the Union
not to destroy it.
5. Putting together a successful fundraiser Patricia discovered
requires creativity and good timing.
3. 6. While the machine was running the oversized paper jammed.
7. It was a senseless, dangerous, mission.
8. Other causes of asthmatic attacks are, stress, air quality, and
pollutants.
9. “Why don’t you try it?”, she coaxed.
10. After the rains ceased the swimmers emerged ready for the
race.
