Grammar Quiz Bee: Multiple Choice

Level: Easy

Which word shows the relationship between a noun and another word in the sentence?

(a) Verb CORRECT

(b) Noun
(c) Adjective
(d) Adverb
The sentence "The dog chased the frisbee" is in what tense?

(a) Past perfect

(b) Present perfect
(c) Simple past CORRECT
(d) Future
The plural of "tooth" is:

(a) Tooths
(b) Teeths
(c) Teeth CORRECT
(d) Toothes
Which sentence uses a possessive pronoun correctly?

(a) The book belong to me.

(b) Their cat is friendly than ours.
(c) We enjoyed her company. CORRECT
(d) Myself will take care of it.
The helping verb in the sentence "She has been studying all night" is:

(a) She
(b) has CORRECT
(c) been
(d) studying
Level: Medium

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

(a) The movie was long; however, it was interesting. CORRECT

(b) I like pizza and pasta or maybe some ice cream.
(c) The car is red it has four wheels.
(d) We went to the park because the weather was nice.
The past participle of "see" is:

(a) Saw CORRECT

(b) Seened
(c) Seening
(d) Seen
The sentence "They built a sandcastle on the beach" is in what voice?

(a) Passive CORRECT

(b) Active
(c) Interrogative
(d) Imperative
The correct comparative form of "good" is:

(a) More gooder

(b) Gooder
(c) Better CORRECT
(d) Most good
The collective noun for a group of birds is:
(a) Pack
(b) Herd
(c) Flock CORRECT
(d) School
Level: Hard

Which sentence uses a dangling modifier?

(a) Walking down the street, I saw a familiar face.
(b) Exhausted from the hike, the couch looked inviting. CORRECT
(c) While reading the book, I learned a new fact.
(d) The delicious cake was devoured by the children.
The correct way to punctuate the following sentence is: "He said he would be here soon
however I'm not so sure."
(a) He said he would be here soon, however I'm not so sure. CORRECT
(b) He said he would be here soon however, I'm not so sure.
(c) He said he would be here soon. However I'm not so sure.
(d) He said he would be here soon. However, I'm not so sure.
The sentence "The team practiced for weeks in preparation for the championship game" uses
which prepositional phrase?
(a) for weeks CORRECT
(b) in preparation
(c) for the championship game
(d) all of the above
The nonrestrictive clause in the sentence "My friend, who loves to travel, is planning a trip to
Europe" is:
(a) My friend
(b) who loves to travel CORRECT
(c) is planning a trip
(d) to Europe
The sentence "Regardless of the weather, we will go on the picnic" uses which type of adverb
clause?
(a) Time
(b) Conditional
(c) Concessive CORRECT
(d) Causal