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The Fundamentals of English
How well do you know the language that you speak?
Quiz ID:
#30595
Fun:
(2.09)
Difficulty:
(1.58)
Category:
Humanities
>
Linguistics
Created By:
Sneakattack
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#1 Where should the semicolon be placed: "I have been playing basketball; for 12 years I have not improved"?
After "have"
After "years"
After "for"
Do not move the semicolon.
The semicolon isn't needed.
#2 The lines in the word "eight-year-old" are dashes.
True
False
#3 "The dog" is a:
Fragment
Full sentence
Run-on sentence
Participle
Compositional risk
#4 "Circ" is a:
Derivative
Root
Suffix
Prefix
#5 Which of the following is written in future tense?
I went to the store.
You have gone to the store.
I am almost there.
You will go to the store.
I am on the way to the store.
#6 "Whom are you?" is grammatically correct.
True
False
#7 Is the following sentence grammatically correct: "There were 5 dogs"?
Yes
No
#8 "The Fundamentals of English" is not a full sentence.
True
False
#9 Why is the following sentence incorrect: "I hope this quiz was informative; I wanted to add more complex questions"?
There should be no colon after "incorrect".
There should not be a semicolon.
"Was" should be changed to "is".
The two sentences aren't parallel.
The two sentences describe two different participles that distort the sentence inadvertently.
#10 What is the error in the following sentence: "I corected the paper"?
The sentence is not complete.
The word "the" should be changed to "a".
There is no subject.
The sentence should be changed to "The paper was corected".
"Corected" is a spelling error.
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