FBAT Grammar and Writing Skills 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence is written correctly for an official police report?
- The suspect runned from the scene.
- The suspect ran from the scene. (Correct answer)
- The suspect has run from the scene yesterday.
- The suspect running from the scene.
Correct answer: The suspect ran from the scene.
'Ran' is the correct simple past tense of 'run' for reporting a past event.
Question 2: Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?
- The officers was on patrol.
- The officers were on patrol. (Correct answer)
- The officers is on patrol.
- The officers be on patrol.
Correct answer: The officers were on patrol.
The plural subject 'officers' requires the plural verb 'were.'
Question 3: Which of the following is the most clear and concise way to write a report statement?
- The vehicle, which was a car, was blue in color.
- The car was blue. (Correct answer)
- The vehicle that I observed was of a blue coloration.
- I did see a vehicle that happened to be blue.
Correct answer: The car was blue.
'The car was blue' is the most direct and concise statement of the fact.
Question 4: Select the sentence with correct comma usage.
- The officer, searched the vehicle and found contraband.
- The officer searched the vehicle, and found contraband.
- The officer searched the vehicle and found contraband. (Correct answer)
- The officer, searched the vehicle, and found contraband.
Correct answer: The officer searched the vehicle and found contraband.
No comma is needed before 'and' when connecting two predicates of the same subject.
Question 5: Which sentence uses a possessive correctly?
- The suspects vehicle was impounded.
- The suspects' vehicle was impounded.
- The suspect's vehicle was impounded. (Correct answer)
- The suspects vehicles was impounded.
Correct answer: The suspect's vehicle was impounded.
A singular possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe and 's' to the noun.
Question 6: Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'The officer had ___ the report before the end of shift.'
- wrote
- write
- written (Correct answer)
- writed
Correct answer: written
'Written' is the correct past participle used with 'had' in the past perfect tense.
FBAT Grammar and Writing Skills 1
Which sentence is written correctly for an official police report?