Language Skills Flashcards
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Which sentence contains a capitalization error?
Answer: My Aunt drove us to the museum downtown.
"Aunt" should be lowercase because it is not used as a proper name or directly before one.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Answer: Wait, did you finish the report yet?
A comma follows the introductory word "Wait" and a question mark ends the interrogative sentence.
Choose the sentence with no error in usage.
Answer: Neither of the boys has finished his lunch.
"Neither" is singular, so it takes the singular verb "has" and the singular pronoun "his."
Which underlined word is misspelled in: "The committe approved the new schedule."?
Answer: committe
The correct spelling is "committee" with a double t and double e.
Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Answer: The teacher's lounge was quiet.
"Teacher's" correctly shows singular possession with an apostrophe before the s.
Which sentence contains a double negative error?
Answer: We didn't see nothing unusual.
"Didn't" and "nothing" are both negatives, creating an incorrect double negative.
Which word correctly completes: "The runners ran ____ than they had last year."?
Answer: faster
"Faster" is the correct comparative form used when comparing two times.