Language Skills Flashcards
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Which sentence has a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?
Answer: Every player must bring their gear.
"Every player" is singular, so the plural pronoun "their" disagrees with it in formal usage.
Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks?
Answer: She said, "Let's go now."
A comma precedes the quote and the period sits inside the closing quotation marks.
Which word correctly completes: "The new rule will ____ how we study."?
Answer: affect
"Affect" is the verb meaning to influence, which fits this sentence.
Which sentence is a complete sentence, not a fragment?
Answer: The dog barked at the mail carrier.
It has a subject "dog" and a verb "barked" and expresses a complete thought.
Which sentence uses commas correctly in a series?
Answer: We bought apples, oranges, and pears.
Commas correctly separate each item in the list, including before "and."
Choose the sentence with correct adjective use.
Answer: This is the best book of the three.
"Best" is the superlative used when comparing three or more items.
Which underlined word is misspelled in: "She recieved an award for excellence."?
Answer: recieved
The correct spelling is "received," following the i-before-e rule except after c.