ICAS Grammar and Punctuation 3

Question 1

Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

Accepted Answer

The children are playing outside happily.

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The dogs runs in the park every day.

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She go to school on Mondays.

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He have a brand new bicycle.

Question 2

Which word is an adverb in the sentence: 'She spoke very quietly in the library'?

Accepted Answer

quietly

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she

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spoke

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library

Question 3

Which sentence contains a relative clause?

Accepted Answer

The book that I borrowed was excellent.

Answer

The cat sat and patiently waited.

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She runs every morning before school.

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He quickly finished his dinner.

Question 4

Which sentence uses 'its' (without apostrophe) correctly?

Accepted Answer

The cat licked its paw very carefully.

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Its going to rain heavily later.

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Its a long journey to the coast.

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I hope its not too late to arrive.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

I wanted to go, so I bought a ticket.

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The sun rose over the mountains.

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Although it was cold, she went swimming.

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Running fast, he crossed the finish line.

Question 6

What punctuation mark is correctly used to separate a city from its state or country?

Accepted Answer

Comma (,)

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Period (.)

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Semicolon (;)

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Colon (:)

Question 7

In the sentence 'She wore a small old gray wool hat,' which is the correct order of adjective types used?

Accepted Answer

size, age, color, material

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color, age, size, material

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age, size, material, color

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material, color, size, age