Written English and Grammar Flashcards

Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

Answer: Each of the participants has completed the survey.

"Each" is a singular indefinite pronoun and always requires the singular verb "has."

Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?

Answer: By the time she arrives, we will have finished dinner.

The future perfect "will have finished" correctly indicates an action that will be completed before another future event.

Identify the sentence with correct parallel structure:

Answer: The proposal was clear, concise, and well-organized.

"Clear, concise, and well-organized" maintains parallel structure with three adjectives in the same grammatical form.

Which sentence has a correctly placed modifier?

Answer: Covered in mud, the dog ran through the house.

"Covered in mud" correctly modifies "the dog," which is the subject that logically performs the implied action.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Answer: The experiment yielded surprising results that challenged existing theories.

This is the only option containing both a complete subject ("The experiment") and a finite predicate verb ("yielded").

Select the sentence with correct punctuation for a relative clause:

Answer: The students who passed the exam were awarded certificates.

The restrictive relative clause "who passed the exam" identifies which students and therefore should not be set off with commas.

Which sentence avoids a dangling modifier?

Answer: Having reviewed the data carefully, the researcher drew clear conclusions.

"Having reviewed the data carefully" correctly modifies "the researcher," who is the logical subject performing that action.