OC Grammar and Punctuation 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses correct punctuation?
- The dog barked loudly, and it woke the neighbours. (Correct answer)
- The dog barked loudly and, it woke the neighbours.
- The dog barked loudly and it, woke the neighbours.
- The dog barked, loudly and it woke the neighbours.
Correct answer: The dog barked loudly, and it woke the neighbours.
A comma before a coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses is correct.
Question 2: Which word is a pronoun in this sentence: 'She left her bag on the bus.'?
- left
- bag
- She (Correct answer)
- bus
Correct answer: She
'She' is a pronoun that takes the place of a person's name.
Question 3: Which sentence is written in the past tense?
- The children are playing in the garden.
- The children play in the garden every day.
- The children played in the garden yesterday. (Correct answer)
- The children will play in the garden tomorrow.
Correct answer: The children played in the garden yesterday.
'Played' is the past tense form of the verb 'play', and 'yesterday' confirms the time.
Question 4: Where should the apostrophe be placed in this phrase: 'the boys bikes'?
- the boy's bikes
- the boys' bikes (Correct answer)
- the boy's bike's
- the boys bikes'
Correct answer: the boys' bikes
Because multiple boys own the bikes, the apostrophe goes after 'boys' to show plural possession.
Question 5: Which is a compound sentence?
- After dinner, we watched a film.
- Tom read a book.
- Lisa sang, and Marco danced. (Correct answer)
- Running fast is tiring.
Correct answer: Lisa sang, and Marco danced.
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction like 'and'.
Question 6: Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?
- The team are playing well tonight.
- Each of the students have a pencil.
- Neither of the answers are correct.
- The group of children is very noisy. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The group of children is very noisy.
'Group' is the singular subject, so it takes the singular verb 'is'.
OC Grammar and Punctuation 1
Which sentence uses correct punctuation?