NBT Sentence Construction and Grammar

Question 1

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Accepted Answer

He and I went to the shop.

Answer

When using compound subjects, each pronoun should be in the subjective case. 'He' and 'I' are both subject pronouns. Test by using each pronoun alone: 'He went' and 'I went' are both correct.

Question 2

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:

Accepted Answer

Neither of the options is suitable.

Answer

'Neither' is a singular indefinite pronoun and takes a singular verb 'is.' While 'data' is technically plural, modern usage accepts both singular and plural verbs with it.

Question 3

Which sentence correctly uses the apostrophe?

Accepted Answer

The children's toys were scattered.

Answer

'Children's' correctly shows possession with an irregular plural (children). 'It's' means 'it is' (not possessive), 'its' is the possessive form, and 'boy's' here incorrectly uses an apostrophe with a plural.

Question 4

What type of sentence is this: 'Although she studied hard, she did not pass the exam'?

Accepted Answer

Complex sentence

Answer

This is a complex sentence because it contains one independent clause ('she did not pass the exam') and one dependent clause ('Although she studied hard'). The subordinating conjunction 'although' makes the first clause dependent.

Question 5

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

Accepted Answer

She was tired she went to bed early.

Answer

'She was tired she went to bed early' is a run-on sentence because two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction. It needs a comma and conjunction, semicolon, or period.

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NBT Sentence Construction and Grammar