Advanced Grammar Flashcards
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Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?
Answer: By noon, I had finished lunch.
Past perfect ('had finished') shows an action completed before another past time.
Identify the sentence with a correctly used colon.
Answer: I need the following: eggs, milk, and bread.
A colon follows a complete independent clause introducing a list.
Which word is a correlative conjunction pair used correctly?
Answer: Not only smart but also kind, she helped.
'Not only...but also' correctly pairs two parallel descriptive phrases.
Choose the sentence free of a comma splice.
Answer: It rained, so we stayed inside.
The coordinating conjunction 'so' properly joins two independent clauses.
Which sentence correctly uses the active voice equivalent of 'The ball was thrown by Sam'?
Answer: Sam threw the ball.
Active voice places the subject (Sam) as the performer of the action.
Identify the gerund in: 'Swimming is great exercise.'
Answer: Swimming
'Swimming' is an -ing verb form acting as the noun subject.
Which sentence correctly uses 'fewer' versus 'less'?
Answer: There are fewer cars today.
'Fewer' is used with countable nouns like 'cars'.