PERT Grammar Usage & Sentence Structure 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
- The rain stopped; we went outside. (Correct answer)
- The rain stopped; and we went outside.
- The rain stopped, we went outside.
- The rain stopped; because we went outside.
Correct answer: The rain stopped; we went outside.
A semicolon joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.
Question 2: Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.
- Each of the players have a uniform.
- Each of the players has a uniform. (Correct answer)
- Each of the players are uniformed.
- Each of the players were uniform.
Correct answer: Each of the players has a uniform.
'Each' is singular and takes the singular verb 'has.'
Question 3: Which word best completes the sentence: 'She is taller than ___.'
- me
- I (Correct answer)
- myself
- mine
Correct answer: I
The comparison implies 'than I am,' requiring the subject pronoun 'I.'
Question 4: Which sentence is free of a dangling modifier?
- Walking to school, the rain soaked my coat.
- Walking to school, I got soaked by the rain. (Correct answer)
- Walking to school, my coat got wet.
- Walking to school, the bus passed me.
Correct answer: Walking to school, I got soaked by the rain.
The modifier 'walking to school' must describe a person, and 'I' was walking.
Question 5: Choose the correct pronoun: 'The teacher gave the books to Maria and ___.'
- I
- me (Correct answer)
- myself
- mine
Correct answer: me
The pronoun is the object of the preposition 'to,' so 'me' is correct.
Question 6: Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe?
- The dogs' leashes were tangled. (Correct answer)
- The dog's leashes belong to many dogs.
- The dogs leashe's were tangled.
- The dogs leashes' were tangled.
Correct answer: The dogs' leashes were tangled.
'Dogs'' shows plural possession for more than one dog.
Question 7: Which option corrects this run-on: 'I love reading I read every night.'
- I love reading, I read every night.
- I love reading; I read every night. (Correct answer)
- I love reading I read, every night.
- I love, reading I read every night.
Correct answer: I love reading; I read every night.
A semicolon properly separates the two independent clauses.
PERT Grammar Usage & Sentence Structure 2
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?