Core Academic Skills: Writing Usage and Mechanics Flashcards
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Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Answer: The dog wagged its tail happily.
"Its" is the possessive form; "it's" means "it is."
Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.
Answer: Neither the teacher nor the students were ready.
With "neither...nor," the verb agrees with the nearer subject, "students."
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
Answer: I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight.
A semicolon joins two independent clauses without a conjunction.
Choose the sentence with no error in pronoun case.
Answer: Between you and me, the answer is clear.
After a preposition like "between," use the objective pronoun "me."
Which word correctly completes the sentence: "The committee will announce ___ decision soon"?
Answer: their
"Their" is the possessive pronoun showing ownership of the decision.
Identify the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
Answer: After the rain stopped, we went outside.
An introductory dependent clause is followed by a comma.
Which sentence uses the correct verb tense consistently?
Answer: She walked to the store and bought some milk.
Both verbs are in the past tense, maintaining consistency.