Core Academic Skills: Writing Usage and Mechanics Flashcards
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Which sentence correctly uses "affect" as a verb?
Answer: The weather did not affect our plans.
"Affect" is the verb meaning to influence.
Identify the sentence with correct comma usage in a series.
Answer: We need bread, milk, and eggs.
Commas separate items in a series, including before the conjunction.
Which sentence correctly uses the subjunctive mood?
Answer: If I were rich, I would travel the world.
The subjunctive "were" expresses a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact condition.
Choose the sentence with the correct pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Answer: Each student must bring his or her own pencil.
The singular antecedent "each student" requires the singular "his or her."
Which sentence correctly uses "then" or "than"?
Answer: She is taller than her brother.
"Than" is used for comparisons; "then" refers to time.
Identify the sentence that correctly fixes the sentence fragment.
Answer: The rain fell heavily.
A complete sentence needs a subject and a verb expressing a complete thought.
Which sentence correctly uses an apostrophe for a plural possessive?
Answer: The students' projects were displayed.
For a plural noun ending in -s, add only an apostrophe after the s.