Regents English Grammar and Language Conventions

Question 1

Which sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error?

Accepted Answer

Each of the players have their own locker.

Answer

The students were excited about the trip.

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The coach and the players are ready.

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Neither the teacher nor the students were late.

Question 2

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Accepted Answer

The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.

Answer

Running through the park on a sunny afternoon.

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After she finished her homework.

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Because the storm was approaching quickly.

Question 3

Which punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction?

Accepted Answer

Semicolon

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Comma

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Colon

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Hyphen

Question 4

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

Accepted Answer

The student's backpacks were left in the hallway.

Answer

Its' raining outside today.

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The teachers meeting was postponed.

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The dog wagged it's tail.

Question 5

A run-on sentence occurs when:

Accepted Answer

two or more independent clauses are joined incorrectly without proper punctuation

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a sentence has too many adjectives

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a sentence begins with a coordinating conjunction

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the subject and verb are separated by a long phrase

Question 6

Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

Accepted Answer

Although it was raining, the game continued.

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She went to the store and, bought milk.

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The tall dark, and handsome man walked in.

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I want to go but, I have homework.