Grammar and Usage Flashcards
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On the TAP Grammar section, which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement?
Answer: The team is winning the game.
'Team' is a collective noun treated as singular in American English, so 'is' is the correct verb form.
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence as tested on the TAP?
Answer: I wanted to go, but she said no.
A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction preceded by a comma.
On the TAP, which sentence correctly uses a possessive apostrophe?
Answer: The dogs' bowl was empty.
'Dogs'' with the apostrophe after the 's' shows plural possessive — the bowl belonging to multiple dogs.
Which sentence contains a dangling modifier, a common TAP Grammar error type?
Answer: Running quickly, the bus was caught.
In 'Running quickly, the bus was caught,' the modifier 'running quickly' incorrectly modifies 'the bus.'
On the TAP, which pronoun correctly completes this sentence: 'Between you and ___, the answer is obvious'?
Answer: me
After a preposition like 'between,' use an object pronoun — 'me,' not 'I.'
Which of the following sentences is in the active voice, as distinguished on the TAP?
Answer: Maria wrote the report.
In the active voice, the subject (Maria) performs the action (wrote), making the sentence direct and clear.
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