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G6: Using Adverbs and Adjectives Quiz
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1.
Mac and cheese is a plural subject:
Choose the correct answer for each question, which covers the topics in section G of this online text:
True
False
2.
The phrase “Now I lay me down to sleep” is correctly punctuated because the verb lay requires an object, and the phrase contains an objective pronoun, which is me.
True
False
3.
I like reading more than she–this sentence is incorrectly punctuated.
True
False
4.
At the foot of the mountain ________ two large ponds, both inhabited by wild geese.
was (because ponds is plural)
were (because mountain is singular)
5.
Maria, whom is my friend, is a great writer.
Correct because whom is an objective pronoun.
Incorrect because the relative clause here is modifying Maria, and Mary is the subject, so she requires a subjective pronoun.
6.
I am doing good today.
Incorrect because good is an adjective and it must modify a noun. Good is modifying the word doing, which is a verb.
Correct because good is misused so often that the rules of grammar are changing with the times.
G5: Using Relative Pronouns and Clauses
P1: Using Commas Properly
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