Abeka 11th Grade English V Grammar Test 10
Wordiness: IN SPITE IF THE FACT THAT the car was sixteen years old, it still ran well.
Although
Emphasis: The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Balanced
He calls more often than BRIAN.
Brian calls
Spending time in prayer is ESSENTIAL TO spiritual growth
Correct
Vanessa's height is almost greater than GARETH'S.
Correct
Capitalization: did the city's mayor inspect forty-second street?
Did the city's mayor inspect Forty-second Street?
Capitalization: i gave aunt lois a copy of language in thought and action by senator s.i. hayakawa.
I gave Aunt Lois a copy of Language in Thought and Action by Senator S. I. Hayakawa.
Capitalization: in reply to the british captain of the serapis, captain john paul jones cried, "i have not yet begun to fight!"
In reply to the British captain of the Serapis, Captain John Paul Jones cried, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Wordiness: AT A LATER POINT IN TIME, the brothers will visit the memorial.
Later
Emphasis: You are the leader, the one who makes choices, keeps track of details, and solves problems.
Loose
T/F: In a PERIODIC sentence, the main thought is expressed near the beginning and the details are added at the end.
Loose
Capitalization: my brother micah asked dad if we could go to the dixie national livestock show in jackson, mississippi, this winter.
My brother Micah asked Dad if we could go to the Dixie National Livestock Show in Jackson, Mississippi, this winter.
Emphasis: In 1879, after two years of experimentation and disappointments, Thomas Edison developed the first successful incandescent lightbulb.
Periodic
Wordiness: I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD pass the salt.
Please
Capitalization: the return of the native was written by thomas hardy, a victorian novelist.
The Return of the Native was written by Thomas Hardy, a Victorian novelist.
Capitalization: the scriptures tell of how god sent his son to the earth for us.
The Scriptures tell of how God sent His Son to the earth for us.
ELissa is ADEPT AT playing the piano
adept in
Andrea reads more books than ANY member of her reading club.
any other
This osup taste (better or more better) than that one
better
I (can't hardly or can hardly) believe Allen will be attending our school next year
can hardly
Of the two musical groups, theirs sounded (clearer or clearest).
clearer
He answered the question ( correct or correctly).
correctly
Why does this batch of cookies look DIFFERENT THAN that one?
different from
T/F: Probably the most emphatic position in a sentence is the MIDDLE of the sentence.
end
Maria HASN'T SCARCELY enough sugar to make fudge.
has scarcely
His son could do the probelms as fast as (he or him)
he
The flowers (lay or laid) on the table where the florist left them
lay
The battleship U.S.S. North Carolina is MORE LONGER than the U.S.S. Alabama.
longer
Write C if correct if not correct, correct BOLD to sound grammatically correct: She does not PLAN ON GOING to the game tonight.
plan to go
Wordiness: He spoke IN A PLEASANT MANNER to each visitor.
pleasantly
Because it was thundering, we were PROHIBITED TO GO outside.
prohibited from going
When we passed him the ball, he turned (quick or quickly).
quickly
Wordiness: The old revival center has been RENOVATED LIKE NEW.
renovated
Her efforts to (sit or set) gracefully on horseback were unsuccessful when the horse broken into a gallop
sit
It will NOT TAKE BUT five hours to drive from here to Atlanta.
take only
Wordiness: No VERBAL COMMUNICATION is allowed.
talking
Kyle is TALLER THAN ANYONE in our family.
taller than anyone else
The senator invited (us or we) students to have lunch with him
us
After the game, the coach told us that we played (good or well).
well
I often wish I (was or were) able to sing as well as she
were
Stellar phenomena (were or was) discussed at the astronomy conference
were
The committee has not yet decided (who or whom) they will invite to speak at the banquet
whom
