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Basic Grammar Quiz

The following sentences all contain grammar errors. Please type the corrected sentences in the space provided. Spelling, punctuation, and word choice all count.

  • Example: Kevin felt badly about failing the Grammar test.
  • Correction: Kevin felt bad about failing the grammar test. 

There are 30 questions, and you have a total of 45 minutes to take the test. Good luck!

 

 

1 / 30

They mailed the copies to him and I.

2 / 30

Neither of the candidates have spoken.

3 / 30

Yesterday, Barry lay my jacket on the hood of the car.

4 / 30

Where is that book at?

5 / 30

It was I whom called.

6 / 30

I want to lay down for a nap, but the phone keeps ringing.

7 / 30

She is one of the women who works hard.

8 / 30

Did you see the beautiful broach Genevieve was wearing today?

9 / 30

Srdjian immigrated from his native Bosnia about five years ago.

10 / 30

My daughter became a honorary member of the city council for the day.

11 / 30

We need to discuss this farther.

12 / 30

He and she were real close friends.

13 / 30

The teacher tried to illicit a discussion about the novel.

14 / 30

It is us clerks who work hard.

15 / 30

The legislature finally authorized the funds to polish the gold on the dome of the capital building.

16 / 30

The time for action has long since past.

17 / 30

We saw two puppies at the pound and took home the cutest one.

18 / 30

That SUV, that landed on its hood after the accident, was traveling at eighty miles per hour.

19 / 30

It’s a company who doesn’t judge others by their nationalities and accents.

20 / 30

I could of danced all night.

21 / 30

How quick he runs.

22 / 30

The group is on their best behavior.

23 / 30

They fought over their father’s estate because they felt angrily about the way he had treated them.

24 / 30

The desk and the chair sits in the corner.

25 / 30

This phone call is for Bill and I.

26 / 30

The coach, not the players, have been ill.

27 / 30

Don’t feel badly about forgetting my birthday.

28 / 30

Your the only one for me.

29 / 30

That redwood tree has become taller then the oak tree next door.

30 / 30

l am doing fine. How about yoursell?