Grammar & Style

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

1. Question 1

   Which sentence avoids a dangling modifier?

   • While I was cooking, the smoke alarm went off.
   • Having finished, the lights were turned off.
   • Cooking dinner, the alarm sounded loudly.
   • While cooking, the smoke alarm went off.
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2. Question 2

   Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

   • Each rule is posted on the door.
   • The list of rules are posted on the door.
   • The rules are posted on the door.
   • The list of rules is posted on the door.
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3. Question 3

   Rewrite in the active voice: “The cake was eaten by Mei.”

   • The cake ate Mei.
   • Mei ate the cake.
   • The cake was Mei's.
   • Eating was done by Mei.
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4. Question 4

   Which sentence uses “who” or “whom” correctly?

   • To whom did you give the book?
   • Whom is at the door?
   • To who did you give the book?
   • Whom gave you the book?
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5. Question 5

   In “Walking to school, Ravi found a wallet,” what is “Walking to school”?

   • A complete sentence
   • A participial phrase
   • A noun
   • A conjunction
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6. Question 6

   Choose the correct word: “The decision is between Ana and __.”

   • myself
   • I
   • me
   • mine
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