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Grammar Police - Promotions Test 2019
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The Exam
1. Which of these sentences is punctuated accurately?
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"Do you like my new jacket?" asked the man.
"Do you like my new jacket"? asked the man.
"Do you like my new jacket?", asked the man.
2. Which pronoun would correctly complete the following sentence? 'Donald and ___ will be going to the cinema later - would you like to join us?'
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me
I
3. Which punctuation mark could be inserted into the space in the following sentence? 'Girls Aloud were formed in 2002 ____ they had 21 UK Top 10s before splitting in 2012.'
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comma
semicolon
4. Which homophone belongs in the space in the following sentence? 'The more I _________, the less nervous I was about the test.'
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practiced
practised
5. How many of the apostrophes in the sign above should be there?
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1
2
6. Look at the punctuation in the following sentence, and decide which of the statements below is true. 'Billie stayed at her parents' house all summer.'
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Billie's house belongs to one parent.
Billie's house belongs to more than one parent.
7. Which of the sentences below is accurately punctuated?
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The rat chewed it's own tail.
The rat chewed its own tail.
8. What is the error in the following sentence? 'I enjoyed spending time with my family at Christmas, I'm not sure they felt the same way, however!'
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There isn't an error.
'Christmas' doesn't need a capital letter.
There is a comma splice.
It should start with 'me' and not 'I'.
9. Which word would make the following sentence make sense? 'The more effort you put into your studies, the bigger the _____ on your results.'
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effect
affect
10. How many apostrophes are missing from the following sentence? 'Im afraid I cant support you this time; its more effort than its worth, and your application needs to succeed or fail on its own merits.'
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Choose
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3
0
6
1
5
4
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