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English test

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Harold Garvey

New Member
Are You a Grammar and Spelling Freak?
Can you spot of the mistakes in THIS quiz?

1. How is the following sentence correctly written? "3 peoples wear competing in the race on wensday."
Three peoples were competeing in the race on Wensday.
Three people were competing in the race on wednesday.
3 peoples wear competeing in the race on wensday.
Three people were competing in the race on Wednesday.

2. What part of speech is the dog in the following sentence? "I gave the dog a bone."
Verb
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Subject

3. Which of the following terms is an infinitive?
to the movies
to run
two ducks
too much

4. How is the following sentence correctly written? "The pie eating contset have many partisipents, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother."
The pie eating contest have many participants, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother.
The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 79year-old grandmother and a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies.
The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year-old grandmother.
The pie eating contset have many partisipents, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother.

5. Is " Whom" in the nominative, objective, or possessive case?
All three of these
Possessive
Objective
Nominative

6. How is pneumonia correctly spelled?
Pnemonia
Pnumonia
Neumoniya
Pneumonia

7. Which of the following terms should be used in this sentence? "It's ___________ time to go!"
already
ready
Already
all ready

8. Which of the following words should be used in this sentence? "I want to go to ______ house to set up for the surprise party while _______ not home."
Their, they're
there
Their
they're
 
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Johnv

New Member
Three people were competing in the race on Wednesday.

indirect object

to run

The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 79year-old grandmother and a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies. (assuming "79year" is a typo).

objective

pneumonia

already

their, they're
 
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just-want-peace

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Harold Garvey said:
Are You a Grammar and Spelling Freak?
Can you spot of the mistakes in THIS quiz?

1. How is the following sentence correctly written? "3 peoples wear competing in the race on wensday."
Three peoples were competeing in the race on Wensday.
Three people were competing in the race on wednesday.
3 peoples wear competeing in the race on wensday.
Three people were competing in the race on Wednesday.

2. What part of speech is the dog in the following sentence? "I gave the dog a bone."
Verb
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Subject

3. Which of the following terms is an infinitive?
to the movies
to run
two ducks
too much

4. How is the following sentence correctly written? "The pie eating contset have many partisipents, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother."
The pie eating contest have many participants, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother.
The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 79year-old grandmother and a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies.
The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year-old grandmother.
The pie eating contset have many partisipents, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother.

5. Is " Whom" in the nominative, objective, or possessive case?
All three of these
Possessive |
Objective | (never did learn this"who/whom" thing!!!:laugh:)
Nominative |

6. How is pneumonia correctly spelled?
Pnemonia
Pnumonia
Neumoniya
Pneumonia

7. Which of the following terms should be used in this sentence? "It's ___________ time to go!"
already
ready
Already
all ready

8. Which of the following words should be used in this sentence? "I want to go to ______ house to set up for the surprise party while _______ not home."
Their, they're
there
Their
they're
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Well, I gotta put at least 10 more characters in before it will let me post, so that's what this sentence is for!!
 
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Jim1999

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I was always a stickler on proper English, but as time went on, I was more concerned with my being understood than whether I split-infinitives when I preached. I am still tight when I write letters or articles.

Here I lose concentration in short order and forget what I trying to say. As a result grammar goes out the window, as does spelling and typing skils. I try not to be critical of others in this regard.

Cheers,

Jim
 
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Gina B

Active Member
To properly preach, don't you need to occasionally go crazy and split infinitives in order to really show people what you're talking about? It might be better to sometimes give it a shot instead of making a blanket statement that it is not to ever be done.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ---->>>> This person is all set to happily split infinitives. :type:
 
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rbell

Active Member
The test was tough...not the questions...but the test itself had so many spelling/grammar errors, I couldn't tell if it was a trick or not...
 
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Rippon

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
rbell said:
The test was tough...not the questions...but the test itself had so many spelling/grammar errors, I couldn't tell if it was a trick or not...
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Ya' got sumptin' agin' contset and partisipents for starters?
 
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rbell

Active Member
Highlighted are the errors in the test itself. That's what made it tough.

Harold Garvey said:
Are You a Grammar and Spelling Freak?
Can you spot of the mistakes in THIS quiz?

1. How is the following sentence correctly written? "3 peoples wear competing in the race on wensday."
Three peoples were competeing in the race on Wensday.
Three people were competing in the race on wednesday.
3 peoples wear competeing in the race on wensday.
Three people were competing in the race on Wednesday.

2. What part of speech is "the dog" in the following sentence? "I gave the dog a bone."
Verb
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Subject

3. Which of the following terms is an infinitive?
to the movies
to run
two ducks
too much

4. How is (should) the following sentence correctly (be) written? "The pie eating contset have many partisipents, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother."
The pie eating contest have many participants, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother.
The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 79year-old grandmother and a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies. (spell out fifteen and thirteen)
The pie eating contest had many participants, including a 15 year-old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year-old grandmother.
The pie eating contset have many partisipents, including a 15 year old boy who ate 13 pies and a 79 year old grandmother.

5. Is " Whom" in the nominative, objective, or possessive case?
All three of these
Possessive
Objective
Nominative

6. How is "pneumonia" correctly spelled?
Pnemonia
Pnumonia
Neumoniya
Pneumonia

7. Which of the following terms should be used in this sentence? "It's ___________ time to go!"
already
ready
Already
all ready

8. Which of the following words should be used in this sentence? "I want to go to ______ house to set up for the surprise party while _______ not home."
Their, they're
there
Their
they're
None of the above (capitalization error in first option)
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Harold Garvey

New Member
rbell said:
Highlighted are the errors in the test itself. That's what made it tough.
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Why spell out numbers when you forgot seventy-nine?

BTW, "dog" is the indirect object of the action of the verb. "Bone is the direct object of the action of the verb.

Both objects and indirect objects are nouns.

Johnv got it right!:1_grouphug:
 
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JohnDeereFan

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
rbell said:
The test was tough...not the questions...but the test itself had so many spelling/grammar errors, I couldn't tell if it was a trick or not...
Click to expand...

You think that's bad, you ought to try being a teacher. I was helping my mother grade papers last night (college level sociology) and I truly thought I was reading papers by second graders.

I saw several "da" (the), "B4" (before), "alot" (a lot), "would of" (would have)...

Now, as you can tell from my posts, I'm no grammarian (although I will strangle someone who says "tact" instead of tack...sorry, I hate to be the grammar police but that one just drives me nuts for some reason), but how do you get to college without having at least some elementary understanding of the English language?

Also, because we were reading journals, they were hand written. Don't they teach penmanship in schools anymore?
 
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