Grammar and Usage Quiz A

Student:___________________________________________________________________________

1. The vice president and the manager ____ out of the office.
A. is
B. are

2. She and ____ are forming a new committee.

A. I
B. me

3. Every employee ____ assigned an email address.

A. has been
B. have been

4. The presentation was delivered ____ by the team.

A. enthusiastic
B. enthusiastically

5. Karen, not the interns, is responsible for completing ____ project.

A. her
B. their

6. If I ____ you, I would ask for clarification.

A. was
B. were

7. The attitude of these executives ____ not ideal for employee retention.
A. is
B. are

8. Eight hours ____ the length of a normal work day.

A. are
B. is

9. Everyone must read ____ employee handbook.

A. his or her
B. their

10. Each office wants to arrange its own schedule, but doing so would result in the _____ being inundated with
calls and scheduling requests.
A. company's
B. company

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11. Jerry updated the list of company goals because ____ outdated.
A. it was
B. they were

12. Those ____ miss the deadline cannot attend the company picnic.
A. that
B. who

13. Neither Tim ____ Mary has emailed the document to Jessica.
A. or
B. nor

14. The director was ____ during the meeting.

A. impatient
B. impatiently

15. She is the best candidate ____ the company can hire.
A. who
B. whom

16. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: After significant financial losses last
quarter, construction on the new office will begin in one year's time.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

17. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: She wanted to attend the conference but
she had sales meetings scheduled for the same day.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

18. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The meeting will start promptly at nine
a.m.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

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19. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: He spoke with a heavy german accent,
but I could understand him.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

20. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: Under the circumstances; I think Steve
should apologize to Sam.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

21. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: This is an important policy to remember:
the customer is always right.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

22. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The manager expects her employees to
give 100% effort every day.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

23. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: Jamies report on the crisis was rather
critical of the company.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

24. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: After the merger, she was promoted to
the position of Vice President.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

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25. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: Although Jim invited everyone to the
mixer, only 3 of his coworkers attended.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

26. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The product comes in four colors: blue,
green, yellow and orange.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

27. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: 75 orders were processed this month.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

28. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The company's ten year anniversary is an
important milestone.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

29. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The department head will give employee
performance reviews on September 1 2016.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

30. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: I gave Miranda 20 dollars to cover the
cost of lunch.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Commas or semicolons
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

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31. She _____ me to send an email to the prospective client.
A. adviced
B. advised

32. When I spoke with him, he did not seem ____ as an expert on the subject.
A. credible
B. creditable

33. Writing ____ a love of language.

A. implies
B. infers

34. ____ time to revise the company's mission statement.

A. Its
B. It's

35. All ____ should report to their assigned stations.

A. personal
B. personnel

36. Our Cincinnati office ____ has two breakrooms just opened.
A. that
B. which

37. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. literally
B. nauseauted
C. prestigious
D. unique
E. None of these are misspelled.

38. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. agravate
B. compromise
C. irritate
D. manage
E. None of these are misspelled.

39. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. equipped
B. sufficient
C. forseeable
D. capable
E. None of these are misspelled.

40. Please identify the misspelled word.

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A. currently
B. flamable
C. gratuitous
D. insightful
E. None of these are misspelled.

41. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. meaningfull
B. happened
C. facility
D. phenomena
E. None of these are misspelled.

42. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. allusion
B. character
C. enormity
D. irregardless
E. None of these are misspelled.

43. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. alternative
B. anticipate
C. counselor
D. executive
E. None of these are misspelled.

44. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. budget
B. celebration
C. congradulate
D. temporary
E. None of these are misspelled.

45. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. interesting
B. memento
C. ongoing
D. personalise
E. None of these are misspelled.

46. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: He asked for more time to complete the
project, his supervisor said yes.
A. Comma splice (comma joining clauses inappropriately)
B. Faulty pronoun reference
C. Sentence fragment
D. Sentence is correct

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47. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: They're planning to complete their
training program this week.
A. Comma splice (comma joining clauses inappropriately)
B. Faulty pronoun reference
C. Sentence fragment
D. Sentence is correct

48. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The team will present their thoughts on
the new company policy later today.
A. Comma splice (comma joining clauses inappropriately)
B. Faulty pronoun reference
C. Sentence fragment
D. Sentence is correct

49. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: Although there are complimentary snacks
in the break room.
A. Comma splice (comma joining clauses inappropriately)
B. Faulty pronoun reference
C. Sentence fragment
D. Sentence is correct

50. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: Charles and Matt have given his
permission to use the photos from the picnic on the company blog.
A. Comma splice (comma joining clauses inappropriately)
B. Faulty pronoun reference
C. Sentence fragment
D. Sentence is correct

51. ____ Steven nor Jared can submit the report.

A. Neither
B. Either

52. Nobody ____ the agenda for the afternoon meeting.

A. has
B. have

53. All employees are responsible for the maintenance of _____ workstations.
A. his or her
B. their

54. Mary is the ____ decision maker of the three executives.

A. faster
B. fastest

55. There is too ____ growth in the private sector.

A. many
B. much

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56. The company has expanded its reach _____ into the California market.
A. further
B. farther

57. How many emails you respond to in a day will ___.

A. vary
B. very

58. She must ____ the demands of the client and the capabilities of the supplier.
A. wiegh
B. weigh

59. _____ ready to hear your presentation.

A. Their
B. They're
C. There

60. They have been waiting for ____ report.

A. you're
B. your

61. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: She is the best candidate, isn't she.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Question mark
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

62. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The candidate must perform the
following duties: analyzing data, compiling research, and to present findings.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Question mark
D. Parallelism
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

63. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: He said, "You never get a second chance
at a first impression".
A. Capitalization
B. Faulty pronoun
C. Quotation mark
D. Number expression (word or figure form)
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

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64. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: While working as secretary at Bank of
America, Ted called me on my private phone.
A. Capitalization
B. Dangling modifier
C. Question mark
D. Parallelism
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

65. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The quarterly report was an unexpected
surprise.
A. Capitalization
B. Dangling modifier
C. Redundancy
D. Parallelism
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

66. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: The third quarter report will be delivered
in the Fall.
A. Capitalization
B. Dangling modifier
C. Redundancy
D. Parallelism
E. Symbols (including dollar and percent signs)

67. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: While searching for employment, I
travelled to Tokyo, Japan; Seattle, Washington, and London, England.
A. Capitalization
B. Dangling modifier
C. Redundancy
D. Parallel structure
E. Semicolon

68. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: 25 people will attend the seminar.
A. Capitalization
B. Dangling modifier
C. Number expression (word or figure form)
D. Commas
E. Semicolon

69. Please identify what type of error the following sentence includes: Seventy three locations will close after
the fiscal year.
A. Capitalization
B. Punctuation other than commas or semicolons (including hyphens and apostrophes)
C. Redundancy
D. Commas
E. Semicolon

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70. Please identify the misspelled word.
A. budget
B. celebration
C. calender
D. temporary
E. None of these are misspelled.

71. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. budget
B. privlege
C. occupy
D. temporary
E. None of these are misspelled.

72. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. budget
B. dependant
C. occupy
D. temporary
E. None of these are misspelled.

73. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. budget
B. threaten
C. occupy
D. arguement
E. None of these are misspelled.

74. Please identify the misspelled word.

A. seperate
B. threaten
C. flounder
D. decision
E. None of these are misspelled.

75. Will the increased paint price have an ____ on the quarterly sales goal.
A. effect
B. affect

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