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Free Assessment
Taming the Wild Grammar Beastie


This assessment helps you identify some of your grammatical strengths and weaknesses.

1) My supervisor did not feel ______.
good
well
?
2) Her sister is more articulate than ______.
her
she
?
3) _____ did he write to for permission to use the material?

Who
Whom
?

4) There _____ many typewriters like the one on which my grandfather learned.

wasn't
weren't
?

5) There were _____ people at the staff meeting this week than there were at the last meeting.

fewer
less
?
6) The odor from the basement office smelled _____.

bad
badly
?

7) I can see that _____ happy with the working conditions here.

your
you're
?

8) _____ the whole scene appeared before his eyes.

While listening
As he listened
?

9) To find our corporate headquarters, you must turn _____ at the second stop light.

east
East
?

Fragments are incomplete sentences. Sentences express a complete thought. Run-on sentences are sentences that are combined without the proper punctuation to separate them. Identify the following sentences as a Fragment, Sentence, Run-on, or ?.

10) Even though all cars are required to have safety belts, drivers and passengers sometimes neglect to use them.

Fragment
Sentence
Run-on
?
11) Your opinion is important, it decides who will represent your department.
Fragment
Sentence
Run-on
?

Choosing Who or Whom with Confidence is as Easy as 1, 2, 3

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