ATAS Practice Contractions Quiz
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Which of the following choices is the correct contraction to fill in the blank in the following sentence? _____ coming to dinner tonight?

  • Who's (correct)
  • Who is
  • Whose
  • Who

    • Which of the following choices is the correct contraction to fill in the blank in the following sentence? _____ going to be there by 5:30.

  • I'm (correct)
  • Isn't
  • I will
  • I am

    • Which of the following choices is the correct possessive pronoun to fill in the blank in the following sentence? The teacher told me that the choice was _____.

  • our
  • mine (correct)
  • her
  • her's

    • Which of the following choices is the correct possessive pronoun to fill in the blank in the following sentence? I heard that _____ car is in the shop.

    <p>your</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following choices is the correct possessive pronoun to fill in the blank in the following sentence? _____ daughter is five years old.

    <p>their</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Do possessive pronouns have apostrophes?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are examples of demonstrative pronouns?

    <p>this, these, that, and those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative Pronouns: ______ is Henry.

    <p>This</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative Pronouns: ________ are grapes.

    <p>Those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative Pronouns: _____ is Joel's.

    <p>This</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative pronouns: ____ are Joel's.

    <p>These</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative pronouns: _____ book is Joel's.

    <p>This</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative pronouns: _____ books are also Joel's.

    <p>These</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Demonstrative pronouns: _____ cat is the children's.

    <p>That</p> Signup and view all the answers

    __________ cats are the children's.

    <p>Those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following demonstrative pronouns are plural?

    <p>these and those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following sentences is written with the INCORRECT FORM of pronoun subject-verb agreement?

    <p>The boy's trade started when he said, 'If you give me that crickets, I will give you this chicken bone.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is showing a demonstrative pronoun?

    <p>Those cats were dropped off.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do you know when a demonstrative is a pronoun and when it is an adjective?

    <p>Demonstratives are adjectives when followed by a noun and are pronouns when followed by a verb.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What describes the difference between demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives?

    <p>A demonstrative pronoun describes where a subject or object is in space, while a demonstrative adjective specifies which object is in space.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where refers to the ____________ ________________ and which refers to the ____________________.

    <p>a) demonstrative pronouns b) adjectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Followed by noun is ______________ and followed by a verb is a _____________________

    <p>a) pronoun b) adjectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An example of demonstrative pronouns is seen through this example: ________ are my books.

    <p>These</p> Signup and view all the answers

    I _________ need ______ to study.

    <p>will need them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ draw but ________ write.

    <p>a) these b) those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    _______ pencils and ________ pens write and draw.

    <p>a) these b) those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    These pencils and those pens write and draw is also seen as a demonstrative ______________.

    <p>adjective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True/False: Pronouns have the same function as nouns.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    _________ plays music.

    <p>This</p> Signup and view all the answers

    _________ plays games.

    <p>These</p> Signup and view all the answers

    _________ music is loud.

    <p>That</p> Signup and view all the answers

    _____________ games are difficult.

    <p>Those</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'San Francisco is colder ______ San Diego,'

    <p>than</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'San Francisco is ________ than San Diego,'

    <p>colder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Chocolate ice cream is better _____ vanilla.

    <p>than</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sally runs _________ than David (fast into comparative form).

    <p>faster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Nancy speaks _______ _______ than Laura.' (clear in comparative form).

    <p>more clearly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Put smart and tall in comparative form: 'John is ________ but Bob is _____________'

    <p>smarter, taller</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Put efficient in comparative form: Karen works ______ ____________ than Ramon.

    <p>more efficiently</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do you change adjectives with one or two syllables and one-syllable adverbs in comparative form?

    <p>add an -er at the end</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do you change adjectives with more than two syllables and adverbs ending in -ly in comparative form?

    <p>add more or less before the word</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The louder my dog growls, _____ fiercer she looks.

    <p>the</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Put loud in comparative form: the _________ my dog growls, the fiercer she looks.

    <p>louder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Good can turn into

    <p>better</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Bad can turn into

    <p>worse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Much can turn into

    <p>more</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Little can turn into

    <p>less</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Far can turn into

    <p>farther</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Poetry is _______, but short stories are ______ (place good and better in the sentence).

    <p>good, better</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Place worse and bad in the sentence below: That play we saw last week was really ____, even _____ than listening to a boring speech.

    <p>bad, worse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The comparative form is used to _____.

    <p>compare two people, places or things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The word 'than' is not used when _____

    <p>the actions are the actions of a single individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The words 'more' or 'less' are placed before _____.

    <p>both adjectives with more than two syllables and adverbs ending in 'ly'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The 'er' ending is used when _____.

    <p>adjectives have one or two syllables and adverbs have one syllable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The word _____ is used with the comparative form to compare one person, place, or thing with another.

    <p>than</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Superlative form

    <p>describe one or more people, places or things within a larger group of people, places, or things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the superlative form (adjective) and how Katie is described in the population: Katie is the prettiest girl in the neighborhood.

    <p>the superlative form of the adjective 'pretty' (prettiest) is used to describe one person, 'Katie,' within the larger group of 'girls in the neighborhood.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the superlative and described population: Katie and Megan are the fastest girls on the track team.

    <p>the superlative is used to describe two people, 'Katie and Megan,' within the larger group of 'girls on the track team.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the action of the superlative and the population comparison: 'Karen screamed the loudest of all the girls.'

    <p>the superlative form is used to state that the action of screaming was performed (by Karen) to the highest degree of loudness within a group of actions just like it (the screaming of all the girls).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Put the word 'tall' in superlative form.

    <p>tallest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the rule of thumb for changing adjectives in the superlative form?

    <p>an adjective with one or two syllables indicates adding -est to the end</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the rule of thumb for changing adverbs in the superlative form?

    <p>one-syllable adverbs add -est at the end</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Put this in superlative form- using most and least: Jasper is the ____ intelligent boy in the class, but he smiles the _____ beautifully.

    <p>least, most</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to superlative form, the word good can be changed to.

    <p>best</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to superlative form, the word bad can be changed to.

    <p>worst</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to superlative form, the word far can be changed to.

    <p>farthest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The ______ (place an alternative word than far- using the superlative form) I can drive you is to the end of the street.

    <p>farthest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Fix this sentence: Complete sentences are a necessary part of writing they are very important.

    <p>You can add a period after writing to create two separate sentences. You can add a comma and... you can add, because after the word writing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the subject, predicate: Complete sentences are a necessary part of writing they are very important.

    <p>Complete sentences is the subject. The predicate includes 'are a necessary part of writing.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A complete sentence is made of two important elements. What are they?

    <p>a subject and a predicate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify which type of sentence the following represents: So much fun.

    <p>fragment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the subject in the following sentence: Kurt Vonnegut is a published author.

    <p>Kurt Vonnegut</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify which type of sentence the following represents: Writing is not always simple sometimes it is hard.

    <p>run-on sentence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the predicate in the following sentence: A run-on sentence can confuse the reader.

    <p>can confuse the reader</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is wrong with this sentence? 'Went to the store.'

    <p>there is no subject</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is common between 'Ran into the woods.' and 'Ate three plates of nachos.'?

    <p>there is no subject in the sentence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be changed to make the sentence 'went to store' complete?

    <p>Jan went to the store</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be changed to make the sentence 'ran into the woods'?

    <p>the deer ran into the woods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be changed to make the sentence 'ate three plates of nachos' complete?

    <p>My cousin, Jack, ate three plates of nachos</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be added in the sentence? 'The incredible performing artist from Toronto.'

    <p>a verb is still needed, but it leaves the reader confused with what about the artist from Toronto?</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Sixteen chubby chickens.' is an incomplete sentence because there is no verb.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Add a verb in the following sentence: 'The incredible performing artist from Toronto _____ ___ ______________.'

    <p>won a Grammy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The classroom full of first graders laughed at their teacher's joke.'; what changes have been made to the sentence? If there are any, identify specific changes.

    <p>a verb was added; laughed at their teacher's joke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Sixteen chubby chickens pecked every grain of corn from the barn floor.'; identify the verb.

    <p>pecked</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A complete sentence must contain __________.

    <p>a complete thought</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A sentence must have both a _________ and a ____________ in order to be complete.

    <p>subject and verb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Another term for an incomplete sentence is a: ________________ __________________.

    <p>sentence fragment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A complete sentence must have how many parts?

    <p>two</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What changes should be made to this sentence? 'My instructor read my paper he said it was brilliant.'

    <p>it's a run-on sentence, so a period can be placed after paper. You can split up the sentences into two. Also, adding a comma and an appropriate conjunction (my instructor read my paper, and he said it was brilliant).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Conjunctive adverbs

    <p>however, besides, in fact and therefore.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Additional coordinators

    <p>but, for, nor, yet and so.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What changes need to be made to the following sentence: Dave took his exams today he's leaving tomorrow.

    <p>add because between today and he's</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true of run-on sentences?

    <p>They connect two independent clauses incorrectly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A run-on sentence is BEST defined as:

    <p>Independent clauses incorrectly joined together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Contractions and Pronouns

    • "Who's" is the contraction for "who is" or "who has."
    • "I'm" indicates "I am."
    • "Mine" is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership.
    • "Your" is the correct possessive pronoun for addressing someone directly.
    • "Their" is used as a possessive pronoun referring to a group.

    Possessive Pronouns

    • Possessive pronouns do not have apostrophes.
    • Examples include: its, yours, theirs.

    Demonstrative Pronouns

    • Demonstrative pronouns refer to specific things or people: this, that, these, those.
    • "This" indicates something nearby; "those" refers to multiple items further away.
    • Demonstratives serve as adjectives when followed by nouns (e.g., "this book") and as pronouns when followed by verbs (e.g., "This is mine").

    Comparatives and Superlatives

    • Comparative form is used to compare two things, using "er" for one or two-syllable adjectives and "more" for longer ones.
    • Superlative form describes one item within a group, using "est" or "most."
    • Irregular forms include: good (better), bad (worse), far (farthest).

    Sentence Structure

    • A complete sentence includes a subject and a predicate.
    • Common issues include fragments (incomplete sentences) and run-ons (two independent clauses wrongly joined).
    • Proper punctuation (periods, commas, conjunctions) clarifies sentence structure.

    Specific Sentence Types

    • Fragments lack either a subject or a verb (e.g., "Ran into the woods" is a fragment).
    • Run-on sentences occur when independent clauses are improperly connected without punctuation.

    Additional Components

    • Conjunctive adverbs (e.g., however, therefore) and coordinating conjunctions (e.g., but, and, or) connect ideas effectively.
    • Sentence clarity can be improved with concise structure and avoiding double subjects or unclear references.

    Key Definitions

    • A complete sentence must convey a complete thought and follow grammatical structure.
    • Understanding the use of comparative and superlative forms is essential in conveying differences and qualities clearly.

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    Test your knowledge of English contractions and possessive pronouns with this ATAS practice quiz. Identify the correct forms to fill in the blanks in various sentences. Enhance your understanding and usage of English grammar through engaging examples.

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