Plain English Quiz Quiz Questions

1. How many common nouns are there in the sentence "Carlos fed his two cats"?

A 2 B 3 C 4 D 1

2. Which of these words refers to proper pronunciation?

A orthotics B orthodoxy C orthoepy D orthography

3. Which of these refers to proper spelling?

A orthodoxy B orthotics C orthodontics D orthography

4. Which word is correct in the sentence "If she _____ about his party, she would have gone"?

A had known B knows C knew D will know

5. Which phrase is correct in the sentence, "I’ll ____their house while they’re gone"?

A look on B look after C look over D look into

6. Which of these words is a preposition?

A beneath B giving C hospital D Africa

7. Which of these words is a conjunction?

A porcelain B and C merry-go-round D above

8. Which of these punctuation marks can be used to join two words into a single compound word?

A hyphen B colon C ampersand D em dash

9. Which does not pertain to verbs?

A imperfect B future C perfect D accusative

10. Which of these prefixes means "formerly"?

A mid B post C ex D trans