Night Elf Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 This is like the 'Are you scientifically literate' quiz, except it's grammar! There are only 22 questions so it goes quickly. I'm bummed to say I missed 2, so I got a score of 20. How's Your Grammar? Sorry if someone posted this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 21/22 I missed the first "principal" question. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trez Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Ugh 19 and I missed the first "principal" question as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Wow, I stunk at it. I got 18/22. The sad part is that I knew most of the answers I got wrong, but I kept thinking it was somehow a trick question and picked the opposite of what I thought. I should have gone with my first instinct. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22 correct. I always said that light-touch grammar wasn't the end of the world. I had no grammar instruction (outside of that necessary for foreign language learning) at school and have always used low grammar programmes with my boys. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. Same here. Those were the two I missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 21/22 - I missed the "...Jamal and me..." one. It just didn't sound right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Beachy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. Me, too. :) Beachy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Same here. Those were the two I missed. Here also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineJ Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I got 21 out of 22. I'm afraid I don't understand the rules behind the "that" vs. "which" questions, however. I guess we haven't gotten to that in Rod and Staff yet. :tongue_smilie: Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) 21 out of 22 -- got hung up on the "that/which" thing. But I cheated before I got to the third question on it -- I backed up and looked at the other two questions. (I had missed the first one and guessed, correctly, at the second.) I saw a pattern and figured out the right answer to the third. Feeling very self-satisfied with how I did :D -- there's nothing like an Internet quiz to boost (or kill) your self-esteem. :lol: (I don't dare take the science one...) Edited July 28, 2012 by Maverick_Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22, but I see that more as a usage quiz than a grammar quiz. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. Same here. Though I was kind of rebelling against the arbitrariness. Which is kind of a dumb thing to do on a mulitple choice test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Wow, I stunk at it. I got 18/22. The sad part is that I knew most of the answers I got wrong, but I kept thinking it was somehow a trick question and picked the opposite of what I thought. I should have gone with my first instinct. :glare: Me tooo! Makes me want to go back and review a few things even though I was trying to outguess them on some. Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I got 19. I mixed up that and which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 but I see that more as a usage quiz than a grammar quiz. I agree. Correctly using affect/effect and principal/principle is not grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnylady303 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 16. I'm the dunce of the boards. :) (Although to be fair - my girls are listening to the Penderwicks on the computer where I just took the quiz. It was quite distracting.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnylady303 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Correctly using affect/effect and principal/principle is not grammar. I also agree with this. Especially since I got one of each wrong. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22. Although I proofread articles for that sort of thing as a small side job, so was hoping I'd pull through with a good score. :001_smile: Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 17/22, which I will consider good for this math nerd. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. :iagree: However, I thought the sentences clumsy and would have said "Reports marked priority should be marked quickly" not "Reports that are..." I hate those constructs and don't use them if at all possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Ugh 19 and I missed the first "principal" question as well. Remember, the principal is your PAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofpumpkins Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 I need to brush up on that and which. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22, but I'm a technical writer/editor, so I don't think I proved anything there! :tongue_smilie: I agree with the previous posters--that was a usage quiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 19/22 the "which v. that" ones got me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22 correct. I always said that light-touch grammar wasn't the end of the world. I had no grammar instruction (outside of that necessary for foreign language learning) at school and have always used low grammar programmes with my boys. Laura Perhaps you grew in an environment of correct grammar. I listen to "I don't got none" all day at work, have a hubby who is full of errors, and a kiddo who plays at a playground of children who repeat the local errors. I grew up with exacting parents who corrected every little error until we were old enough not to make them any more. Even then, I did it "all by ear" and without confidence. I am a MUCH happier camper now that I'd taking on grammar (using diagramming as my crutch). I try to be uber-correct with my son, but I am one lone voice. If he wants to grow up and speak slang to his friends, fine, but as people can be bilingual, I think he should also be able to lapse into language fit for the Queen, and decline to have his future hindered by improper grammar. Perhaps a better analogy is "natural" readers. Some kids pick it up and take off with "whole language", but some need more systematic instruction. Given his environment/talents, I don't think kiddo is going to pick up proper grammar by osmosis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 21/22 - I missed the "...Jamal and me..." one. It just didn't sound right. Same here..lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I missed 6. I would have gotten 2 right had I not doubted myself and switched my answer. The other 4 were all word usage questions. That/which hung me up and principal/principle also got me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 FWIW...I had a mediocre education at mediocre schools. My family growing up sounded like a bunch of uneducated hillbillies (in fact, many were). But I read like mad. I educated myself beyond the levels of my family. I still, however, write much better than I speak. My undereducated hillbilly comes out in force sometimes, especially if I am nervous or fighting a migraine. My mind sits back and gasps in horror while my mouth butchers the english language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22, but I see that more as a usage quiz than a grammar quiz. Tara Yep. 22/22 here too, but I think it was a poorly designed quiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trez Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I knew the principal is your pal rule but there was another question where the answer was principal that I was incorrect in answering. Is there another rule I don't know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Perhaps you grew in an environment of correct grammar. I listen to "I don't got none" all day at work, have a hubby who is full of errors, and a kiddo who plays at a playground of children who repeat the local errors. I grew up with exacting parents who corrected every little error until we were old enough not to make them any more. Even then, I did it "all by ear" and without confidence. I am a MUCH happier camper now that I'd taking on grammar (using diagramming as my crutch). I try to be uber-correct with my son, but I am one lone voice. If he wants to grow up and speak slang to his friends, fine, but as people can be bilingual, I think he should also be able to lapse into language fit for the Queen, and decline to have his future hindered by improper grammar. Perhaps a better analogy is "natural" readers. Some kids pick it up and take off with "whole language", but some need more systematic instruction. Given his environment/talents, I don't think kiddo is going to pick up proper grammar by osmosis. That's funny, bilingual with fit for the queen grammar and street slang:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 That's funny, bilingual with fit for the queen grammar and street slang:lol: I knew a fellow who worked at a state college tutoring inner city freshmen on standard English. They picked him because his dad had been a "missionary" in a very bad part of town, and he was "bilingual". (Remember June Cleaver in Airplane!) He said he started with pronunciation and worked on to the Be verbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I knew the principal is your pal rule but there was another question where the answer was principal that I was incorrect in answering. Is there another rule I don't know? Yes, me too. The first "principal" question wasn't about the principal of a school, it was about the principal thing - meaning the first or most important thing. I chose principle instead of principal, which is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I knew the principal is your pal rule but there was another question where the answer was principal that I was incorrect in answering. Is there another rule I don't know? Principle is a noun. Principal can be a noun or an adjective. If the sentence requires the adjective, it is always principal, such as in "principal parts". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 18/22 I am a math major, though! The big thing that got me was that/which. I'll have to review the rules on using those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acablue Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 22/22 and the only one I paused to think about was between/among. I absolutely never use the word "among". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferlee Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 20/22 "that and which" I guess I have no idea which is correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I don't even want to take it. In certain instances, I've gotten were /was confused. I drive myself crazy. Which/ that can trip me up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Ok, so I couldn't help myself. I took it. I actually got 20 right. Which and that was a problem, and one of the principle ones was as well. Still, depressing. I shouldn't be making any errors at this point. I can know the rule, and be swayed. I almost always question myself. Doesn't make for the greatest hs parent. I need those answer keys. Its can be an issue for me as well. I don't know how I can know one day, but forget the next. Edited July 28, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Principle is a noun.Principal can be a noun or an adjective. If the sentence requires the adjective, it is always principal, such as in "principal parts". Yes. I am printing this out and sticking it on my bathroom wall. Got one for that/which? Its/It's? Was/Were? I don't make blatant mistakes such as, "She were going to the ball." It's more a question of "If I were to go to the ball/ If I was to go to the ball". I always have to check that sort of thing. Every darn time. Edited July 28, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Wow, I stunk at it. I got 18/22. The sad part is that I knew most of the answers I got wrong, but I kept thinking it was somehow a trick question and picked the opposite of what I thought. I should have gone with my first instinct. :glare: Me too. I got 19 out of 22 but tricked myself out of at least two of the answers. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Yes. I am printing this out and sticking it on my bathroom wall. Got one for that/which? I had to look this up because I do not know WHY I am using it correctly, it just sounds right when I do. A nice explanation is here: Here’s what The Times’s stylebook says: that, which. Use that , not which , in a restrictive clause — a clause necessary to the reader’s understanding of the sentence: The town that the pitcher calls home is tiny Hawley, Pa. (The sentence serves no purpose without that the pitcher calls home .) Note that there are no commas around the clause. In a nonrestrictive clause — one providing added information, not essential to understand the sentence — use which , preceded by a comma: Hawley, Pa., which the pitcher calls home, is tiny. (The sentence is understandable without which the pitcher calls home .) Its/It's? Contraction overrules possessive. It should bethe apostrophe for possessive, but that's already used to contract "it is" into "it's". That's how I remember it. Was/Were? I don't make blatant mistakes such as, "She were going to the ball." It's more a question of "If I were to go to the ball/ If I was to go to the ball" I always have to check that sort of thing. Every darn time. I do this correctly by feel, but I looked and found this explanation of the subjunctive: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-subjunctive.htm The subjunctive of be is always were. Edited July 28, 2012 by regentrude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hana Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Got them all, but I'm a writing prof. The science quiz, yeah, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 21/22. I missed the first "principal" question too. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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