Language proficiency and grammar assessment Quiz

Subject-verb agreement is demonstrated when the subject ('The team') and the verb ('is') are in agreement in terms of number and person.

A semicolon is used to join two independent clauses in a compound sentence.

Auxiliary verbs, also known as helping verbs, assist the main verb in forming tenses, moods, voices, etc.

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward.

Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank.

An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

The correct use of the subjunctive mood involves using 'were' instead of 'was' in hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situations.

A gerund phrase consists of a gerund (a verb form ending in -ing) and its modifiers.

The modifier 'Walking down the street' is not clearly associated with the intended subject, leading to confusion.

Adjectives in English are generally ordered according to these categories.

Use 'fewer' for items that can be counted individually, and 'less' for uncountable quantities.

The subjunctive mood is used to express wishes, hypothetical situations, or suggestions.

A dangling participle occurs when the participle is not clearly associated with the noun it's meant to modify.

The correct usage is 'neither...nor' and the verb ('wants') agrees with the nearest subject ('Sarah').

Parallel structure involves using the same grammatical form for items in a list.

Use 'who' when referring to the subject of a sentence, and 'whom' when referring to the object.