English grammar began in the sixteenth century and was based on Latin. It has changed a lot since then then with a more modern approach being introduced in the nineteenth century. Lindley Murray is known as ‘the father of English grammar’ after he began writing grammar books in 1795.
With the rise of email, texts and instant messaging, incorrect grammar is becoming more prevalent in our day to day communication. We’ve all joked about being corrected by the grammar police. The Great Grammar Quiz will set apart the grammar police officers from the grammar criminals.
The Great Grammar Quiz will prove if you know your homophones from your synonyms. Or your proper nouns from your pronouns. Take the Great Grammar Quiz now and make sure you share your results to prove you really abide by the law of grammar.
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What is a shortened word such as can’t or don’t known as?
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Contraction
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Clause
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Subordinate
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Semi colon
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Words which are spoken are known as which type of speech?
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Direct
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Organised
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Understood
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Hyphenated
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What is the tense used to refer to things which haven’t happened yet?
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Future
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Past
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Perfect
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Subjunctive
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If discussing something which happened yesterday, what tense are you using?
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Past
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Future
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Conditional
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Subjunctive
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Question of
Using words such as I or me indicates you’re talking in which person?
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First
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Question of
What is the name for a noun which refers to more than one thing?
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Plural
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Consonant
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Conditional
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Abstract
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Words such as played, went, was indicate which tense?
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Past
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Future
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Imperfect
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Conditional
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Question of
What is the part of speech which shows belonging?
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Possessive
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Preterite
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Plural
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Perfect
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Question of
What is the word used to refer to informal spoken language?
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Slang
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Pidgin
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Learned
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Homophone
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Question of
What type of verb is the opposite of passive?
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Active
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Superlative
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Compound
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Abstract
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