GCT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
A. When the days of December arrive, I tend to oversleep because the sun rises
so late.
B. When the days of December arrive, I tend to oversleep, because the sun rises
so late.
C. When the days of December arrive I tend to oversleep because the sun rises
so late.
D. When the days of December arrive I tend to oversleep because the sun rises
so late. - ANSWER A. When the days of December arrive, I tend to oversleep
because the sun rises so late.
Select the correct sentence
A. The footprints under the window suggests a burglary at the chancellor's
home.
B. The footprints under the window suggests a burglary at the chancellors
home.
C. The footprint's under the window suggest a burglary at the chancellor's
home.
D. The footprints under the window suggest a burglary at the chancellor's home.
E. The footprints under the window suggests a burglary at the chancellor's-
home. - ANSWER D. The footprints under the window suggest a burglary at
the chancellor's home.
Which of the following sentences illustrates a CORRECTLY punctuated
compound adjective?
A. At Syracuse University, most freshman and sophomore students are expected
to live in on campus housing.
B. He was a well-known star by the time he became a teenager.
C. That software company enjoyed a four-year-profit streak.
, D. The press release stated that the company's new website was easy-on-the-
eye. - ANSWER B. He was a well-known star by the time he became a
teenager.
Select the correct sentence
A. No four or five year old child should be called a "baby," Annie asserted.
B. No four-or five year-old child should be called a "baby" ,Annie asserted.
C. No four-or five-year-old child should be called a "baby," Annie asserted.
D. No four-or-five-year-old child should be called, a "baby," Annie asserted.
E. No four or five year old child should be called a "baby" ,Annie asserted.
F. No four-or-five-year-old child should be called a "baby" ,Annie asserted. -
ANSWER C. No four-or five-year-old child should be called a "baby," Annie
asserted.
Select the correct sentence
A. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for birds' nests.
B. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for bird's nests.
C. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies, and looking for birds' nests.
D. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm, that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for birds' nests.
E. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year; he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for birds' nests. - ANSWER E. Kevin wasn't much help
on the farm that year; he was always off chasing butterflies and looking for
birds' nests.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT use of the
apostrophe?
A. The Andersons' vacation lodge was unused all summer.
B. In the last 1970's, my aunt was a nurse in Idaho.
C. The goat's are in the meadow.
D. The girl's costumes are ready for them to collect. - ANSWER A. The
Andersons' vacation lodge was unused all summer.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT use of the colon?
ANSWERS
Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
A. When the days of December arrive, I tend to oversleep because the sun rises
so late.
B. When the days of December arrive, I tend to oversleep, because the sun rises
so late.
C. When the days of December arrive I tend to oversleep because the sun rises
so late.
D. When the days of December arrive I tend to oversleep because the sun rises
so late. - ANSWER A. When the days of December arrive, I tend to oversleep
because the sun rises so late.
Select the correct sentence
A. The footprints under the window suggests a burglary at the chancellor's
home.
B. The footprints under the window suggests a burglary at the chancellors
home.
C. The footprint's under the window suggest a burglary at the chancellor's
home.
D. The footprints under the window suggest a burglary at the chancellor's home.
E. The footprints under the window suggests a burglary at the chancellor's-
home. - ANSWER D. The footprints under the window suggest a burglary at
the chancellor's home.
Which of the following sentences illustrates a CORRECTLY punctuated
compound adjective?
A. At Syracuse University, most freshman and sophomore students are expected
to live in on campus housing.
B. He was a well-known star by the time he became a teenager.
C. That software company enjoyed a four-year-profit streak.
, D. The press release stated that the company's new website was easy-on-the-
eye. - ANSWER B. He was a well-known star by the time he became a
teenager.
Select the correct sentence
A. No four or five year old child should be called a "baby," Annie asserted.
B. No four-or five year-old child should be called a "baby" ,Annie asserted.
C. No four-or five-year-old child should be called a "baby," Annie asserted.
D. No four-or-five-year-old child should be called, a "baby," Annie asserted.
E. No four or five year old child should be called a "baby" ,Annie asserted.
F. No four-or-five-year-old child should be called a "baby" ,Annie asserted. -
ANSWER C. No four-or five-year-old child should be called a "baby," Annie
asserted.
Select the correct sentence
A. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for birds' nests.
B. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for bird's nests.
C. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies, and looking for birds' nests.
D. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm, that year, he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for birds' nests.
E. Kevin wasn't much help on the farm that year; he was always off chasing
butterflies and looking for birds' nests. - ANSWER E. Kevin wasn't much help
on the farm that year; he was always off chasing butterflies and looking for
birds' nests.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT use of the
apostrophe?
A. The Andersons' vacation lodge was unused all summer.
B. In the last 1970's, my aunt was a nurse in Idaho.
C. The goat's are in the meadow.
D. The girl's costumes are ready for them to collect. - ANSWER A. The
Andersons' vacation lodge was unused all summer.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT use of the colon?
