HSPT GRAMMAR RULES EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
RULE 1 - ANSWER ✔✔DIRECT ADRESS: WHEN SPEAKING DIRECTLY, PLACE A
COMMA AFTER THEIR NAME. IF TGHEIR NAME IS AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE
PUT A COMMA BEFORE THEIR NAME.
MAX, TAKE OUT THE TRASH
RULE 2 - ANSWER ✔✔SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT: THE VERB IN THE SENTENCE
MUST AGREE IN NUBER WITH THE SUBJECT. BOTH MUST BE SINGULAR OR
PLURAL.
ONE OF THE APPLES IS RIPE
RULE 3 - ANSWER ✔✔QUOTATION RULES: WHEN YOU BREAK UP A QUOTE THE
WORD AFTER YOU RESUME THE QUOTE IS LOWERCASE UNLESS IT IS USUALLY
CAPITALIZED WORD
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, "WHEN YOUR DOWN IN THE DUMPS," SAID MICHEAL" aLWAYS LOOK UO TO
THE SKY"
RULE 4 - ANSWER ✔✔ITS VS IT'S
ITS IS A POSITIVE MEANING BELONGING TO
IT'S IA A CONTRACTION MEANING IT IS
RULE 5 - ANSWER ✔✔QUOTATION RULES #2
WHEN BREAKING UP A QOUTE USE QOUTATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SPLIT.
"IM GLAD" SAID JAMES " THAT WE WON THE GAME YESTERDAY"
RULE 6 - ANSWER ✔✔CAPITALIZATION OF A TITLE
WHEN THE TITLE IS WITH A NAME YOU CAPITALIZE IT WHEN IT ISN'T YOU DON'T
I WENT TO GO SEE MY pRINCIPLE YESTERDAY
RULE 7 - ANSWER ✔✔ABBREVIATION PUNCTUATION
AN ABBREVIATION IS FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD
I WANT TO SEE DR. LEE FOR MY KNEE.
RULE 8 - ANSWER ✔✔NEITHER NOR
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
RULE 1 - ANSWER ✔✔DIRECT ADRESS: WHEN SPEAKING DIRECTLY, PLACE A
COMMA AFTER THEIR NAME. IF TGHEIR NAME IS AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE
PUT A COMMA BEFORE THEIR NAME.
MAX, TAKE OUT THE TRASH
RULE 2 - ANSWER ✔✔SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT: THE VERB IN THE SENTENCE
MUST AGREE IN NUBER WITH THE SUBJECT. BOTH MUST BE SINGULAR OR
PLURAL.
ONE OF THE APPLES IS RIPE
RULE 3 - ANSWER ✔✔QUOTATION RULES: WHEN YOU BREAK UP A QUOTE THE
WORD AFTER YOU RESUME THE QUOTE IS LOWERCASE UNLESS IT IS USUALLY
CAPITALIZED WORD
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, "WHEN YOUR DOWN IN THE DUMPS," SAID MICHEAL" aLWAYS LOOK UO TO
THE SKY"
RULE 4 - ANSWER ✔✔ITS VS IT'S
ITS IS A POSITIVE MEANING BELONGING TO
IT'S IA A CONTRACTION MEANING IT IS
RULE 5 - ANSWER ✔✔QUOTATION RULES #2
WHEN BREAKING UP A QOUTE USE QOUTATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SPLIT.
"IM GLAD" SAID JAMES " THAT WE WON THE GAME YESTERDAY"
RULE 6 - ANSWER ✔✔CAPITALIZATION OF A TITLE
WHEN THE TITLE IS WITH A NAME YOU CAPITALIZE IT WHEN IT ISN'T YOU DON'T
I WENT TO GO SEE MY pRINCIPLE YESTERDAY
RULE 7 - ANSWER ✔✔ABBREVIATION PUNCTUATION
AN ABBREVIATION IS FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD
I WANT TO SEE DR. LEE FOR MY KNEE.
RULE 8 - ANSWER ✔✔NEITHER NOR
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