How's Your Grammar?
Fill in the correct answer.
Discreet or discrete?
1. The butler may have been stuffy, but he certainly was _________.
2. Negotiators consider comparable worth a ______________ issue in pay talks.
Differ from or differ with?
3. The tract houses did not __________ each other.
4. The housing developers ______________ the city zoning board.
What is the past tense of. . .
5. lie ___________
6. lay ___________
What is the past particle of...
7. lie ___________
8. lay ___________
Under or less than?
9. The county budget was _________ $80 million.
Lend or loan?
10. Lee is angry because his roommate won’t ______ him the new album.
Hanged or hung?
11. He _________ the portrait in the museum.
12. They ___________ him from an old oak tree.
Further or farther?
13. The commission recommended extending the boundaries ___________.
Elicit or illicit?
14. & 15. His ___________ behavior will ___________ strong community reaction.
The Answers:
1. Discrete
2. Discreet
3. Differ from
4. Differ with
5. Lay
6. Laid
7. Lain
8. Laid
9. Less than
10. Lend
11. Hung
12. hanged
13. Further
14. Illicit
15. Elicit
1. The butler may have been stuffy, but he certainly was _________.
2. Negotiators consider comparable worth a ______________ issue in pay talks.
Differ from or differ with?
3. The tract houses did not __________ each other.
4. The housing developers ______________ the city zoning board.
What is the past tense of. . .
5. lie ___________
6. lay ___________
What is the past particle of...
7. lie ___________
8. lay ___________
Under or less than?
9. The county budget was _________ $80 million.
Lend or loan?
10. Lee is angry because his roommate won’t ______ him the new album.
Hanged or hung?
11. He _________ the portrait in the museum.
12. They ___________ him from an old oak tree.
Further or farther?
13. The commission recommended extending the boundaries ___________.
Elicit or illicit?
14. & 15. His ___________ behavior will ___________ strong community reaction.
The Answers:
1. Discrete
2. Discreet
3. Differ from
4. Differ with
5. Lay
6. Laid
7. Lain
8. Laid
9. Less than
10. Lend
11. Hung
12. hanged
13. Further
14. Illicit
15. Elicit
Scoring
Under 5 Correct - You have a bad case of Grammarphobia
5-10 Correct - You are almost there. Try taking a grammar class.
10-14 Correct - Good job. You'll soon be teaching grammar.
15 Correct - Congratulations! You're a Grammarian
Under 5 Correct - You have a bad case of Grammarphobia
5-10 Correct - You are almost there. Try taking a grammar class.
10-14 Correct - Good job. You'll soon be teaching grammar.
15 Correct - Congratulations! You're a Grammarian