Grammar Test 3
Correct all grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, usage errors.
(1 pt. a piece for each error)
1. Knecht Ruprecht the mysterious and jocular
farmhand was wary of letting everyone discover his penchant for bedding in straw
with barn animals, and showing up just when farmer Joe's toenails needed to
be clean and cut.
2. Martin, whose father had been a butcher,
and who had himself griped to pictures of slain animals, was tired of Simone
telling him how he should speak to the cold cuts.
3. On Tuesday Sept 14, 1948 Jerry laid on
the couch groaning audibly when he saw photos of the kill floor at the first
commercial food cannery where he recognized his favorite pet goldfish Johnny.
4. When Bazooka Joe joined the Yakuza nobody
dared to call him Yakuza Joe, even though he wore a Kanji tatoo on his elbow.
5.Everyone who he had seen at the party was
anxious to recount their story of Tiki's escapade with the dancing hooker and
the salad fork.
6. Adolescence who are unsure of their bodies
fret a while over their appearance and bodily functions; then they courageously
age and let their minds deteriorate.
7.If John Brown's body was found it would
still be marching on wouldn't it?
Correct the following passive voice constructions. [3 pts. each] (Be careful
to keep the same tense as the original!)
8.The manner in which the execution was discussed
was handled inappropriately by the joking relatives of the deceased.
9. The fact that he had been a monkey's uncle
had been kept secret for nearly fifty years.
Correct the following error(s) with run-ons and fragments.[3 pts each]
10. Despite the notion she had that there
were blue butterflies in her hair that liked to eat dandruff.She sensed that
they would not be satisfied to feast or fine dine on the follicle. Although
she understood that soon the poor butterflies would be poisoned by her hair
spray.
Correct the faulty parallel construction(s). [4 pts.]
11. Because the dog had problems that only
its analyst knew and were quite embarrassing and because the dog had been a
friend to the emperor, the kennel master sought additional counseling for the
Pekingese that was fixated on sniffing the particulars of the dachshunds, terriers,
and the other caged animals.
Complete an MLA in-text citation and a bibliographic entry for the following
book with one author. [2 pts. (1 pt. for each)]
Author: Woody Wanamaker
Title: Great Questions the Male Mind Must Endeavor to Answer
ISBN: 1-57912-037-9
Publisher: Gentle Grope Press
Distributor: Doofus & Sons
Place of publication: Boise, Idaho
Date of copyright/publication: 1986
12. (in-text citation)
13. (bibliographic entry)
Write a sentence that includes the following (5 pts.):
1) a compound participial phrase
2) a non-restrictive relative clause that modifies the direct object
3) a phrasal verb
14.
Extra Credit (2 pts.):
Write a short dialogue or group of sentences
that illustrates the correct usage of the interrobang.