Quiz: 10 questions on grammar

[pErvinalia]

Goddamn.

[Jason]

7 out of 10.. shameful.

[Trinity]

Clicked on link, couldn't find test does this mean I'm extra dumb?

[klr]

Clicked on link, couldn't find test does this mean I'm extra dumb?

There should be a ">" button to start the test, just below and to the right of the main block of text.

[Trinity]

Aha, thanks hon although it's not there, probably because I'm on my phone. I'll try it on the big boy tomorrow and whoop your arses

[Coito ergo sum]

3 out of 10. No surprises there. Although the last question had two correct answers, so I should really have got 4.

The last question with the sentence about the embroidered dragon did not have two correct answers.

8 out of 10.

[rachelbean]

9 out of 10

I know, you'd never guess it, considering how I write most of the time

The one I got wrong I just had no clue about: Modal/Gerund/Imperative. I knew it had to be Modal or Gerund since imperative has to do with mood rather than the kind of verb, but I guessed wrong. I guess I'll be more likely to remember now!

[Coito ergo sum]

9 out of 10

I know, you'd never guess it, considering how I write most of the time

The one I got wrong I just had no clue about: Modal/Gerund/Imperative. I knew it had to be Modal or Gerund since imperative has to do with mood rather than the kind of verb, but I guessed wrong. I guess I'll be more likely to remember now!

smarty pants...

beat me by one question...

[Jason]

I got the modal/gerund one wrong too. I knew it wasn't an imperative, but couldn't remember what the hell modal and gerund meant.

Of course I'm coming down from a good high and a serious drunk from last night.. that's my excuse and you can take it to HR.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I got the modal/gerund one wrong too. I knew it wasn't an imperative, but couldn't remember what the hell modal and gerund meant.

Of course I'm coming down from a good high and a serious drunk from last night.. that's my excuse and you can take it to HR.

Modals are verbs such as may, will, can, ought, etc. that modify other verbs.

An imperative is a verb form that implies an immediate order or direction - such as: Duck! Shoot! Let's wank!

A gerund is the participle of a verb used as a noun - such as: The Shining. The Leaving of Liverpool. It's all the wanking that's caused that rash on your hand.

[pErvinalia]

3 out of 10. No surprises there. Although the last question had two correct answers, so I should really have got 4.

The last question with the sentence about the embroidered dragon did not have two correct answers.

8 out of 10.

There must be multiple question sets. The last question I got was about sitting in a chair.

[hadespussercats]

I got 9 out of 10. I dispute the one I got wrong-- that versus which.

I got that one right. 'Which' is properly used to...do something... 'That' on the other hand...does something slightly different.

Edit: By the by, who the fuck ever heard of a dood named "Hilary."?

He climbed Mount Everest, I think.

[hadespussercats]

The one with the "gerund" in it did me in. Even though i knew broadly what a "gerund" was, and didn't know what the other ones were, I still missed the gerund in the sentence.

Both gerunds (vb + ing) and infinitives (to + vb) are verbals, which function as nouns, but are not to be confused with the character from The Usual Suspects.

You missed the gerund because it is Keyser Soze.
The biggest trick the sentence ever played was convincing the world the gerund didn't exist.

[hadespussercats]

9 out of 10

I know, you'd never guess it, considering how I write most of the time

The one I got wrong I just had no clue about: Modal/Gerund/Imperative. I knew it had to be Modal or Gerund since imperative has to do with mood rather than the kind of verb, but I guessed wrong. I guess I'll be more likely to remember now!

smarty pants...

beat me by one question...

Coito, two girls kicked your ass today.

MMMm, victory. Tastes sweet.

[SteveB]

I do a lot of de-Britishizing of grammar for American readers. Friggin' Limeys love to put punctuation outside of quotations.