Grammar Smart 3rd Edition - Princeton Review 2014

Batting Practice, Part 1
Part 1. The Names of Things

The following drills test nearly everything we’ve discussed in Part 1.

Drill 1

Pick the best answer. If you don’t find an error, pick choice A.

1. Gomez thought Pinky’s hairstyle was the most unique, but whom had designed her hideous dress?

A) was the most unique, but whom had designed

B) was the most unique, but who designed

C) to be the most unique, but whom had designed

D) was unique, but who had been designing

E) was unique, but who had designed

2. The dresses which hung on the rack were made for Pinky and I.

A) which hung on the rack were made for Pinky and I

B) which hung on the rack were made for Pinky and me

C) that were hanging on the rack having been made for Pinky and I

D) that hung on the rack were made for Pinky and me

E) hanged on the rack and they were made for me and Pink

3. The one criteria you must meet to dress well is knowing what cut is right for one’s body.

A) The one criteria you must meet to dress well is knowing what cut is right for one’s body.

B) To dress well, the one criteria you must meet is to know what cut is right for your body.

C) In dressing well, the one criterion you must meet is knowing what cut is right for one’s body.

D) To dress well, the one criterion you must meet is to know what cut is right for your body.

E) The one criterion you must meet, for dressing well, is knowing what cut is right for your body.

4. In 1978, a peak of nonfashion, great amounts of people wear polyester jackets.

A) great amounts of people wear

B) great amounts of people were wearing

C) great numbers of people wore

D) a great amount of people wore

E) large numbers of people are wearing

5. Now that it is 2001, pumps and tight jeans will be back on the runway, but her and me have less of these retro items in our closets.

A) will be back on the runway, but her and me have less of these

B) will be back on the runway, but she and me will have fewer of these

C) are back on the runway, but she and I have fewer of these

D) are being back on the runway, but she and I have less of these

E) are back on the runway, but her and I have fewer of these

Drill 2

Circle the error. If you find no error, circle choice E.

Drill 3

Identify the part of speech of every word in the following sentences.

1. I am shivering from the cold.

2. I made delicious pot roast and beans and rice for dinner.

3. There is nothing better than pot roast, in my opinion.

4. Yikes! I somehow left my hat in the oven!

5. Actually we would rather order Chinese food and watch TV, because we can eat these fortune cookies and stand on our heads until we are ready for bed.

Party On with Parts of Speech

Now for some fun. You need a friend for this game. The reader takes the following story, without letting the other person see any part of it (including the title) and asks the other person to name the parts of speech listed under the blanks. The reader writes the answers in the blanks; when all the blanks are filled, the reader reads the story aloud. Hilarity ensues.