Axia College Material
Appendix H

Comprehensive Grammar CheckPoint Answer Form

Enter the correct answer for each item by typing either a or b in the second column. Provide an explanation for each choice in the Rationale column. The boxes expand to accommodate your text.

Item | Correct Answer(a or b) | Rationale | 1. | A | The subject is singular so the verb needs to be as well. | 2. | B | The subject is one group of people so the verb requires is correct. | 3. | A | Vitamins is plural so the verb needs to be plural | 4. | A | Become is correct because became is past tense | 5. | A | Have taken is correct for this sentence because took is past tense | 6. | B | Laid is the correct form of the word lay because it indicates it was done in the past. | 7. | B | Am is correct due to the fact that it is being used in the present tense. | 8. | A | The word have is used to show that the contestants appeared over a period of time. | 9. | A | Have is not needed in the sentence because the pyramids were built in the past. | 10. | A | Have to be well organized refers to the students, so the antecedent is students | 11. | B | The antecedent is Patients because they spend so much time in the waiting room. | 12. | B | It refers to the vehicle and the vehicle is what must be test driven. | 13. | B | Presenters is plural so their should be used. | 14. | B | This sentence is correct because both movie and video game are singular items. | 15. | A | Their is the correct form to use because council members is plural. | 16. | B | Anyone is singular so the sentence needs a singular pronoun. | 17. | A | Each is singular so his or her should be used as the singular pronoun. | 18. | A | Me is the correct word to use in this sentence because the subject is not oneself. | 19. | A | She makes the sentence correct because her shows possessiveness and ownership. | 20. | A | I makes the sentence correct because someone else is showing the action. | 21. | A | The verb was refers to who so who is correct in this sentence. | 22. | B | Whom makes the sentence correct because send doesn’t apply to the word whom. | 23. | A | Who is the subject of the verb owns so who is correct | 24. | B | In sentence B it is unclear if the car or the tree made a terrible noise. | 25. | A | This increasing pollution needs to be included in the sentence so that the reader knows that pollution is the problem and not the increasing population. |