DELPOE Grammar and Spelling 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence is grammatically correct for use in a police report?
- The suspect, he ran northbound on Fifth Avenue.
- The suspect ran northbound on Fifth Avenue. (Correct answer)
- The suspect runned northbound on Fifth Avenue.
- Northbound on Fifth Avenue the suspect ran.
Correct answer: The suspect ran northbound on Fifth Avenue.
Option B uses the correct simple past tense and proper sentence structure for a formal report.
Question 2: Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
- Witnes
- Witniss
- Witness (Correct answer)
- Witeness
Correct answer: Witness
'Witness' is the correct spelling, with a double 's' at the end.
Question 3: Choose the sentence with the correct use of their/there/they're: 'The officers completed ___ report before leaving the scene.'
- there
- they're
- their (Correct answer)
- theyre
Correct answer: their
'Their' is the possessive pronoun indicating the report belongs to the officers.
Question 4: Which sentence correctly uses punctuation for a police report?
- Officer jones responded to the call at 0300 hours.
- Officer Jones responded to the call at 0300 hours. (Correct answer)
- officer Jones responded to the call at 0300 hours.
- Officer Jones, responded to the call at 0300 hours.
Correct answer: Officer Jones responded to the call at 0300 hours.
Proper nouns like 'Officer Jones' must be capitalized, and no comma is needed between the subject and verb.
Question 5: Which word is spelled correctly?
- Aresst
- Arest
- Arrest (Correct answer)
- Arreste
Correct answer: Arrest
'Arrest' is the correct spelling with double 'r' and ending in 'st'.
Question 6: Which sentence uses 'affect' vs. 'effect' correctly?
- The new policy will effect officer morale.
- The new policy will affect officer morale. (Correct answer)
- The effect of the new policy will affect everyone affects.
- The affect of the policy is unknown.
Correct answer: The new policy will affect officer morale.
'Affect' is used correctly as a verb meaning to have an influence on something.
DELPOE Grammar and Spelling 1
Which sentence is grammatically correct for use in a police report?