NPOST Grammar and Punctuation 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence correctly uses 'their', 'there', and 'they're'?
- Their going to there car.
- They're going to their car over there. (Correct answer)
- There going to they're car.
- They're going to there car their.
Correct answer: They're going to their car over there.
'They're' = they are, 'their' = possessive, 'there' = place.
Question 2: Choose the sentence with correct capitalization.
- officer smith joined the Police department.
- Officer Smith joined the police department. (Correct answer)
- Officer smith joined the Police Department.
- officer Smith joined the police Department.
Correct answer: Officer Smith joined the police department.
Proper names are capitalized; common nouns are not unless part of a title.
Question 3: Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?
- Yesterday he write the report.
- Yesterday he wrote the report. (Correct answer)
- Yesterday he writes the report.
- Yesterday he has writing the report.
Correct answer: Yesterday he wrote the report.
'Wrote' is the simple past tense matching 'yesterday'.
Question 4: Select the correctly punctuated question.
- Where were you at midnight.
- Where were you at midnight? (Correct answer)
- Where were you at midnight!
- Where were you at midnight,
Correct answer: Where were you at midnight?
A direct question ends with a question mark.
Question 5: Which sentence avoids a double negative?
- He didn't see nothing.
- He didn't see anything. (Correct answer)
- He never saw nothing.
- He didn't see no one.
Correct answer: He didn't see anything.
'Didn't see anything' uses a single negative correctly.
Question 6: Choose the correct word: 'Please bring ___ to the station.'
- it's badge
- its badge (Correct answer)
- its' badge
- it is badge
Correct answer: its badge
'Its' is the possessive form, with no apostrophe.
Question 7: Which sentence is a complete sentence, not a fragment?
- Running after the suspect.
- Because the alarm sounded.
- The officer secured the scene. (Correct answer)
- When the backup arrived.
Correct answer: The officer secured the scene.
It has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
NPOST Grammar and Punctuation 3
Which sentence correctly uses 'their', 'there', and 'they're'?