NPOST Grammar and Spelling 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct word: The report had a major ___ on the case.
- affect
- effect (Correct answer)
- afect
- effekt
Correct answer: effect
'Effect' is the noun meaning result or impact.
Question 2: Which sentence is correct?
- Their going to the station.
- There going to the station.
- They're going to the station. (Correct answer)
- Theyre going to the station.
Correct answer: They're going to the station.
'They're' is the contraction for 'they are'.
Question 3: Choose the correctly spelled word.
- seperate
- separate (Correct answer)
- seperete
- sepparate
Correct answer: separate
'Separate' has an 'a' in the middle, not an 'e'.
Question 4: Which sentence avoids a double negative?
- I didn't see nothing.
- I didn't see anything. (Correct answer)
- I never saw nothing.
- I don't know nothing.
Correct answer: I didn't see anything.
Standard English uses one negative: 'didn't' with 'anything'.
Question 5: Identify the correct pronoun: Between you and ___, the case is solved.
- I
- me (Correct answer)
- myself
- mine
Correct answer: me
After the preposition 'between', use the object pronoun 'me'.
Question 6: Which word is spelled correctly?
- definately
- definatly
- definitely (Correct answer)
- definetly
Correct answer: definitely
'Definitely' contains the word 'finite'.
Question 7: Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- The officers badge was missing.
- The officer's badge was missing. (Correct answer)
- The officers' badge was missing one officer.
- The officers badge's was missing.
Correct answer: The officer's badge was missing.
A single officer's possession takes 's.
NPOST Grammar and Spelling 3
Choose the correct word: The report had a major ___ on the case.