Grammar & Sentence Structure Flashcards

Which sentence correctly uses a restrictive relative clause?

Answer: The book that she recommended was excellent.

Restrictive clauses (essential to meaning) use 'that' without commas to identify which specific noun is meant.

Choose the sentence that avoids a run-on error.

Answer: She loves to travel; she has visited thirty countries.

A semicolon correctly separates two independent clauses without a conjunction, avoiding a run-on or comma splice.

Which option correctly uses parallel structure?

Answer: She likes hiking, swimming, and running.

Parallel structure requires all items in a series to use the same grammatical form, here all gerunds.

Identify the sentence with correct use of the present perfect tense.

Answer: I have seen that movie three times.

Present perfect (have/has + past participle) is used for actions with a connection to the present, often with 'three times' or unspecified past time.

Which sentence correctly uses an appositive phrase?

Answer: My brother, a doctor, works at the hospital.

An appositive phrase renames the noun it follows and must be set off by commas on both sides.

Which sentence uses 'fewer' and 'less' correctly?

Answer: There are fewer students and less water.

'Fewer' applies to countable nouns (students) while 'less' applies to uncountable nouns (water).

Choose the sentence with correct pronoun case after a preposition.

Answer: The secret is between you and me.

Prepositions require object pronouns; 'me' is the correct object form, not 'I' or 'myself.'