NPOST Grammar and Spelling 3

Question 1

Choose the correct word: The report had a major ___ on the case.

Accepted Answer

effect

Answer

affect

Answer

afect

Answer

effekt

Question 2

Which sentence is correct?

Accepted Answer

They're going to the station.

Answer

Their going to the station.

Answer

There going to the station.

Answer

Theyre going to the station.

Question 3

Choose the correctly spelled word.

Accepted Answer

separate

Answer

seperate

Answer

seperete

Answer

sepparate

Question 4

Which sentence avoids a double negative?

Accepted Answer

I didn't see anything.

Answer

I didn't see nothing.

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I never saw nothing.

Answer

I don't know nothing.

Question 5

Identify the correct pronoun: Between you and ___, the case is solved.

Accepted Answer

me

Answer

I

Answer

myself

Answer

mine

Question 6

Which word is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

definitely

Answer

definately

Answer

definatly

Answer

definetly

Question 7

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

Accepted Answer

The officer's badge was missing.

Answer

The officers badge was missing.

Answer

The officers' badge was missing one officer.

Answer

The officers badge's was missing.