NGD – Theme-Song Quiz
National Grammar Day is March 4, and we made a song to help you celebrate: March Forth. We couldn’t resist the pun. Watch the YouTube video, and then see if you can answer these questions based on grammar clues in the lyrics.
- 1. Which word in the line “Drive slowly in a fast car and let the adverbs fly,” is an adverb?
- A. slowly
- B. fast
- C. fly
- 2. What would “slow” be called if it were used in place of “slowly” in the line “Drive slowly in a fast car.”?
- A. a mistake
- B. a flat adverb
- C. a flat adjective
- 3. Choose the sentence that contains an infinitive form of a verb.
- A. Squiggly joined the circus.
- B. Aardvark has wanted cotton candy for days.
- C. Grammar Girl hoped to sell deep-fried bacon from a cart.
- 4. Which sentence contains a split infinitive?
- A. She was bold enough to bravely go into the tunnel.
- B. He will bravely protect the owls.
- C. They bravely lit a fire.
- 5. Which words are prepositions in “Plant a noun between two trees.”?
- A. between
- B. two
- C. trees
- 6. What are “well” and “good” in this sentence: March forth well; good grammar is meant to last?
- A. “Well” is an adverb, and “good” is an adjective.
- B. “Well” is an adjective, and “good” is an adverb.
- C. “Well” and “good” are both adjectives.
- D. “Well” and “good” are both adverbs.
- 7. Which sentence is in the continuous tense?
- A. The past had been continuous because you had been singing.
- B. The past was continuous because you sang.
- C. The present is continuous because you are singing.
- 8. Which sentence is in the perfect tense?
- A. The present is perfect because we are walking.
- B. The present is perfect because we have walked.
- C. The past was perfect because we walked.
- 9. Choose the correct sentence:
- A. I appreciate your singing.
- B. I appreciate you singing.
- C. Both
- 10. Which sentence contains the best use of “anxious.”?
- A. I’m anxious to celebration National Grammar Day.
- B. I’m anxious to go to the dentist.
- C. I’m anxious get the new dress I just bought online.