Some of the most frequently visited pages on this website are quizzes--matching, editing, and multiple-choice quizzes on topics that include English usage, spelling, word origins, and figures of speech. In case you've missed any of them, here are ten of the most popular quizzes at About Grammar & Composition.
- A Quick Quiz on Capitalization
Capitalization has been called a "squishy" subject that "lacks logic," but as this editing quiz demonstrates, certain guidelines are worth attending to. - A Quick Quiz on the History of the English Language
This quiz will test your familiarity with some of the key events identified in our Timeline of the English Language. - A Quick Quiz on Tricky English Plurals
As this quiz shows, forming plurals in English is sometimes more (or less) than a matter of adding -s to a noun. - A Quick Quiz on Commonly Confused Words: 20 Proverbs
Enjoy two lessons in one: a quiz on commonly confused words packed in proverbial wisdom. - Reading Quiz on the Gettysburg Address
Test your knowledge of a speech that has been called both a prose poem and a prayer. - Reading Quiz on "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
This multiple-choice reading quiz will test your understanding of one of the most savage and powerful essays in English. - Review Quiz: Rhetorical Terms
This quiz should help you understand, distinguish, and remember many of the most common figures of speech in our Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis. - Would You Repeat That, Please?
Match the names of these ten repetitive figures of speech with the appropriate definitions and examples. - Quiz on 25 Commonly Misspelled Words
See if you can identify the correctly spelled word in each set. - Vocabulary Builder: Mark Twain's Words
The words in this vocabulary quiz have been drawn from seven of Mark Twain's most famous essays.
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