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A. He
B. across the field
C. the ball
D. the field
A. a word such as "yet," "but," "so," or "nor"
B. a word that joins two words of equal syntactic importance
C. a word that joins two independent clauses
D. (All of these)
A. fragment
B. run-on
C. sentence
A. interjection
B. conjunction
C. adjective
D. preposition
A. True
B. False
A. False
B. True
A. who or what a sentence is about
B. where a sentence takes place
C. what a sentence is intended to convey
D. the grammatical purpose of a sentence
A. Simple sentence
B. Compound-complex sentence
C. Dependent clause
D. Compound sentence
A. Students study in the morning because it gives them free time in the afternoon.
B. Many of the students like to study in the morning.
A. exclamatory
B. interrogative
C. declarative
D. imperative
A. Steve almost is never late.
B. Steve almost never late is.
C. Steve is almost never late.
D. Never late is almost Steve.
A. a declarative sentence
B. an interrogative sentence
C. an imperative sentence
D. an exclamatory sentence
A. had
B. was
C. became
D. got
A. an independent clause
B. an adjectival clause
C. a relative clause
D. a dependent clause
A. Kate only cares about Jason.
B. Kate cares only about Jason.
C. Only Kate cares about Jason.
A. Only Kate cares about Jason.
B. Kate only cares about Jason.
A. his
B. he's
C. him
D. he
A. declarative
B. imperative
C. exclamatory
D. interrogative
A. False
B. True
A. interjection
B. preposition
C. noun
D. conjunction
A. verb
B. adjective
C. noun
D. adverb
A. normal clauses
B. relative clauses
C. dependent clauses
D. adjectival clauses
A. changing the comma to a semicolon
B. making one of the clauses a dependent clause
C. inserting a coordinating conjunction after the comma
D. (All of these)
A. imperative
B. exclamatory
C. declarative
D. interrogative
A. We drove to Montana.
B. From head to toe.
C. I ran a mile.
D. Because she was angry.
A. adverb
B. adjective
C. preposition
D. verb
A. First thing in the morning, Joe likes to make coffee, exercise, and then taking a shower.
B. First thing in the morning, Joe likes to make coffee, exercise, and then take a shower.
C. Joe likes to make coffee, to exercise, and then taking a shower first thing in the morning.
D. First thing in the morning, Joe likes coffee, exercise, and then taking a shower.
A. fragment
B. run-on
C. sentence
A. interrogative
B. exclamatory
C. imperative
D. declarative
A. Has a package I’ve been waiting for been delivered yet, nor must I wait longer?
B. For my birthday, I would like a book, an hourglass, and the keys to a new boat.
C. The cake that I ate was better that the one you had.
D. An house is not the home, or so they saying goes
A. a word that orders two phrases
B. a word that joins a dependent clause to an independent clause
C. a word that reverses the meaning of a previous word
D. a word that joins two independent clauses
A. adjective
B. adverb
C. verb
D. preposition
A. makes an emphatic point or exclaims something
B. states a demand or order, or gives instructions
C. poses a question
D. makes a statement or states a fact
A. Vocabulary
B. preposition
C. Word order
D. Punctuation
A. simple
B. compound-complex
C. complex
D. compound
A. run-on sentence
B. sentence fragment
C. complex sentence
D. compound sentence
A. send
B. you
C. he
D. a letter
A. the less
B. minus
C. less
D. the least
A. The diamond watch, which is very expensive, is locked in a cabinet.
B. Her handwriting was neat, which looked great on the poster.
C. The neighbor’s dogs didn’t like the scarecrow, who barked loudly.
D. Cold iced tea on a hot sunny day is very refreshing.
A. him
B. you
C. a letter
A. preposition
B. adjective
C. verb
D. conjunction
A. False
B. True
A. (All of these)
B. Having shut down unexpectedly, I restarted my computer.
C. Though boiling hot, I guessed he would eat the soup immediately.
A. subject-verb agreement
B. pronoun-antecedent agreement
C. parallel structure
D. modifier placement
A. Word order
B. The second preposition
C. Run-on sentence
D. The first preposition
A. what the subject of a sentence does
B. who or what a sentence is about
C. the grammatical purpose of a sentence
D. where a sentence takes place
A. Since Jim lost his job
B. he has taken up painting
C. lost his job
D. taken up
A. Subject-verb agreement.
B. Gerund instead of an infinitive.
C. Misplaced modifier.
D. Unclear antecedent.
A. compound
B. simple
C. compound-complex
D. complex
A. I have gone to the market, but this is the first time I will be going alone.
B. I have gone to the market. This is the first time I will be going alone.
C. I have gone to the market, this is the first time I will be going alone.
D. I have gone to the market; this is the first time I will be going alone.