English Chapter 13

In the sentence, 'Sixty-five percent of the tulips in this field are white', the subject-verb agreement is:

Correct because the plural verb 'are' agrees with the plural noun 'tulips.'

Which of the following demonstrates correct comma usage with adjectives?

He had a large, densely packed, highly organized bookshelf in his office.

Identify the subject(s) of the following sentence: He didn't know the mob boss paid off the cop.

He/mob boss

Which of the following is NOT the correct way to use the colon?

We are trying very hard to explain the situation to everyone and work on all of the existing concerns: Moving on, there are many difficult things we must discuss.

Check the parallelism of the following sentence. Choose the answer that best corrects the problem. We neither had money nor enough time to escape.

We had neither enough money nor enough time to escape.

When using coordinating conjunctions like but, and, or and so, writers should _____.

edit to make the words on either side of the conjunction parallel

Identify the verb or verbs in the following sentence: The brazen criminal shot his way through the police barricade.

shot

Which of the following is NOT an example of an introductory word?

That

Which of the following sentences has a plural subject pronoun and a plural object pronoun?

Whether we lived or died, it didn't matter to us either way.

Why is the word 'who' important to the following dependent clause? ''The man who had it all eventually lost everything.''

Because it is a relative pronoun that connects the dependent clause 'who had it all'.

Which of the following answers uses correct punctuation?

His goals were simple: find the girl, get the bad guys, take off with the cash.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

I survived the shipwreck; incidentally, I am an excellent swimmer.

Identify the grammatically correct version of this sentence: She was not nice she did not share her Twinkie with me.

She was not nice, for she did not share her Twinkie with me.

Which of the following sentences is NOT grammatically correct?

You insult my honor I am challenging you to a duel.

Check the parallelism of the following sentence. Choose the answer that best corrects the problem. He sat down at the table expecting to order, eat, and be enjoying his meal alone.

Change be enjoying to enjoy

Which pronouns are found in the following sentence? 'I kept telling her that we would go back for Elmo, but I knew we had left him behind. '

I, her, we, I, we, him

Which of the following sentences about Gary is grammatically correct?

Gary, who was sorry he hadn't used Study.com, still believed in the value of higher education.

What is wrong with the following sentence? Clint didn't talk much he just stared you down with cold, dead eyes.

It is a regular run-on sentence.

Identify the verb or verbs in the following sentence: She poured a drink for herself and took a very long sip.

Pored/took

Which of the choices is an INCORRECT way to fix the following sentence? Jones is a terrific agent she is the best marksman we have.

Put a comma after 'agent'

When quotation marks are involved, which of the following demonstrates the correct usage of a comma?

''It's going to be gorgeous weather outside today,'' the teacher said.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

''To whom do I owe the pleasure of tonight's entertainment?'' he asked the masked singer. ''I find your singing delightful.''

In the following sentence, identify the phrases that correctly modify the word 'sheep.' Startled by the explosion, the sheep began racing around the pen, ignoring the crowds.

'Startled by the explosion' and 'ignoring the crowds.'

Which of the following sentences has an INCORRECT subject-verb agreement? Report an Error

Across the bay, fleets of old fishing boats was seen on the horizon.

How could the following sentence be altered to be clearer? Without help I would not finish this assignment.

Add a comma after 'help.'

Choose the option that corrects the following faulty collective ownership error. Expensive cars should have a good sound system.

Expensive cars should have good sound systems.

Which of the following sentences has an INCORRECT subject-verb agreement?

The debate team from Des Moines are going to state nationals.

Which of the following indicates that a verb should be singular?

The subject is singular.

Choose the sentence that contains a faulty collective ownership error.

The woman with the three dogs are going to the veterinarian.

Determine if the following sentence contains an incorrect modifier. After falling from a ladder, the firefighter was rushed to the emergency room in a taxi and given blood before surgery.

Unclear of who fell off the ladder