COM Final
Will felt free to ask Antonio for a ride into the city because he had recently done a favor for him. Identify the problem with the preceding sentence.
"He" and "him" have unclear antecedents.
From time to time, there seems to be unusual lights in our neighbor's attic. To correct the preceding sentence, ...
"seems" should be changed to "seem"
The passive voice is formed when a verb phrase contains ...
"to be" helping verb and the past participle of an intransitive verb
Which of the following is NOT a correct way to punctuate a compound sentence?
90. Which of the following is NOT a correct way to punctuate a compound sentence? I looked up, and saw the bear in the tree and I worried for its safety.
At their concert, the middle-school orchestra's musicians seemed OUT OF TUNE. The word group in ALL CAPS is functioning as ...
A predicate adjective
ABOARD the sinking ship, the band played cheerfully into the night. The word in ALL CAPS is...
A preposition
Which of the following is an example of the CORRECT use of coordinate adjectives?
Above us, the dark, rustling, fragrant, ageless trees stretched their canopy.
Which of the following is NOT a way to correct a fused sentence?
Adding an en-dash
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT modification?
After guiding raft tours all day, Josh had little energy for nightlife.
Which one of the following demonstrates CORRECT use of pronoun case?
After weighing both athletes, we found that Jared weighed more than he.
What question(s) do adjectives answer?
All of the above
When is it acceptable to use fragments?
All of the above are acceptable
Which is the most acceptable was to correct the following fused sentence? It was close to fall the trees were losing their leaves.
All of the above are equally acceptable.
HIS FINGERS DRUMMING LOUDLY ON THE WOODEN TABLE, Professor Alvarez waited impatiently for Thomas to answer the question. The word group in ALL CAPS is ...
An absolute phrase
Which of the options acceptably completes the following sentence? The International Club, in addition to the Choral Society and the Rowing Club, ____________ to submit a new constitution.
B. Needs
Which of the following sentences illustrates proper subject-verb agreement?
Bacon and eggs is my favorite breakfast meal.
Which of the following sentences contains at least one adverb clause?
Because Elaine looked so good at the wedding, her sister was piqued by jealousy.
Which of the following contains an example of a comma splice?
Both cats are hunters, they bring their trophies home and leave them by the back door.
Arnold gazed at the CHAIRS in his apartment as he considered the purchase of new FURNITURE. Which of the following statements is true regarding the nouns in ALL CAPS?
Chairs is a common, concrete, and count noun; furniture is a common, concrete, and noncount noun.
If a word can always be modified by an adjective, then that word must be a ...
Common noun
Which of the following is NOT a present participle?
Darling
Phrases can function as all of the following EXCEPT ...
Demonstratives
I dislike going to the movies by myself. Going is a ...
Direct Object
Which of the following shows CORRECT pronoun-antecedent agreement?
Each of these suggestions must be taken only for what it is worth.
Which of the following shows CORRECT subject-verb agreement?
Everybody living in these states pays a state income tax.
Which of the following sentences includes a direct object?
For the team dinner, I prepared chicken wings.
Which of the following sentences contains an infinitive?
Grudgingly, she admitted that she would prefer to go with us.
Which of the following does NOT include a descriptive adjective?
Harvey the cat sat high in the branches waiting for the bird to return to its nest.
Which of the following sentences shows CORRECT parallel structure?
He found acting in the theatre more inspiring than acting in the movies.
Which of the following is NOT a form of a linking verb?
Hear
Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an adverb?
Her friendly smile defused his sour attitude.
Which of the following sentences illustrates CORRECT usage?
I would've done it sooner, but there weren't any envelopes left.
In which of the following sentences are commas used CORRECTLY?
I'll be in Milan, Italy next semester
Which of the following sentences uses quantifiers CORRECTLY?
Id' like some carrots, please.
Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
If Alexandra was here, we would have already finished this project.
Which of the following demonstrates CORRECT usage of Standard American English?
If you have 15 items or fewer, you may use this checkout lane.
To find a way to make a suitcase light is very difficult. The word group to find is a/an ...
Infinitive
Which one of the following sentences is CORRECTLY punctuated?
Marcel, who wasn't sure if she wanted to stay, decided to call a cab.
Alphonse wants to tell Miranda that he cares for her and for no one else. Which of the following sentences expresses that idea most clearly?
Miranda, I care for you only.
Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
Modifier
Identify the sentence which uses a phrasal preposition.
Most seashore animals make their own shells out of lime from the water.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT use of the apostrophe?
My boss's job at the bank was eliminated due to budget cuts.
Which of the following sentences contains a correlative conjunction?
Neither peanut butter nor jelly tastes as good individually as they do together.
Which of the following uses of interjections is INCORRECT?
None of the above
Some phrases end with objects. By definition, an object must be what part of speech?
Noun or pronoun
Every complete sentence consists of at least ...
One independent clause
A verb tense that shows that an action was finished recently or that an action was completed at an indefinite time in the past is called ...
Past progressive
ACCORDING TO his mother, Nelson should spend his evenings studying INSTEAD OF browsing social media. The word groups in ALL CAPS in the preceding sentence are examples of ...
Phrasal Prepositions
Which of the following sentences contains a noun clause?
Please. whoever is interested should...
Which of the following is NOT a classification of verb tenses in Standard American English?
Plural Tenses
I am buying all of my family's holiday gifts early this year. The main verb of this sentence is in the __________ tense.
Present progressive
Which of the following does NOT provide an example of a dangling modifier?
Relieved to have arrived at work on time
Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an example of an irregular verb?
She had walked off the pier without looking.
A girl in my class, Sophia, didn't learn to ride a bike until she was 18. Which of the following is an appositive?
Sophia
Which of the following illustrates a complete sentence?
Stop it!
Which of the following is NOT a term by which nouns are classified?
Syntactic
In which of the following sentences are semicolons used appropriately?
The available color combinations are red, yellow and blue; green, orange and purple; and brown, black and gray.
Which of the following sentences includes an indirect object?
The blizzard brought us...
Which of the following demonstrates the CORRECT use of the colon?
The car's trunk was large enough for everything: rackets, golf clubs, fishing tackle, suitcases, towels, lax sticks, and sleeping bags.
Identify the sentence written in passive--not active--voice.
The city manager was appointed to office by the mayor.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT modification?
The coach said she would make no substitutions while the game was in progress.
Which of the following sentences contains an action verb?
The cow jumped over the moon
The cable company cut off our Internet service because we didn't pay the bill.Which of the following statements is true regarding the preceding sentence?
The main verb of the sentence is the phrasal verb "cut off," and "our Internet service" is its direct object
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT use of "who" and "whom"?
The new professor whom I met today previously taught at Carnegie Mellon.
Which of the following contains an example of a sentence fragment?
Then we saw Pete. Running down the road as fast as he could.
Demonstratives include all of the following EXCEPT ...
There
All of the following words are classified as quantifiers EXCEPT ...
Very
In which of the following sentences is the main verb in the past progressive tense?
Whenever it rained, the clogged gutters were overflowing.
A word or word group functions as an adverb if it answers any of the following questions, EXCEPT ...
Which
Which of the following illustrate(s) the acceptable use of a sentence fragment?
Will the city council pass the ordinance? Probably.
A fragment lacks one main component. Which of the following is it?
a main clause
If the "-ly" suffix is added to ____________, the result is an adjective; if the "-ly" suffix is added to ____________, the result is an adverb.
a noun, an adjective
Prepositional phrases may function as either ...
adjectives or adverbs.
Rachel gave Susan the concert tickets yesterday morning. In the above sentence, the word "Susan" functions as ...
an indirect object
A verb phrase may include all of the following EXCEPT ...
any adverb modifying the main verb
In a sentence in which the main verb is in the passive voice, the recipient of the verb's action is found ...
before the verb
The film title My Big Fat Greek Wedding provides an example of ...
correctly punctuated non coordinate adjectives
Which option correctly completes the following sentence? Every additional ice cube, piece of lettuce, and extra napkin ____________ an additional 25 cents at Benjy's Grill.
costs
Included in the class of words called determiners are all of the following EXCEPT ...
exclamations
The list of common coordinating conjunctions may be remembered using the acronym FANBOYS. The letters stand for ...
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
By the time Maria finishes her assignment in the literature course, she will have been reading for eight hours. The main verb of the preceding sentence is in the __________ tense.
future perfect progressive
The ___________ tense is formed by the future tense of the verb "to be" followed by a verb in the present participle form
future progressive
A word like "very" or "really" that modifies a verb is called a/an ...
intensifier
Using active voice instead of passive accomplishes all of the following, EXCEPT ...
it uses weaker verbs.
Be, Become, and Feel are ...
linking and irregular verbs
Which of the following is NOT a clause?
my house overlooking the valley
Normally, when a subordinate clause follows a main clause ...
no punctuation is used to separate them
A conjunction may connect two or more ... (Select all that apply.)
phrases. words. independent clauses. --- i got .75/1 so something else too
Which of the following can serve as adjectives within sentences? (You must select ALL that apply.)
prepositional phrases individual words ---i got half credit, there are some more to be added or taken away idk Subordinate clauses Participial phrases
Contentedly sunning itself on the window sill, the incredibly obese cat paid no attention to the birds feeding just inches from its nose. The word sunning is a ...
present participle
Near forests, residents must always put their garbage securely in bear-proof trash cans. In this sentence, which word is an adverb, and which is the word it modifies?
securley / put
I think he is hoping that it will actually work. The main verb of this sentence is in the ___________ tense.
simple present
A ____________ NEVER introduces an independent clause.
subordinating conjunction
The past, present and future forms of perfect and progressive tenses are indicated by ...
the tense of the primary helping verb or primary auxiliary verb in the verb phrase.
What is the CORRECT way to connect the clauses in the following sentence? Edwin had spent all month training however an emergency had come up that didn't allow him to run the marathon.
training; however,
Which of the following is NOT a type of verb used in Standard American English?
transitive linking verb
Exasperated by his poor Internet connection, Michael let Isabella order the textbook on his behalf. The word order is a/an ...
verb in the simple present tense
Which of the following verb phrases is in a perfect tense?
would have given
