English 10 Exam Study Guide

Test 4

Adjective clauses and words they modify

Which one is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? As the first president's wife, gracious and hospitable Martha Custis Washington helped to establish the new American government.

As the first president's wife

Choose the answer that correctly identifies each of the words used as nouns. California has a larger population than any other state in the United States.

California, population, state, United States

Test 2

Complete subjects and simple subjects

Test 6

Complete verbs and auxiliary verbs

Indefinite pronouns often result in indefinite pronoun- antecedent references.

False

Mount Whitney, also in California, is the highest peak in the contiguous United States.

Mount Whitney, California, peak, United States

Michaux then took those plants back to France, where they became part of the royal French plantations.

N/A

Know how to find sentences that are the most accurately and clearly express the intended message

No vague pronouns

Test 8

Personal pronouns and Subjective objective or independent possessive cases

Test 3

Prepositional phrases and the word it modifies

Type the complete subject(s) in the following sentence, or type You if the subject is understood. The fruit of the cacao tree is a large, yellow-green pod with seeds inside.

The fruit of the cacao tree

The tourists were pleased and surprised by the mild chocolate flavor of the cacao fruit's pulp.

The tourists

Either the tour brochure or the guide can tell you about the process of making chocolate.

Tour brochure or the guide

Type the simple subject(s) exactly as it appears in the following sentence, or type You if the subject is understood. There are three main types of cacao trees.

Types

Test 7

Unclear pronouns and ambiguous, remote, or correct pronoun use

Test 5

Verb forms

Adjective clauses usually begin with relative pronouns

Who Whom whose which That when where why

Test 1

Words used as nouns and where sentences have pronouns or not

Cut away the outer skin and eat the white pulp inside.

You

Identify the unclear pronoun in the following sentence as ambiguous or remote, or choose correct if there is no unclear pronoun. When Michaux and his helpers transported the specimens back to France, they had trees, shrubs, and other plants.

correct

In 1519 Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a Spanish adventurer, did explore and map the Texas coastline.

did explore, map

That distinction belongs to Death Valley, which is 282 feet below sea level.

distinction, Death Valley, feet, sea level

Bostonians (enjoys, enjoy) many museums, libraries, and professional theaters.

enjoy

​Type the word(s) that the adjective clause modifies. Aerobic exercise, which allows full range of motion, and stretching can help reverse this process of losing flexibility.

exercise

Nouns acting as modifiers may be used as antecedents for pronouns.

false

This territory had no settlers until the 1820s.

had

For many years Texas had remained a part of Spain's North American empire.

had remained

Michaux and his son, François André, hoped that he would be able to bring rare and valuable plants back to France.

he

n 1800 the Adamses became the first couple to occupy the White House.

in 1800

She did not prefer to live life in the public eye.

in the public eye

Aircraft pilots use special air maps for navigation. Theirs are called VFR (visual flight rules) and IFR (instrument flight rules).

independent possessive

The ship or boat navigator needs underwater mountains, coral reefs, and lighthouses on his.

independent possessive

Boston (is, are) the capital of Massachusetts and one of the oldest cities in the United States.

is

Neither culture nor education (is, are) lacking in Boston

is

Type the auxiliary verb or type NA if no auxiliary is present. Texas, the second largest state in the United States, is called the Lone Star State by many.

is

Type the complete verb exactly as it appears in the following sentence. Texas, the second largest state in the United States, is called the Lone Star State by many.

is called

Type the unclear pronoun in the following sentence, or type N if no unclear pronoun is present. Mount Mitchell is part of the Black Mountain chain of the Appalachian Mountain range; it composes a large portion of the state of North Carolina.

it

When it was making rapid advances in knowledge and techniques in the late eighteenth century, Frenchman Andre Michaux journeyed to the region of the Black Mountains to study botany.

it

As the largest city in New England, Boston (lies, lie) along the Atlantic coast.

lies

A sheltered harbor (makes, make) Boston an important seaport for New England.

makes

Identify the word that the prepositional phrase modifies. James Monroe married Elizabeth Kortright in her seventeenth year.

married

​Identify the personal pronoun as subjective, objective, possessive, or independent possessive. To aid the traveler, road maps usually have the names of cities and roads listed on them.

objective

After she had observed colonial life, Abigail Smith Adams, John Adams's wife, formed insightful opinions of her own.

of her own

What is the point of lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere?

point, elevation, Western Hemisphere

Would a cacao seed taste just like chocolate candy?

seed

Both the Charles River and the Neponset River (separates, separate) Boston from neighboring cities.

separate

You should know some of this state's interesting history.

should know

Inflexibility also worsens conditions that affect muscles and joints, such as arthritis.

that affect muscles and joints

Many current lifestyles that promote bad posture and poor flexibility further speed the effects of aging.

that promote bad posture and poor flexibility

Motorists and professional navigators use maps to find their way.

their

People use them for many different reasons

them

Choose the answer that correctly identifies each of the words used as pronouns. The state was added to the Union eleven years before the Civil War.

there is none

Standing near the extensive Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountain chains, the Black Mountains are significantly higher than other Appalachian Mountain chains, but they do not occupy as many square miles as the other chains do.

they

​Identify the personal pronoun in the following sentence. Maps are valuable tools; they provide spatial representations of the earth or other objects in space.

they

A pronoun must always refer to a specific noun and not a general idea.

true

Nevertheless, she had learned long before she was married that very often "our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions."

upon our dispositions

The value of agricultural production in California is higher than that of any other state.

value, production, California, state

Inactive people would profit from a time each day when they can do a few stretching exercises.

when they can do a few stretching exercises

Type the complete adjective clause exactly as it appears in the following sentence. Aerobic exercise, which allows full range of motion, and stretching can help reverse this process of losing flexibility.

which allows full range of motion

Office workers, whose jobs often enforce immobility, can essentially curb their range of motion by their sedentary lifestyle.

whose jobs often enforce immobility