Eng review

In April kilowatt hours of electricity was used.

650

the ancient language from which the Indo-European language came

Aryan

a poet of the fourteenth century

Chaucer

Fear is always harmful to a speaker.

False

Hearing and listening are basically the same thing.

False

Latin is a Germanic language.

False

Looking at the floor as you speak is all right if you are sincere.

False

a Celtic language

Gaelic

showed the sharpest increase in the consumption of electricity.

July

During Tom used the least amount of electricity (kilowatt hours).

May

A cochlea is a spiral tube in the inner ear containing nerve endings necessary for hearing.

True

A friendly speaker seems enthusiastic about speaking.

True

A sincere speaker looks relaxed.

True

About half the world's population speaks a language that is part of the Indo-European family.

True

All Indo-European languages have clearly defined parts of speech.

True

Anglo-Saxon words are usually common, basic words.

True

Aryan came before Indo-European.

True

Half of our English words derive from Latin.

True

One-fourth of our English words have a Germanic origin.

True

Speaking with authority means knowing your material.

True

The graph shows that the library is probably fairly small.

True

The library holds about twenty math books.

True

The number of fiction and theology books combined is greater than the combined total of the remaining books.

True

The number of math and geology books combined is less than fifty.

True

The tympanic membrane and the ear drum are the same thing.

True

The audience will expect to hear _____.

a convincing speech

Sympathy is a(n) _____.

abstract noun

a common noun that refers to a quality rather than to a thing

abstract noun

John ran down the street.

active

The hunter chased the lion.

active

Select the synonyms. Use a thesaurus if necessary.

amends expiation

The comparative and superlative forms of angry are _____.

angrier angriest

The moon, a yellow and full disc, rose above the trees.

appositive

"The old man, stooped and shaking" is an example of the _____.

appositive position

The woman, stout and fiery, is a worthy opponent for Jeb.

appositive position

The field was covered with orange flowers.

attributive position

automobile

automobiles

He acted very .

badly

banker

banker's

The comparative and superlative forms of blue are _____.

bluer bluest

businessmen

businessmen's

coach

coach's

Committee is a _____.

collective noun

a noun that names a group of more than one person, place or thing

collective noun

hue

color tint

Asphalt is a(n) _____.

concrete noun

a noun that names something perceivable by the senses

concrete noun

That, this, and those are pronouns.

demonstrative

dictionary

dictionaries

one vowel that becomes two sounds when pronounced

diphthongal glide

Nobody but a New Yorker can stand New York.

either-or

You had better believe me when I say Alaska is a great state because I'm from Alaska.

endorsement

Each idea ought to _____.

flow smoothly into the next

Preparing for the exam would be easy for him.

gerund

globe

globes

heart

hearts

horse

horses

subordinate clause: type:

if the rain stops soon adverb

Go to bed!

imperative

Select six prepositions.

in with to off above between

To help the elderly lady would be pleasing to the Lord.

infinitive

What and which are pronouns.

interrogative

Bill awoke at three o'clock.

intransitive

Suddenly the idea came to him. Adverbs modify _____.

intransitive adjectives, adverbs, and verbs

One hundred thousand readers can't be wrong. Buy The Podunk Gazette!

jumping on the bandwagon

leaf

leaves

I have milk than you.

less

having to do with the study of the history and the structure of language

linguistic

I think this town needs a new hospital because I hate to think of all those poor people suffering.

logic vs. emotion

lunch

lunches

The comparative and superlative forms of beautiful are _____.

more beautiful most beautiful

The comparative and superlative forms of correct are _____.

more correct most correct

The comparative and superlative forms of sensible are _____.

more sensible most sensible

the study of word forms and how they are affected by their origins

morphology

When you speak, be relaxed and _____.

natural

Running all the way to the corner, Bill caught his bus.

participle

The lion was chased by the hunter.

passive

Were you given a second helping?

passive

"Arithmetic is frustrating" is an example of the _____.

predicate position

That balloon is not exactly red.

predicate position

A part of speech that shows a relationship between its object and another word in the sentence is a .

preposition

A part of speech used in place of a noun is a(n) .

pronoun

Who and that are pronouns.

relative

rodeo

rodeos

Choose the future, third person singular form of to have.

she will have

important

significant momentous

space

spaces

At the end of a speech, the audience should feel _____.

stimulated

story

stories

If you were older, you would understand.

subjunctive

the way words are put together to make sentences

syntax

team

team's

A topic sentence should include _____.

the main idea

Select four conjunctive adverbs.

therefore nevertheless however consequently

Check the type of information catalog systems contain.

title of the book call number author's name and date of birth publisher number of pages place of publication and date additional entries in the system

tomato

tomatoes

Mary dropped her watch into the lake.

transitive

Select four subordinating conjunctions.

until after because before

appositive type

who has the ball adjective

Choose the future perfect, second person plural form of to have.

you will have had