Grammer

Identify the questions you should always ask yourself when you are considering using a sentence fragment in a piece of writing.

Does the sentence fragment make sense? What is the genre for this piece of writing? Who is my intended audience for this piece?

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Released in 1960, Breathless is a film by Jean-Luc Godard, a French-Swiss filmmaker

Released in 1960

What is a noun

any person, place, or thing

Identify the prepositional phrase that modifies the word budget. The budget for the next quarter needs to be finalized before tomorrow.

for the next quarter

Read the following sentence, and then indicate whether it is written in active or passive voice. Drop-in appointments are offered in the writing center Monday through Thursday from noon to 5:00. Once a year, employees are given the opportunity to enroll in the company's retirement program.

passive voice

Identify the adverbs in the following sentence. Once the company announced the merger, its stock rose rapidly, and we began cheering loudly.

rapidly, loudly

What is an action verb?

tell what someone is doing

Identify the verb in the following sentence. There are many accountants working for our company.

working

What is an adverb

A word that describes a verb

Identify the independent (main) clauses in the following sentence. I like geography, but I could not find Shanghai on a map of Asia.

I could not find Shanghai on a map of Asia I like geography

Identify which of the following is a sentence fragment.

My senior year of high school.

Choose the declarative sentence.

The ancient Greek goddess Brizo was the protector of people who sailed.

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence. This is the report José wanted.

This

Choose the imperative sentence.

Write an essay about the career of Jeff Bezos as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com.

What is participle

a form of a verb that often acts as a modifier or sometimes even as the subject or object in a sentence

What is an infinitive phrase

a group of words that includes an infinitive plus any modifying words

The following sentence contains two clauses. The clauses are separated by a slash: /. Read the sentence, and then choose the option that describes the voice pattern within the sentence. When the cast of the play returned to the stage after the curtain call for a question-and-answer session, / many questions were asked by the audience.

active voice | passive voice

Identify the writing genre that is least likely to contain intentional sentence fragments.

an annual corporate report

Identify the independent (main) clause in the following sentence. After the facilitator completes the first part of the training session, coffee and other drinks will be served during the break in the lobby, which is on the main floor.

coffee and other drinks will be served during the break in the lobby

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. The bicycle, damaged in the crash, broke into pieces.

damaged in the crash

What are linking verbs

define or describe something

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Ohio, the Buckeye State, is in the Midwest and borders Lake Erie, the southernmost great lake.

in the Midwest

An infinitive is

the basic form of a verb that includes the word "to" and the verb

Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence. He refused to call an attorney about the workplace accident.

to call an attorney

Identify the dependent (subordinate) clause in the following sentence. The Great Plains, which are east of the Rocky Mountains, are known as America's "breadbasket," and they produce agricultural staples like corn and wheat.

which are east of the Rocky Mountains

Choose the dependent (subordinate) clauses in this sentence. Steve Jobs, who was a cofounder and CEO of Apple, was also the founder of the company NeXT, which later was acquired by Apple.

which later was acquired by Apple who was a cofounder and CEO of Apple

Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence. Today Ebo fished at the river and, with great skill, caught a large trout.

with great skill at the river