Quiz Prep 4 Unit 6

True

Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.

False

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a verb.

Preposition

A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in a sentence:

True

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Words

Because he plays trumpet, trombone, and bassoon, Jim plans on becoming a music teacher. The conjunction in the above sentence joins:

True

Both commas and parentheses are used to set off parenthetic expressions.

Words

Both the longbow and gunpowder exported from China ended the knight's career in the Middle Ages. The conjunction in the above sentence joins:

Preposition

Examples are to, in, around, and by:

Independent clauses

Jack will go to the ocean, but Heather will go to the mountains. The conjunction in the above sentence joins:

Independent clauses

Janet's mother wants her to be a nurse, but her father wants her to be a teacher. The conjunction in the above sentence joins:

Phrases

My mother lived on a farm and on a ranch. The conjunction in the above sentence joins:

Verb

Other than a subject, what a clause must have:

False

Proper nouns and proper adjectives are not capitalized.

Adverb

Tells when, where, how, or how much:

Adjective

Tells which one, how many, or what kind:

Adverb

Used to modify the simple predicate:

Adjective

Used to modify the simple subject:

Verb

What the simple predicate is:

Noun

What the simple subject is:

Coordinating conjunctions

and, but

Conjunctive adverbs

nevertheless, therefore

Semicolon

often used with conductive adverbs

Comma

often used with coordinating conjunctions

Coordination

the joining of equal language parts