West B Writing CH 4 Parts of Speech & Writing

They may sound more informal than the way people often speak.

Relative clauses perform all of the following functions EXCEPT:

add an s to the end.

To make the word Monday plural, you must

Kendra and Zack's car

Which phrase correctly shows that Kendra and Zack jointly own a car together?

the children's bedroom

Which phrase correctly shows that two children share a bedroom together?

a

Choose the correct article to fill in the blank in the following sentence. I would like to order _____ slice of pizza.

use an -er ending or the word more

How are the comparative forms of most adjectives and adverbs formed?

I

Which of the following is a subjective case pronoun?

his or her

Which pronoun or pronouns should be used to correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence? Every child in the class finished all of _____ homework.

a

Choose the correct article to fill in the blank in the following sentence. Marc knows how to ride _____ unicycle.

There is no error in this sentence.

Identify the error in the following sentence: The lawyers held private meetings with all of their clients.

mostly is the adverb; it tells to what extent the movie is true

In the following example, which word is the adverb and what is its purpose? The events in the movie are mostly true.

Correct because the plural verb 'are' agrees with the plural noun 'tulips.'

In the sentence, 'Sixty-five percent of the tulips in this field are white', the subject-verb agreement is:

Who's

Which of the following choices is the correct contraction to fill in the blank in the following sentence? _____ coming to dinner tonight?

I'm

Which of the following choices is the correct contraction to fill in the blank in the following sentence? _____ going to be there by 5:30.

mine

Which of the following choices is the correct possessive pronoun to fill in the blank in the following sentence? The teacher told me that the choice was _____.

He - subject pronoun; you - subject pronoun; me - object pronoun

Which of the following correctly identifies the subjective and objective pronouns found in the following sentence? 'Run away from the hooded monks with the giant swords?' he asked. 'You don't have to tell me twice.'

better

Which of the following examples represents the comparative form of the adjective good?

The subject is singular.

Which of the following indicates that a verb should be singular?

Gary, who was sorry he hadn't used Study.com, still believed in the value of higher education.

Which of the following sentences about Gary is grammatically correct?

Whether we lived or died, it didn't matter to us either way.

Which of the following sentences has a plural subject pronoun and a plural object pronoun?

Many of the people attending the trial seems upset.

Which of the following sentences has an INCORRECT subject-verb agreement?

The debate team from Des Moines are going to state nationals.

Which of the following sentences has an INCORRECT subject-verb agreement?

The thought of all the home repairs we need after the bathrooms flooded are daunting.

Which of the following sentences has an INCORRECT subject-verb agreement?

''To whom do I owe the pleasure of tonight's entertainment?'' he asked the masked singer. ''I find your singing delightful.''

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

the girls' jackets

Which phrase correctly shows that several girls have jackets?

I

Which pronoun could correctly fill in the blank in the following sentence? Jim and _____ went to school.

I

Which pronoun would correctly fill in the comparison blank in the following sentence? Jorge has been working here longer than _____.

There is a plural antecedent paired with a singular pronoun or pronouns.

Identify the error in the following sentence: All government representatives must keep in contact with his or her constituents.

fox

Which singular noun requires that you add an es to the end to make it plural?

Replace 'you' with 'they'

Which word would make the following sentence grammatically correct? 'Students should check with their teachers before you leave the classroom.'