Writing for Mass Media- Exam #1

Let's all go to ______ house. Amos' Amoses Amos's

Amos'

The party was held at 123 Valencia ______. Bld. Blvd. Boulevard

Blvd.

"I want honey on my cereal, it tastes good" is an example of a ______." - comma splice - run-on sentence - fragment

Comma Splice

He asked directions to ______ house. Mary's Marys' Marys

Mary's

When you see the word "who's," it is ______. a contraction of "who is" the possessive of "who"

a contraction of "who is"

Working hard can lead to all sorts of ______. achievment achievement acheivement

achievement

Professor Stewart is the ______ to the Tropolitan and Palladium. adviser advisor

adviser

The relative pronoun "that" signals ______. an essential clause, for which no comma is necessary an essential clause, for which a comma is necessary a nonessential clause, for which no comma is necessary a nonessential clause, for which a comma is necessary

an essential clause, for which no comma is necessary

The media often want to ______ the presidential candidate. annoint anoint

anoint

She didn't want to respond to the ______ questions. attorney general's attorney's-general attorney-general's

attorney general's

She wasn't in a ______ mood barbecue Bar-B-Q Barbeque

barbecue

The teacher had to choose ______ him and ______. between/me between/I among/me among/I

between/me

An independent clause ______. - can't stand alone - can stand alone

can stand alone

She wore a 2-______ diamond ring. carat caret karat

carat

The meal was ______ of steak, french fries and salad. constituted comprised composed

composed

In all good ______, I cannot support your proposal. conscience conscious consceince

conscience

Earning an "A" is always ______. - desirable - desireable

desirable

What ______ will the new program have? effect affect

effect

He planned to hike ______ than he ever had before. farther further

farther

"Because she told me to" is an example of a ______." -comma splice -fragment -fused sentence

fragment

He planned to discuss the issue ______ with his boss. farther further

further

"I like Cocoa Puffs they taste good" is an example of a ______. - comma splice - fused sentence - fragment - run-on sentence

fused sentence

The condemned man is to be ______ at dawn. hanged hung

hanged

A phrase is a group of related words that ______. - lack either a subject or a verb - have both a subject and a verb

lack either a subject or a verb

The drum major ______ the way. lead led

led

The following is an example of a verb in the ______ voice. Jared was picked up on the Interstate. passive active

passive

On her first trip to this doctor, she had to fill out a lengthy ______. questionaire questionnaire

questionnaire

The city council met last night, well, evening really, and considered where to begin a new industrial park, which will help bring jobs to the city, which has been suffering from higher-than-average unemployment, and the new park will feature businesses that have day care for workers' children. This is an example of a ______ sentence. run-on comma splice fragment fusion

run-on

She wanted to consider the spending bill ______ from the tax bill. separately separate

separately

Who ______ the dragon? slayed slew

slew

The suspects were captured at Elm and Main ______. Streets streets Sts.

streets

All of these ______ GPAs are 3.5 or better. - student's - students'

students'

He didn't want to join the ______ union. teachers teacher's teachers'

teachers

When does a word that ends in "s" take an apostrophe and another "s" to indicate possession? When it is a common noun and the next word does not begin with "s" or the "s" sound When it is a common noun and the next word begins with "s" or the "s" sound

when it is a common noun and the next words does not begin with "s" or the "s" sound

He loved the aunt ______ helped raise him. who which that

who

The woman ______ was in charge of the mechanics' shop signed all the paychecks who which that

who

______ do you think will win the tennis match? Whom Who

who

The lawmaker wondered ______ the new tax would affect. whom who

whom

The bill, which isn't yet a law, ______ raise taxes on those making more than $50,000 a year. would will

would