Basic English Lesson 4

Read the following paragraph to the question. Eugenie walked into the kitchen with a big smile on her face. Her parents, brother, and sister were already at the table. "Good morning to the world!" she said " Tim, hand me the orange juice. What does everyone have planned for today? Which sentence is an example of an imperative sentence? a.) Eugenie walked into the kitchen with a big smile on her face. b.) "What does everyone have planned for today?" c.) "Tim, hand me the orange juice." d.) Her parents, brother, and sister were already at the table

"Tim, hand me the orange juice."

Which one of the following are words that have opposite meanings, like large and small or hard and easy? a.) Antonyms b.) Homophones c.) Homonyms d.) Synonyms

Antonyms - Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings, like large and small or hard and easy.

Which of the following words has to be spelled differently if you're adding a suffix? a.) City b.) Enjoy c.) Child d.) Safe

City - Words that end in "y" that are preceded by a consonant, are an exception. To add a suffix, you'll need to change the "y" to "i" and then add the suffix.

Which one of the following words illustrates the addition of a vowel suffix? a.) Enjoyment b.) Cropped c.) Careful d.) Tenderness

Cropped

Which one of the following types of sentences makes a statement? a.) Exclamatory b.) Imperative c.) Declarative d.) Interrogative

Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a statement.

Which one of the following is correct when adding a suffix to a word with a silent e? a.) Defensive b.) Paceed c.) Hopeing d.) Likeable

Defensive - To add a vowel suffix to a word that ends in a silent e, drop the e and then add the suffix.

Which one of the following fragments is a prepositional phrase? a.) Going to Cleveland b.) Listening to her heart c.) During the darkest night d.) Completed her assignment

During the darkest night - During is a preposition. It gives the relation between night and whatever is happening. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. All of the other options begin with action verbs, things you can do. These are not prepositional phrases.

Which of the following statement about dictionaries is NOT true? a.) All of the words are arranged in alphabetical order. b.) Definitions and pronunciations are usually included. c.) They identify the word's specific part of speech. d.) Each word is first shown as it is commonly misspelled.

Each word is first shown as it is commonly misspelled.

What type of sentence tends to express a strong emotion? a.) Imperative b.) Interrogative c.) Exclamatory d.) Declarative

Exclamatory

Which of the following words is spelled correctly? a.) Hieght b.) Niether c.) Foriegn d.) Friend

Friend

______ are words that are spelled, but have different meanings a.) Synonyms b.) Homophones c.) Homonyms d.) Suffixes

Homonyms

What do you call words that sound alike and are spelled alike, but they have different meanings, depending on how they're used in a sentence? a.) Antonyms b.) Synonyms c.) Homonyms d.) Homophones

Homonyms - Some words sound alike and are spelled alike, but they have different meanings, depending on how they're used in a sentence. These are called homonyms.

What do you call words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings? a.) Antonyms b.) Synonyms c.) Homonyms d.) Homophones

Homophones - Some words sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Such word pairs are called homophones.

Which one of the following is correct when a one-syllable word ending in a consonant is preceded by only a vowel? a.) Flatest b.) Shiping c.) Hopper d.) Biger

Hopper - To add a vowel suffix to a one-syllable word ending in a consonant preceded by only one vowel, double the last letter of the root word and then add the suffix.

What type of sentence is used to give a command? a.) Imperative b.) Interrogative c.) Exclamatory d.) Declarative

Imperative

Which one of the following types of sentences gives a command or makes a request? a.) Imperative b.) Interrogative c.) Declarative d.) Exclamatory

Imperative - An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. When an imperative sentence is forceful, it may end with an exclamation point.

Which one of the following is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought? a.) Sentence fragments b.) Independent clause c.) Subordinate clause d.) Uncompleted clause

Independent clause - An independent clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

When looking up the meaning of the word integrity in the dictionary, it would be found before which of the following words? a.) Income b.) Intelligent c.) Inspection d.) Inside

Intelligent

Which one of the following types of sentences asks a question and always ends with a question mark? a.) Imperative b.) Interrogative c.) Declarative d.) Exclamatory

Interrogative - An interrogative sentence asks a question and always ends with a question mark.

What is the purpose of the following sentence? I think it would be best to study the problem carefully. a.) It gives a command. b.) It makes a statement. c.) It raises a question. d.) It shows strong emotion.

It makes a statement - A statement declares a fact, opinion or idea. Assertive sentence or a declarative sentence are other terms for it and is the most frequent type of sentence which almost always end in a period. It never asks a question, gives a command or make a request.

What is the correct way to add the suffix hood to the word likely? a.) Likehood b.) Likelyhood c.) Likliehood d.) Likelihood

Likelihood

Which one of the following is correct when adding the suffix hood to likely? a.) Likelyhood b.) Likelihood c.) Likeleyhood d.) Likeliyhood

Likelihood - Words that end in y that are preceded by a consonant, are an exception. To add a suffix, you'll need to change the y to i and then add the suffix.

In which of the following sentences is a word misspelled? a.) Niether Mike nor Marvin believed in Superman. b.) Spanish isn't a foreign language if you're Mexican. c.) I spend my leisure time reading books. d.) Laticia weighed herself on the bathroom scale.

Niether Mike nor Marvin believed in Superman.

What is one way to turn this fragment into a complete sentence? While the choir director was out of the room. a.) Put an exclamation mark at the end b.) Take out the prepositional phrase c.) Add another subject to the sentence d.) Remove the word "while"

Remove the word "while"

What type of sentence is "I believe Tom can do it he's very good at woodworking."? a.) Dependent b.) Subordinate c.) Incomplete d.) Run-on

Run-on - Run-on sentences are created when two or more sentences are written as one. They're two complete thoughts that should be in two separate sentences.

"Before the storm." is what type of sentence? a.) Simple prepositional phrase b.) Independent clause c.) Complete sentence d.) Run-on sentence

Simple prepositional phrase - Sometimes a simple prepositional phrase tries to pose as a complete sentence. However, a prepositional phrase has no subject or verb, so it can't be a sentence.

Which one of the following groups of words is a fragment? a.) Talking on the phone is her favorite pastime. b.) The Carters enjoy vacationing at the lake. c.) In December, we usually take a skiing trip. d.) Strolling in the park on a summer afternoon.

Strolling in the park on a summer afternoon.

Which one of the following is an addition to the end of a word? a.) Preposition b.) Suffix c.) Conjunction d.) Adjective

Suffix - A suffix is an addition to the end of a word. A suffix may change the meaning of a word or give it a different grammatical function (as in changing an adjective into an adverb).

Which one of the following means words that have similar meanings, like large and big or hard and difficult? a.) Synonyms b.) Antonyms c.) Homophones d.) Homonyms

Synonyms - Synonyms are words that have similar meanings, like large and big or hard and difficult.

Which one of the following words has the suffix -ing added correctly? a.) Hopeing b.) Stoping c.) Findding d.) Talking

Talking

What do you need to know in order to look up word in the dictionary? a.) What part of speech the word is. b.) The first few letters of the word c.) How to pronounce the word d.) How many syllables the word has.

The first few letters of the word.

Which of the following is a run-on sentience? a.) Holidays always go by too quickly since I get those days off. b.) They danced for hours; they never felt remotely tired. c.) The concert started and the music was incredible. d.) Thomas was frustrated during class he forgot his book report.

Thomas was frustrated during class he forgot his book report.

Which of the following is an example of an imperative sentence? a.) Whew! That was a close call! b.) You assignment must be submitted on time. c.) A football field is a 100 yards long. Did you go to the Laundromat?

You assignment must be submitted on time.

Which of the following sets of words is an example of homophones? a.) tried/tried b.) flea/flee c.) angry/mad d.) happy/sad

flea/flee - Homophones are words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

To correct fragments beginning with an -ing word, add a subject and a ______. a.) helping adverb. b.) helping adjective. c.) helping pronoun. d.) helping verb.

helping verb - To correct fragments beginning with an -ing word, add a subject and a helping verb.