COM 101 Exam
Will felt free to ask Antonio for a ride into the city because he had recently done a favor for him. Identify the problem with the preceding sentence.
"he" and "him" have unclear antecedents
From time to time, there seems to be unusual lights in our neighbor's attic. To correct the preceding sentence, ...
"seems" should be changed to "seem."
Which of the following is NOT a way to correct a fused sentence?
Adding an en-dash.
Which of the following sentences demonstrates CORRECT modification?
After guiding raft tours all day, Josh had little energy for nightlife.
Arnold gazed at the CHAIRS in his apartment as he considered the purchase of new FURNITURE. Which of the following statements is true regarding the nouns in ALL CAPS?
Chairs is a common, concrete, and count noun; furniture is a common, concrete, and noncount noun.
Which of the following sentences illustrates CORRECT usage?
I would've done it sooner, but there weren't any envelopes left
Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
If Alexandra was here, we would have already finished this project.
Which of the following demonstrates CORRECT usage of Standard American English?
If you have 15 items or fewer, you may use this checkout lane.
Which one of the following sentences is CORRECTLY punctuated?
Marcel, who wasn't sure if she wanted to stay, decided to call a cab.
Which of the following sentences contains a correlative conjunction?
Neither peanut butter nor jelly tastes as good individually as they do together.
A girl in my class, Sophia, didn't learn to ride a bike until she was 18. Which of the following is an appositive?
Sophia
Which of the following demonstrates the CORRECT use of the colon?
The car's trunk was large enough for everything: rackets, golf clubs, fishing tackle, suitcases, towels, lax sticks, and sleeping bags.
Which of the following contains an example of a sentence fragment?
Then we saw Pete. Running down the road as fast as he could.
ABOARD the sinking ship, the band played cheerfully into the night. The word in ALL CAPS is ...
a preposition
articles
a, an, the
Prepositional phrases may function as either ...
adjective or adverb
What question(s) do adjectives answer?
all of the above
When is it acceptable to use fragments?
all of the above
HIS FINGERS DRUMMING LOUDLY ON THE WOODEN TABLE, Professor Alvarez waited impatiently for Thomas to answer the question. The word group in ALL CAPS is ...
an absolute phrase
A verb phrase may include all of the following EXCEPT
any adverbs modifying the main verb.
In a sentence in which the main verb is in the passive voice, the recipient of the verb's action is found ...
before the verb.
Included in the class of words called determiners are all of the following EXCEPT ...
exclamations
The list of common coordinating conjunctions may be remembered using the acronym FANBOYS. The letters stand for ...
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Which of the following is NOT a form of a linking verb?
hear
Exasperated by his poor Internet connection, Michael let Isabella order the textbook on his behalf. The word order is a/an ...
infinitive
A word like "very" or "really" that modifies a verb is called a/an ...
intensifier
Using active voice instead of passive accomplishes all of the following, EXCEPT ...
it uses weaker verbs
A fragment lacks one main component. Which of the following is it?
main clause
Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
modifier
Normally, when a subordinate clause follows a main clause ...
no punctuation is needed to separate them
Which of the following uses of interjections is INCORRECT?
none of the above is incorrect
Some phrases end with objects. By definition, an object must be what part of speech?
noun or pronoun
Every complete sentence consists of at least ...
one independent clause
ACCORDING TO his mother, Nelson should spend his evenings studying INSTEAD OF browsing social media. The word groups in ALL CAPS in the preceding sentence are examples of ...
phrasal prepositions
Which of the following is NOT a category of verb tenses in Standard American English?
plural tenses
Which of the following is NOT a term by which nouns are classified?
syntactic
demonstratives
this, that, these, those
The passive voice is formed when a verb phrase contains ...
verb phrase will include a form of be (was, am, are, been, is)
All of the following words are classified as quantifiers EXCEPT ...
very
A word or word group functions as an adverb if it answers any of the following questions, EXCEPT ...
which
A conjunction may connect two or more ... (Select all that apply.)
words, phrases and clauses