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Which of the following has correct subject-verb agreement?
Correct answer: All of my friends in my innermost circle, especially Margaret the super skinny health nut, like to drink green juice. All of my friends in my innermost circle, especially Margaret the super skinny health nut, like to drink green juice has agreement between the subject noun friends and main verb like. Mick's hat collection, consisting of several types and colors of hats from around the world and gathered over several decades, were photographed for a magazine has incorrect agreement between the subject collection (singular) and main verb were (plural). The group of coal miners like to work underground has incorrect agreement between the subject noun group (singular) and main verb like (plural). The morale of the isolated but interconnected and interdependent groups were not difficult to gauge has incorrect agreement between the subject noun morale (singular) and main verb were (plural).
Which of the following plural nouns is spelled correctly?
Correct answer: Sheep Sheep is the correct plural form and spelled correctly. Some nouns are the same form in both singular and plural. The plural of deer is deer. The plural of bison is bison. The plural of moose is moose.
Which of the following punctuation marks completes the sentence correctly? I wanted to scream out his name__ but I couldn't find my voice.
Correct answer: , A comma (,) is the punctuation mark that best completes the sentence. I wanted to scream out his name, but I couldn't find my voice. A comma is used between two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (e.g. and, but, or). A semicolon (;) would be used to join the two independent clauses when a transitional phrase or a conjunctive adverb is used, not when a coordinating conjunction is used. Sentences do not properly begin with a coordinating conjunction, so use of a period here is incorrect. A colon (:) is used to say, "Here's what I mean." They follow an independent clause and amplify, clarify, or illustrate the information before the colon. The information in the but phrase contradicts the information in the independent clause, does not amplify, clarify, or illustrate, rendering a colon incorrect here.
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? Speaker A: "Will you still help me?" Speaker B: He asked _____
Correct answer: He asked whether you would still help him. The correctly punctuated sentence is: He asked whether you would still help him. This is reported speech, not a direct quote. No quotation marks are used in reported speech. No commas are used to separate elements of reported speech as in a direct quote. The use of if instead of whether is not an error. Reported speech of a question is a declarative. Hence, it gets a period, not a question mark.
Identify the noun clause in the following sentence. How magicians move their hands so quickly that you can't see them is magical in itself.
Correct answer: How magicians move their hands so quickly that you can't see them. A noun clause is a group of words that contains both subject and verb and functions as a noun. Only nouns can be subjects of sentences. The noun clause (which serves as the subject of this sentence) is How magicians move their hands so quickly that you can't see them.
Identify the type of sentence. I must have got some sun from working outside all day. Compound-complex Complex Compound Simple
Correct answer: Simple The given sentence is a simple sentence, as it contains only one independent clause and no dependent clause. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses. A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause two total clauses. A compound-complex sentence contains two independent clauses and one dependent clause for three clauses total.
Identify what narrative writing does.
Correct answer: Tells a story Narrative writing tells a story or event. Descriptive writing is rich in detail as the writer visualizes the full experience and writes it for the audience to experience as richly. It contains sensory details and paints a clear picture. Expository writing offers an explanation, often of a process. It presents facts, gives directions, and defines terms. In persuasive writing, the writer makes a claim and argues in support of it.
Identify the main verb in the following sentence. Whether or not he actually believed what she needed him to believe in order to pull off the tremendous surprise she'd been planning for months was less relevant than getting him to show up at the appointed place and time for the party in his honor to occur.
Correct answer: was The sentence has several verbs, but most verbs are embedded within other clauses. Each main clause has only one verb, and each sentence has (at least) one main clause. This sentence has only one main clause. The clause Whether or not he actually believed what she needed him to believe in order to pull off the tremendous surprise she'd been planning for months is all part of a noun clause that forms the subject of the sentence. The main verb is was. Believe, needed and getting are all verbs within subordinate clauses.
