The Empowered Writer, Practice Quiz: Chapter 13

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. Nouns, adverbs, and adjectives are all parts of ________.

a) speech correct incorrect

b) text correct incorrect

c) typing correct incorrect

d) script correct incorrect

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. ________ is the principle that a sentence's verb must match its subject in number.

a) Modification correct incorrect

b) Pronoun agreement correct incorrect

c) Subject-verb agreement correct incorrect

d) Possession correct incorrect

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. Relative pronouns introduce ________.

a) dependent clauses correct incorrect

b) independent clauses correct incorrect

c) dependent phrases correct incorrect

d) independent phrases correct incorrect

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. A non-count noun is ________.

a) a general group that is not capitalized correct incorrect

b) a group that can be identified as singular or plural correct incorrect

c) items that can be counted, often written with an -s or -es correct incorrect

d) items that cannot be counted, such as liquids correct incorrect

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. A(n) ________ verb is placed before the main verb to express necessity, obligation, possibility or probably, such as can or might.

a) linking correct incorrect

b) auxiliary correct incorrect

c) modal correct incorrect

d) helping correct incorrect

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. Adjectives ________ nouns.

a) answer correct incorrect

b) modify correct incorrect

c) complement correct incorrect

d) question correct incorrect

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. Main verbs express ________.

a) action correct incorrect

b) condition correct incorrect

c) state of being correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The acronym FANBOYS refers to ________ conjunctions.

a) correlative correct incorrect

b) coordinating correct incorrect

c) subordinating correct incorrect

d) subjective correct incorrect

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. Modals are a form of ________.

a) noun correct incorrect

b) verb correct incorrect

c) adjective correct incorrect

d) adverb correct incorrect

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. A sentence fragment is ________.

a) an incomplete sentence correct incorrect

b) a fused sentence correct incorrect

c) a run-on sentence correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. An antecedent in a sentence is the noun that the ________ replaces.

a) pronoun correct incorrect

b) adjective correct incorrect

c) verb correct incorrect

d) preposition correct incorrect

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. Complete sentences come in ________ basic pattern(s).

a) ten correct incorrect

b) one correct incorrect

c) four correct incorrect

d) seven correct incorrect

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. In a(n) ________ sentence, also called a command you do not need to write the subject of the sentence.

a) complex correct incorrect

b) simple correct incorrect

c) compound-complex correct incorrect

d) imperative correct incorrect

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. A ________ fragment is the most common type of sentence fragment because it looks like a grammatical sentence. An example of this type is "Because he was late."

a) dependent clause correct incorrect

b) missing subject or predicate correct incorrect

c) add-on correct incorrect

d) -ing correct incorrect

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. To test if you have a dependent clause fragment, one question to ask yourself is ________.

a) Does the idea sound complete? correct incorrect

b) Can you answer true or false to it? correct incorrect

c) Does it start with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun? correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect