Ch 2
Run on or sentence fragment? “First wrote a newspaper article about his time as a fighter pilot in WWII.”
Sentence fragment
What is the underlined part an example of? From 2000 to 1000 B.C., the Celts occupied a large part of Europe.
A. subordinate clause
B. transition word
C. prepositional phrase
D. verbal phrase
C. prepositional phrase
What type of sentence is this? “There was public excitement over the expedition from the start.”
A. exclamatory
B. imperative
C. inverted sentence
D. interrogative sentence
C. inverted sentence
What antecedent should you use for the underlined part? “One of the female firefighters aimed the water so high that ___ sprayed all the way to the end if the street.”
It
Is this sentence in active or passive voice? “In a survey of species in Canada, plants were outnumbered by fungi.”
Passive
correct the underlined part. Martial-arts-inspired exercise classes offer a weird option for students.
A. a weird
B. a freaky
C. an unusual
D. a bizarre
What type of sentence is this? In about 390 B.C., they successfully sacked Rome.
A. simple sentence
B. Compound sentence
C. complex sentence
D. compound complex sentence
A. simple sentence
What type of subject is this? “...take us with you on your expedition to the South Pole.”
A. understood subject
B. subject compliment
C. inverted subject
D. predicate nominative
A. understood subject
Is this pronoun interrogative, intensive, or reflexive? “The Great man himself told us to stop it.”
Intensive
Is this sentence in active or passive voice? ”Scientists have identified nearly 300,000 species of beetles.”
Active
What figure of speech is this? A sentence without adjectives is like a pizza without toppings.
Simile
Which clause is the underlined phrase? You can now buy tiny MP3 players that can store thousands of songs.
Independent clause
What is the underlined word? “She loves to eat ice cream, but her favorite dessert is creme brûlée.”
A. direct object
B. indirect object
C. predicate adjective
D. predicate nominativeD. predicate nominative
Is this pronoun interrogative, intensive, or reflexive? “She wanted help for her children, not herself.”
Reflexive
What kind of verb is smell?
linking verb
Anita’s heart leaped for joy every time she thought about the award ceremony. What is this figure of speech?
personification
What kind of phrase is the underlined words? “The Celts, a warlike people, often invaded and attempted to conquer surrounding lands.”
Appositive phrase
What are the compound subjects and compound verbs in this sentence? “Lon Chaney Jr., took over the monster role in the 1940s, sharing top billing with Bela Lugosi.”
There are none
Is this pronoun interrogative, intensive, or reflexive? “‘Whose coat is this?‘ she cried.”
Interrogative
What is the present and past participle for the past tense of the word “lay”?
Present: lie
past participle: have/had lain
What figure of speech is this? The piano was my anchor; if I let go of it, I feared that I might drift away.
Metaphor
What kind of subordinate clause is this? “When they were not at war, most Celtic families lived on small farms.”
Adverb clause
What type of sentence is this? “Give my love and kisses to the children.”
Imperative sentence
What part of speech is the underlined word? “Find Ned and Vend, and get instructions from them.”
Object of a preposition
What tense is this? She will develop great skills over the years.
Simple future