Chapter 2
The water is (motionless and serene, still and nice).
Motionless and serene
I could hear thunder. The sky was clear.
Add a coordinating conjunction.I could hear thunder, but the sky was clear.
Is the part of the sentence in prentices a simple subject, complete subject, simple predicate, or a complete predicate?
The island (is) volcanic and (has) no rivers.
Simple predicate.
Witch word this sentence is a concrete noun?
One event during colonial times--the Boston Tea Party--led the colonies to support each other instead of Britain.
Britain.
Nearly 300,000 species of beetle have been identified by scientists.
Scientists have identified nearly 300,000 species of beetles.
Is it a complete sentence, run-on, or a sentence fragment?
However, he hid his journal in an unusual place. In a tin box, tied to the top of a tree.
Sentence fragment.
What is the independent clause of this sentence?
You can now buy tiny MP3 players that can store thousands of songs.
You can now buy tiny MP3 players.
What are the compound verbs or subjects?
Shelley had a dream about an odd doctor named Frankenstein and wrote a story about it.
Dream and wrote.
Witch word in this sentence is an abstract noun?
One event during colonial times--the Boston Tea Party--led the colonies to support each other instead of Britain.
Times.
What type of verb is in prentices?
In my dream, I (must) carefully but swiftly descend.
Helping verb.
Replace the words in prentices with the best option.
Martial-arts inspired exercise classes offer (a weird) option for students.
A-a weird
B- a freaky
C- an unusual
D- a bizarre
C- an unusual
What type of sentence is this? Simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
In about 390 B.C., they successfully sacked Rome.
Simple.
What are the direct and indirect objects in this sentence?
One Michigan teacher gave students their first taste of broadcasting by having them develop school podcasts.
Students is an indirect object and taste is a direct object.
What is type of pronoun is the word in prentices?
(That) was the turning point.
Demonstrative pronoun.
What term best describes this verb?
Canada (is divided) into ten provinces and three territories.
Regular.
Is it a complete sentence, run-on, or a sentence fragment?
He has said that he hopes his stories help more children learn to love reading.Complete sentence.
What type of phrase is the one in perenties? Gerund phrase, participle phrase, prepositional phrase, or appositive phrase.
The Celts, (a war like people), often invade and attempted to conquer surrounding lands.
Appositive phrase.
What type of sentence is this? Imperative, inverted, exclamatory, or interrogative.
There was public excitement over the expedition from the start.
What type of pronoun is in prentices?
Give (yourself) a pat on the back.
Reflexive pronoun.
What is the past participle for of--lay?
Have/had lain.
Make the following sentence less wordy.
The roses were lovely, and they were also really fragrant, and they grew in my aunt's garden.
The lovely, fragrant roses grew in my aunt's garden.
The parade went down Montrose Avenue. It took almost two hours.
Use a relative pronoun to combine the sentences.
The parade, witch went down Montrose Avenue, took almost two hours.
State the indirect and the direct objects in this sentence.
The broadcasts gave many students skills they enjoyed practicing every week.
Sudents is a indirect object and skills is a direct object.
Add the right pronoun.
Parents, kids, young adults, and firefighters--__________--agreed that this was the high point of the block party.
Everone
What tense are the words in prentices?
Australia's first inhabitants (had come) from Asia about 45,000 years ago.
Past prefect.