Syntax Questions #1
_______________ is the order of words in a sentence.
A. Syntax
B. Voice
C. Symbolism
A. Syntax
_______________ creates patterns of words in the text.
A. Symbolism
B. Syntax
C. Voice
B. Syntax
What type of voice should you use in your informational article, active or passive?
Active
Normal or regular syntax follows what pattern?
Choice 1: Object + Verb + Subject
Choice 2: Subject + Object + Verb
Choice 3: Subject + Verb + Object
Choice 3: Subject + Verb + Object
What kind of clause expresses a complete thought?
A. Independent
B. Dependent
C. Compound
A. Independent
Online stores serve customers 24 hours a day.
Online stores process orders 24 hours a day.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: Online stores serve customers and process orders 24 hours a day.
Choice 2: Online stores serve and process customers and orders 24 hours a day.
Choice 3: Online stores serve and process 24 hours a day.
Choice 1: Online stores serve customers and process orders 24 hours a day.
She walks her dog.
She bathes her dog.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: She walks her dog and bathes her dog.
Choice 2: She walks and bathes her dog.
Choice 3: She walks and bathes.
Choice 2: She walks and bathes her dog.
In ___________ voice, the subject is the one doing the action.
A. Passive
B. Active
B. Active
When you have two short sentences with the same subject, you can combine the _____________ and maintain one simple sentence.
A. Subjects
B. Verbs
C. Objects
B. Verbs
A ____________ sentence has one or more subjects and a verb.
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
A. Simple
Trains developed from the invention of steam power.
Automobiles developed from the invention of steam power.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: Trains and automobiles developed.
Choice 2: Trains developed and automobiles developed from the invention of steam power.
Choice 3: Trains and automobiles developed from the invention of steam power.
Choice 3: Trains and automobiles developed from the invention of steam power.
The assembly line sped up factory production.
Standardized parts sped up factory production.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: The assembly line and standardized parts sped up.
Choice 2: The assembly line and standardized parts sped up factory production.
Choice 3: The assembly line sped up factory production and so did standardized parts.
Choice 2: The assembly line and standardized parts sped up factory production.
In ___________ voice, the object receives the action from the subject.
A. Passive
B. Active
A. Passive
When you have two sentences with the same verb action, you can often combine the ___________ and keep the simple sentence format.
A. Subjects
B. Verbs
C. Objects
A. Subjects
You could also combine related simple sentences to form a ___________ sentence. A _________ sentence is two simple sentences joined by a coordinating conjunction.
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
B. Compound
Cell phones grew popular in the late 1990s.
Beepers started to lose popularity in the late 1990s.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: Cell phones grew popular and beepers became unpopular in the late 1990s.
Choice 2: Cell phones grew popular in the late 1990s, for beepers started to lose popularity.
Choice 3: Cell phones grew popular in the late 1990s, and beepers started to lose popularity.
Choice 3: Cell phones grew popular in the late 1990s, and beepers started to lose popularity.
The first cell phones were bulky.
Design improvements decreased their size over time.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: The first cell phones were bulky, yet design improvements decreased their size over time.
Choice 2: Design improvements decreased the size of cell phones.
Choice 3: The first cell phones were bulky so design improvements decreased their size over time.
Choice 1: The first cell phones were bulky, yet design improvements decreased their size over time.
Are the following in Active or Passive Voice?
She borrowed my smartphone.
He created a new puzzle app.
Albert Einstein wrote a letter to discourage use of the atomic bomb.
Active
What piece of punctuation is required before a conjunction?
Comma
A _________ sentence is a simple sentence combined with a dependent clause. Use a subordinating conjunction to connect the two ideas.
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
C. Complex
Most stores accept credit and bank cards.
Now fewer people carry cash around.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: Most stores accept credit and bank cards and now fewer people carry cash around.
Choice 2: Most stores accept credit and bank cards, so that now fewer people carry cash around.
Choice 3: Most stores accept credit and bank cards now that fewer people carry cash around.
Choice 2: Most stores accept credit and bank cards, so that now fewer people carry cash around.
Most Americans still buy gas-powered cars.
Electric cars are still more expensive than gas-powered ones.
Which of the following combines these two sentences correctly?
Choice 1: Most Americans still buy gas-powered cars, although electric cars are still more expensive.
Choice 2: Because electric cars are still more expensive, most Americans still buy gas-powered cars.
Choice 3: Electric cars are still more expensive than gas-powered ones yet most Americans still buy gas-powered cars.
Choice 2: Because electric cars are still more expensive, most Americans still buy gas-powered cars.
Are the following in Active or Passive Voice?
My smartphone was borrowed by her.
The puzzle app was created by him.
The letter to discourage use of the atomic bomb was written by Albert Einstein.
Passive
Name at least three conjunctions from our acronym, FANBOYS.
FANBOYS:
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
List at least three subordinating conjunctions.
After, although, as, as if, as long as, as soon, because, before, by the time, even, if, in case, once, provided that, since, so that, then, unless, until, when, whenever, wherever...