Vocab Review: I
Vocab Review: II
Appositives
Adjective Clauses
Random Assortment of Grammar
100
Make sure to decorate your new apartment with paintings and different colors, or otherwise it will look _______.
bare
100
Based on your participation in this game, it is ________ that you have studied vocabulary at home.
visible
100
What is an appositive?
Noun or noun phrase that comes after another noun or noun phrase. It comes between commas, or it comes after a comma.
100
What do adjective clauses do?
They modify nouns and add extra information to a sentence. Make sure to use a comma before it and a comma or period after it.
100
Name (2) of the (3) reasons why writers use italics (slanted letters).
1) word in italics are title of a book, movie, newspaper, magazine, or painting 2) a word is foreign 3) the writer emphasizes a word
200
Dada's plants are ___________ because she waters them daily and places them near the sunny window.
flourishing
200
Mother's _________ protect their children, especially when they are sick, hurt, or in trouble.
fiercely
200
Name the appositive in the following sentence: Dr. Chen, our art history professor, has written several textbooks.
our art history professor
200
Directions: combine the pair of sentencse. Make the second sentence in each pair into an adjective clause and add it to the first. Use who, which, or whose and include a comma (or commas). Amer took a class in scuba-diving. Scuba-diving is a fun class.
Amer took a class in scuba-diving, which is a fun class.
200
Name one type of a participial phrase.
reduced adjective clause
300
It is important to _________ daily; it relieves stress and allows you to focus on what is really important in your life.
meditate
300
Because the couple fought on their decision to buy a house together, they needed to seek a(n) ___________ to help them resolve their problems.
intermediary
300
Directions: combine the 2 sentences and make the second sentence in each pair an appositive and add it to the first. Cartier-Bresson took this photo at what he called the "decisive moment." Cartier-Bresson was a well-known French photographer.
Cartier-Bresson, a well-known French photographer, took this photo at what he called the "decisive moment."
300
Directions: combine the pair of sentencse. Make the second sentence in each pair into an adjective clause and add it to the first. Use who, which, or whose and include a comma (or commas). DJ is a good student. DJ is from Korea.
DJ is a good student, who is from Korea.
300
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? A girl with a bow in her hair is in the middle of the picture.
with a bow in her hair
400
Always arrive on time, do your best work, and make sure to flatter your _________ if you want to keep your job!
overseer
400
The image of the _________ in the background of the painting is beautiful; a river the flows on the right and red roses grow on the bottom.
landscape
400
Directions: combine the 2 sentences and make the second sentence in each pair an appositive and add it to the first. She picked up the strange little figure. The strange little figure was an ancient perfume bottle.
She picked up the strange little figure, an ancient perfume bottle.
400
Directions: combine the pair of sentences. Make the second sentence in the pair into an adjective clause and add it to the first. Use who, which, or whose and include a comma (or commas). Ibarhiam and Turki are good engineers. Ibarhiam and Turki studied engineering in college.
Ibarhiam and Turki are good engineers, who studied engineering in college.
400
Add the adjectives in parentheses to the below sentence: It's a painting. (American/small/beautiful)
It's a beautiful small American painting.
500
Jawad's new statue is ____________ because it has human-like features, like hands, eyes, and toes, even though it is a work of art.
anthropomorphic
500
I need more __________ examples to help me understand participial phrases. They are too confusing for me to understand!
concrete
500
Directions: combine the 2 sentences and make the second sentence in each pair an appositive and add it to the first. The king of Saudia Arabia is King Abdullah. King Abdullah gives scholarships to Saudi students.
The king of Saudia Arabia, King Abdullah, gives scholarships to Saudi students.
500
Directions: combine the pair of sentencse. Make the second sentence in each pair into an adjective clause and add it to the first. Use who, which, or whose and include a comma (or commas). Majed is surrounded by his classmates. His classmates are studying English.
Majed is surrounded by his classmates, who are studying English.
500
Directions: combine the pair of sentences and choose a logical transition for each. Stephanie is happy playing Jeopardy. Her class is happy playing Jeopardy.
Both Stephanie and her class are happy playing Jeopardy.
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