These verbs are usually not used in the progressive form. Examples of these verbs include own, think, smell, and love.
What is a stative or nonaction verb?
100
When we read for specific information what reading skill are we using?
What is scanning?
100
What type of sentence is the following an example of?
We is sick, but he came to class anyway.
What is a compound sentence?
100
Read the following sentence are choose the best vocabulary word to complete the sentence.
The Egyptian pyramids are __________.
a. destroyed b. ancient c. miserable
What is ancient?
100
When you learn a new job you must be _______ by someone who knows the work.
a. included b. dismissed c. trained
What is trained?
200
How much milk is left? How many students are in the class.
What kind of nouns do we use with many and much?
What are count and noncount nouns?
200
You read about a beautiful women who is driving an expensive sports car and wearing expensive jewelry.
What could you infer?
What is she is rich?
200
What part of the following sentence is the dependent clause?
While I was cooking, my friend was watching TV.
What is the first part?
200
The teacher _________ the class into three groups.
a. dismissed b. divided c. treated
What is divided?
200
Canada _________ corn, wheat and wine.
a. composes b. inquires c. produces
What is produces?
300
I lived in Toronto.
I have lived in Toronto.
The first sentence is an example of what verb tense?
The second sentence is an example of what verb tense?
What is simple past and present perfect.
300
Context clues are often used to guess the meaning of a word. What clues in the following sentence are used to give the meaning of gorgeous?
The woman was gorgeous, or extremely beautiful.
What is comma and or?
300
The transitions in addition, furthermore, and moreover, are used to express what?
What is more information?
300
It is a _________ that the little boy died at a very young age. He was only 10 years old.
a. threat b. practical c. pity
What is pity?
300
You can have the entire pizza. I don't want any.
Entire means what?
a.ruined b. whole c. treat
What is entire?
400
It isn't necessary for you to come to class on Monday. Make a sentence using the correct modal.
What is I don't have to come to class on Monday.
400
In the following sentence, which word is the antecedent and which word the pronoun substitution?
Plants are living things. They need water to grow.
What is the antecedent plant and the pronoun they?
400
What is wrong with the following sentence? Is it a fragment or run on sentence?
There are many businesses in Calgary. For example,
Suncor, Husky, and PetroCanada.
What is a fragment?
400
He hit his little sister on ________ because he wanted her candies.
a. purpose b. blame c. threat
What is purpose?
400
What is your ________ about gender differences?
a. course b. exact c. opinion
What is opinion?
500
Your friend is sick. Give her some advice. What modal will you use?
What is You should see a doctor.
500
Where can a main idea be found in a reading? Give two places.
What is the beginning or end of the passage?
500
When you write a paragraph, you must have one point and how many support for each point?
What is two?
500
It is your ________ as a parent to raise your children well.
a. proper b. duty c. opinion
What is duty?
500
He _________ his teacher because he failed the course.
a. blamed b. gathered c. motioned