Multiple Choice
Which of the following should not be capitalized: brand names of business products, names of the seasons, names of a particular mountains, all would be capitalized)?
The names of the seasons (unless personified)
Sixteen of us are planning to attend Bethel Baptist ___.
church
Church
Church
All girls who plan to go to the game should report to the gym at _______ in the afternoon.
(3:00 P.M.) or (three o'clock)
Jim had every intention of calling Glenda before the week was over.
Sentence
Subject- Jim
Verb- became
Complement- friend
Which punctuation marks always go inside the closing quotation marks: commas and periods, colons and semicolons, question marks and exclamation points, all of these always go inside)?
Commas and periods
Nick bought four new Goodyear _____.
tires
Tires
tires
(book?") or (book"?)
book?"
Though wondering when would really be the best time to call.
Fragment
The crowd enjoyed the presentation of The Messiah.
Subject- crowd
Verb- enjoyed
Complement- presentation
What part of speech will the simple predicate always be: adverb, pronoun, verb, preposition?
Verb
I noticed that _____ Strom Thurmond was the speaker that year.
Senator
senator
Senator
Shew me thy ways, O ______ teach me thy paths.
(Lord,) or (Lord;)
Lord;
He headed for the telephone, nervously he dialed the number.
Run On
She bought a beautiful copy of illustrated poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Subject- She
Verb- bought
Complement- copy
Tell what is needed to complete this sentence: Bill threw the ____. subject, verb, prepositional phrase, complement
Complement
I have set watchmen upon they walls, ___ Jerusalem.
O
o
O
We student the literature unit ______ for this test.
(Humility) or ("Humility")
"Humility"
To put it off any longer might make him lose his nerve.
Sentence
Trust in the Lord and do good.
Subject- (You)
Verb- Trust, do
Complement- good
In which place would a semicolon be used: after the salutation of a business letter, before a statement or quotation that is formally announced, after an introductory participial phrase, or between independent clauses joined by transitional words such as however, therefore, or consequently.
Between independent clauses joined by transitional words such as however, therefore, or consequently.
I plan to invite my ____, Sam and Robert Johnson.
Cousins
cousins
cousins
We watched the sunrise __what a sigh!___ at the beach.
Parenthesis or Dashes
Dashes
Waiting for her to answer with his knees knocking and his brain considering rapidly what he should say when she did answer.
Fragment
James and Philip have considered his offer and have accepted the proposition.
Subject- James, Philip
Verb- have considered, have accepted
Complement- proposition