Sentence Structure
Please put the chicken, fish, and vegetables on the large white platter.
What kind of sentence is this？
A. Declarative
B. Exclamatory
C. Imperative
D. Interrogative
C. Imperative
Which of the following stays the same for its past tense form and past participle. (e.g. cut, cut, cut)
A. Speed
B. Spread
C. Spell
D. sprint
B. Spread
The punctuation “…”cannot be called__________.
A. Inverted commas
B. Quotation marks
C. Bunny’s ears
D. Speech marks
C. Bunny’s ears
Which of the following is not a sub-genre of Poetry
A. Ballad
B. Haiku
C. Portrait
D. Sonnet
C. Portrait
;
What is this?
A. comma
B. colon
C. Semi-colon
D. Semi-comma
C. Semi-colon
All the recent college graduates rejoiced.
What is the subject of the sentence above?
A. All
B. All the graduates
C. All the recent college graduates
D. rejoiced
C. All the recent college graduates
The new restaurant _______ two surveys on its food and service since June.
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence above. (ZK)
A. is doing
B. will do
C. did
D. has done
D. has done
Sally: Have you been invited to the party?
Anna: Yes, but I don’t want to go.
Please read the conversation and choose the correct answer to complete the indirect speech.
Anna has been invited to the party, but she told sally that __________ to go
A. I don’t want
B. She doesn’t want
C. She didn’t want
D. She hadn’t wanted
C. She didn’t want
Haiku, originally consisting of _________ syllables, must contain a special word that indicates a _________.
A. 14; time
B. 15; flower
C. 16; feeling
D. 17; season
D. 17; season
My alarm yelled at me this morning.
What figurative device is used in this example?
A. Metaphor
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Irony
D. Personification
D. Personification
As conjunctions for compound sentences, what does B in FANBOYS stand for?
A. because
B. but
C. before
D. below
B. but
The forecast is calling for colder temperatures later this afternoon, so the precipitation _____to snow
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence above.
A. Will turn
B. Turn
C. Turned
D. Turns
A. Will turn
“My friends and I are all wearing our favorite shoes today.
Please read the sentence above and choose the correct pronouns to complete the indirect speech.
INDIRECT SPEECH:
Sally said that __________ and __________ friends were are wearing __________ favorite shoes that day.
she, her, their
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
What figurative device is used in the example above?
A. Hyperbole
B. Oxymoron
C. Pun
D. Symbolism
B. Oxymoron
Which tense is used to describe the current situation, usually with an action in the past that has a result now?
A. Simple Past tense
B. Present perfect tense
C. Present progressive tense
D. Past perfect tense
B. Present perfect tense
Having realized that he had made a huge mistake by falling asleep in Mr. Gu’s Math lesson.
The sentence below is an example of ____________?
A. Comma splice
B. Fragment
C. Compound sentence
D. Complex sentence
B. Fragment
By the tour's end, Bryce's band __________ seven cities in six days, a new record for the indie band, whose recent success has landed them several offers for recording contracts.
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence above.
A. Had played
B. Has played
C. Have played
D. Will have played
D. Will have played
“When will we go to the VR experience center?” I asked the tour guide.
Please read the sentence above and complete the indirect speech. (ZK)
Indirect speech: I asked the tour guide ________ we ________ go to the VR experience centre.
when would
In narrative writing, what are the 4 main parts in the plot structure/story mountain?
A. Setting, Character, Plot, Lesson
B. Introduction, Setting, Climax, Consequence
C. Points, Explanation, Evidence, Conclusion
D. Orientation, Complications, Climax, Resolution
D. Orientation, Complications, Climax, Resolution
Let's pick up some sandwiches from Pete's Cafe after Kevin gets off work
The underlined part is an example of _____________
A. a dependent clause
B. a subordinator
C. a conjunction
D. a complete sentence.
A. a dependent clause
According to Pickle Packers International, the total annual consumption of pickles in the United States is more than two billion pounds, which equals about nine pounds per person, because people in the States are pickle lovers.
Identify the dependent clauseS from the sentence above. There might be MORE than 1 answer!
A. According to Pickle Packers International
B. the total annual consumption of pickles in the United States is more than two billion pounds
C. which equals about nine pounds per person
D. because people in the States are Picker lovers.
C. which equals about nine pounds per person
D. because people in the States are Picker lovers.
Since discussion of the Great Depression had last longer than Mr. Baxter had anticipated, he skipped the ten-minute video on the European debt crisis and passed out the quiz.
Which action, as mentioned in the sentence above, happened first?
A. The discussion of great depression lasted very long
B. Mr. Baxter anticipated how much time needed for the discussion of the Great Depression
C. Mr. Baxter skipped the ten-minute video on the European debt crisis.
D. Mr. Baxter passed out the quiz.
B. Mr. Baxter anticipated how much time needed for the discussion of the Great Depression
Tom told his parents that there was an Open Day event the following day and asked if they would come to visit his class.
Please read the sentence above and complete the following direct speech.
Tom said, “Mom and dad, ____________________________________”
Tom said, “Mom and dad, there is an Open Day event tomorrow. Are you coming to visit my class?”
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
What is the rhyming scheme of the poem below?
a b a a b c b c b
Today's medical students owe a debt to Dr. Henry Gray, whose renowned 1858 book, Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical is still an indispensable guide to the structure of human body.
Identify the independent clause.
Today's medical students owe a debt to Dr. Henry Gray