Quantifiers
True or False:
Quantifiers are used before nouns.
The number of families had only one child was low in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
Identify the structure in the underlined words in the following sentence:
Boys are encouraged to be aggressive, outgoing, and strong.
Series of adjectives
Use a relative pronoun:
I had never seen a woman _____ could run so fast!
who / that
Name the structure of the complex noun phrase in the brackets:
[Sloppy handwriting] is hard to read.
[adjective + noun]
Which word in this sentence is a quantifier?
Men truthfully say that all women are sensitive.
all
Serena is not quite tall as Venus.
Serena is not quite as tall as Venus.
Sam is responsible for stocking merchandise, writing orders for delivery, and for sales of computers.
Incorrect:
Sam is responsible for stocking merchandise, writing orders for delivery, and selling computers.
Subject or object relative clause:
The man who is wearing a black hat is a spy!
Subject relative clause
Complete this sentence:
Some relative clauses can be shortened by dropping ______ and the _________.
relative pronoun / 'be' verb
In this class, there are _____ students who wear glasses.
A) a great deal
B) much
C) few
few
The girls loved to play football, to swim, and running races just like the boys.
change running to 'to run'
Women enjoy going to work, making money, and _____.
A) providing for her families.
B) they provide for their families.
C) providing for their families.
C: providing for their families.
Complete this sentence:
My friend ___________ always remembers my birthday, but my friend ____________ does not.
who lives in [name a place]/ who lives in [name a place]
Unscramble the noun phrases to complete the sentence.
schedule/ work/ flexible
She has a _______________________.
She has a flexible work schedule.
Complete the paraphrased sentence with the best answer:
"My mother had almost all of the childcare responsibility. My father did only a little childcare."
The speaker's father did substantially more/ substantially less childcare than her mother.
substantially less
Wedding guests include the friends of the bride, the bride's co-workers, and the bride's family is also invited.
Wedding guests include the friends of the bride, the bride's co-workers, and the bride's family.
delete: is also invited.
Which sentence is correct:
A) I washed the dishes, am sweeping the floor, and dusted the mantel.
B) I washed the dishes, swept the floor, and the mantel was swept.
C) I washed the dishes, swept the floor, and dusted the mantel.
C) I washed the dishes, swept the floor, and dusted the mantel.
What word would complete this sentence?
Researchers _______ work focuses on families disagree about the importance of birth order.
whose
Find the complex noun phrase in the following sentence and state what type it is.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth. Unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
exceptionally good liar
adjective phrase
Give 3 adverbs that are commonly used before comparative quantifiers.
It turned out to be an extreme attractive career change.
Change to: extremely attractive
It turned out to be an extremely attractive career change.
Identify the underlined parts of the following sentence:
Many women struggle with cultural expectations when they pursue a career or when they decide not to marry.
Series of clauses
Name all the relative pronouns.
that
which
who
whom
whose
Use the words in the parenthesis to make a noun phrase.
(a study was released recently)
__________________ showed that many Millenials are not following traditional parenting roles.
A recently released study