Review for the Final Exam

Stage 1

1

The class is ______ 8 am _________ Friday Mornings.(in, on, at)

at, on

2

Either my mother or my father _____ coming to the meeting (is, are)

is

3

Which words must be capitalized?

a. "One of jerry's favorite books is The catcher in the Rye."

b. One of Jerry's favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye.

c. One of Jerry's favorite books is The Catcher In The Rye.  

b. One of Jerry's favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye.

4

We will be ___ Longhorn Restaurant ______

Sunday _____ lunchtime. (in, on, at)

at, on, at

5

Neither my dad nor my brothers ___ (know, knows) how to ski. 

know

Stage 2

1

"Is a good idea to do volunteer work." (fragment, simple sentence, phrase)

fragment

2

Past Simple or Past Progressive?

I ________ chatted / was chatting to my best friend when my mom phoned / was phoning me.

was chatting / phoned

3

Simple Past or Past Progressive?

While we _______  at the breakfast table, the telephone ______. 

a. were sitting , rang

b. sat, was ringing

c. were sitting, was ringing

a. were sitting, rang

4

I didn't want to go to school, ___ I went anyway. (for, so, yet, and)

yet

5

What are the three basic elements of communication? 

Source, message, and receiver

Stage 3

1

Make this sentence negative. (simple past)

She worked at a bookstore.

She didn't work at a bookstore. 

2

True or False?

The topic sentence in a paragraph tells the reader the main idea or what the paragraph is about.

True

3

Which of the following is NOT a time order signal?

at last, often, despite, to conclude, following

despite

4

What is the story message?

The story message is the way your put your information together into a standard presentation structure.

5

Choose the sentence that uses punctuation marks correctly. 

a. He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know."

b. He used the phrase, "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know." 

c. He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said "No, I don't know."  

a. He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know." 

Stage 4

1

Which of the following nouns can be countable?

evidence, research, study, understanding

study

2

 Which is the pivot word in the sentence below?

I hate shopping, yet here I am at the store again.

yet

3

Fill in the blank:

There are long - term ____ to maintaining consistent, predictable sleep patterns. 

research

benefits

evidence

consequences

benefits

4

Chronic sleep deprivation can _____ pronounced cognitive and psychological deficits. 

lead to, show, shows

lead to

5

Is "information" a countable or uncountable noun?

uncountable