Parallelism -T/F
To become better artists, we must continue to find good teachers and we must continue entering competitions.
True
The subject of the sentence is receiving the action of the verb. Passive or active voice?
Passive voice
Neither the mechanic nor his workers (was, were) able to get the car running again.
Were
When there are two subjects, you choose the subject closest to the verb to determine the form of the verb.
The SAT test is offered ...... times per year.
6
7
8
10
7 times
The violin had a broken string, a cracked bridge, and the endpin was loose.
False- a loose endpin.
The subject is performing the action. Active or passive voice?
Active voice
There (was, were) seven new houses built in our neighborhood.
Were
There...houses=plural
All colleges require the SAT.
True/ False
False
Alarmed by the sirens, hid under the staircase was the woman, frightened in her house.
false- the frightened woman hid under the staircase in her house.
Mary listened to the music.
Active voice.
Either Jerry or his brothers (ask, asks) more questions than necessary.
ask
"brothers"is closest to the verb
On her way home, Jane found a gold man's watch.
On her way home, Jane found a man's gold watch.
I thought the boy was tall and blonde.
True
Jerry was handed the note.
Passive voice
We were amazed to discover that one of the horses (was, were) limping severely.
Was
"one of ..."
The child ate a cold bowl of cereal for breakfast this morning.
The child ate a bowl of cold cereal.
The lady in the accident suffered a broken hip, several fractured ribs, and her lung was punctured.
False- The lady in the accident suffered a broken hip, a punctured lung, and several fractured ribs.
Katherine was allowed to go out.
Passive
Everything on those shelves (has, have) a special purpose.
has
"Everything" is a singular indefinite pronoun.
We ate the lunch that we had brought slowly.
This suggests that we brought lunch slowly.
We slowly ate the lunch that we had brought.