7/8 Test 19

Word Choice

100

(real, really) is an adverb

really

200

Down (come, comes) two firefighters to the rescue.

come

300

Only two people on the team, you and (me, I), made more than 10 points.

I

400

I can't find that brand of spaghetti sauce (nowhere, anywhere) in the store.

anywhere

500

Prometheus escaped just (like, as) the prophecy predicted.

as

Vocab

100

After a long struggle, the mouse (repeals, appeals, succumbs) to the cat's playfulness.

Succumbs

200

The (recumbent, incumbent, protean) cows stood up and went towards the barn.

recumbent

300

The diagram shows the cell of a plant, including its (protocol, protoplasm, catacomb).

protoplasm

400

(Catacombs, protoplasms, protypes) made an eerie setting for the novel.

Catacombs

500

Did you vote for the (prototype, incumbent, catapult) or a new candidate?

incumbent

Parts of Sentences

100

Essential/Nonessential: My cell phone, which has now become a major nuisance, interrupts my conversations with people.

nonessential

200

A dependent clause may be connected to an independent clause by a (coordinating, subordinating) conjunction.

subordinating

300

Simple/Compound: I shall photograph this flower for the plant blooms only once a year.

Compound

400

Find the conjunctive adverb: I wanted to go to the park; however, it started to rain. 

however

500

Independent/Dependent: Although she was tired, she finished her homework. 

Dependent

Phrases

100

Noun, Adjective, or Adverb phrase: During the Presidential election of 2004, flaws in voting machines surfaced.

Adverb

200

Infinitive Phrase: The courtier refused to bow before that evil king.

to bow before that evil king

300

Noun, Adjective, or Adverb phrase: Whoever finishes the race first will win a prize.

Noun 

400

Participle Phrase: Courtiers attempting to gain prestige and favor will bow before an evil king.

attempting to gain prestige and favor

500

Noun, Adjective, or Adverb phrase: The girl who won the contest is my cousin.

Adjective 

Punctuation

100

Italics: The French word faux pas refers to a social blunder.

Faux pas

200

Capitals & punctuation: do you like pizza or tacos better 

Do better?

300

Capitals & punctuation: my brother went to the store but he forgot the milk 

My store, milk.

400

Capitals & punctuation: that movie was amazing said lily 

"That amazing!" Lily. 

500

Capitals & punctuation:on saturday we went hiking in the mountains

On Saturday, mountains.