Chapter 2
Is this sentence a run-on, fragment, or complete?
He spent many hours writing every day, he wrote in a small hut in his garden.
Run-on
Is the underlined part of the sentence a subordinate clause or a prepositional phrase?
From 2000 to 1000 B.C., the Celts occupied a large part of Europe.
Prepositional phrase
Is the underlined part the simple subject, complete subject, simple predicate, or complete predicate?
In 1722, Dutch colonizers arrived on the island, bringing diseases.
Complete subject
Which proper noun should be capitalized in this sentence?
In 1773, parliament passed a law that forced colonists to pay taxes on their tea.
Parliament
What word best replaces the underlined words?
Visualize a globe. Which country have had the most land? Which has the second most?
Has
Which of the two phrases in parentheses adds colorful language to the sentence?
The water is (motionless and serene, still and nice).
Motionless and serene
What is the best way to combine these sentences?
The Druids were the religious leaders within Celtic society. They were also the political leaders.
Create a compound adjective:
The Druids were the religious and political leaders within Celtic society.
What are the compound subjects and/or compound verbs in this sentence?
Shelley had a dream about an odd doctor named Frankenstein and wrote a story about it.
Compound verb: had and wrote
Which word in this sentence is an abstract noun?
One event during colonial times - the Boston Tea Party - led the colonies to support each other instead of Britain.
Times
Rewrite this sentence in active voice.
Nearly 300,000 species of beetle have been identified by scientists.
Scientists have identified nearly 300,000 species of beetle.
Is the following phrase a simile, metaphor, or personification?
The piano was my anchor; if I let go of it, I feared that I might drift away.
Metaphor
What is the adverb clause in this sentence?
When people love music, they carry it with them.
When people love music
What are the compound subjects and/or compound verbs in this sentence?
In the 1930s, Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester played the monster and the monster’s wife in a movie based on Shelley’s story.
Compound subject: Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester
What type of noun is the underlined word?
Let the jury take a lunch break.
Collective noun
What type of verb is the underlined word?
In my dream, I must carefully but swiftly descend.
Helping verb
Which of the two choices in parentheses will make the sentence parallel?
Cheetahs run smoothly and (really fast, swiftly) when they hunt.
Swiftly
How can you combine these sentences creating a compound adverb?
He walked quickly to the door. He was very confident.
He walked quickly and confidently to the door.
What are the direct object(s) and/or indirect object(s) in this sentence?
One Michigan teacher gave students their first taste of broadcasting by having them develop school podcasts.
Indirect object: students
Direct object: taste
Fill in the line with the pronoun that correctly refers to the underlined antecedent.
Whether male or female, each firefighter has own job to do on the truck.
His or her
What is the tense of the underlined verb?
New Zealanders have always appreciated the surrounding sea.
Present perfect
How can these sentences be changed to correct errors in parallel structure and/or sentence fragments and run-on sentences?
Whitney stood with her hands firmly on her waist and her hair pulled back tightly as if she were an explorer her green eyes carefully surveyed the mountains of used clothes at the thrift store. No ordinary thrift store.
Add a period after “explorer“ and start the next sentence with “her” and add the word ”ordinary” before ”thrift“ in sentence 2 and get rid of sentence 3
What type of phrase is the underlined section of the sentence?
The Celts, a warlike people, often invaded and attempted to conquer surrounding lands.
Appositive phrase
In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton became the leader of an expedition to cross Antarctica.
What part of the sentence is leader?
Predicate nomnative
What type of pronoun is the underlined word?
The great man himself told us to stop it.
Intensive
Is the underlined verbal a gerund, participle, or infinitive phrase.
Jared blurted, “Using red takes daring!”
Gerund