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100
Identify as a fragment, run-on or complete sentence: We spent a week in El Paso, where some of our relatives live.
What is a complete sentence?
100
Which of the following is correct? a. a catholic church b. a Catholic Church c. a Catholic church
What is "C" - a Catholic church?
100
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses and explain why it is correct: When will Joe ever do the dishes without (us, our) reminding him?
What is "our" because a possessive pronoun precedes a gerund.
100
Identify the clause and its type: We no longer swim in Blue Lake because the water is polluted.
What is "because the water is polluted" - adverb clause.
100
Identify the term described by the definition below: A verbal that ends in -ing and is used as a noun.
What is a gerund?
200
Identify as a fragment, run-on or complete sentence: We did not like the hotel, nevertheless it was the best we could find.
What is a run-on sentence?
200
Which of the following is correct? a. a Mothers' Day gift b. a Mothers' day gift c. a mothers' day gift
What is "A" - a Mothers' Day gift
200
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses and explain why it is correct: After playing two rounds of dodgeball, we couldn't play as well as (they/them).
What is "they" because the assumed part of the sentence is "couldn't play as well as THEY COULD PLAY."
200
Identify the clause and its type: Pasteur's great discovery was that disease is caused by living organisms.
What is "that disease is caused by living organisms" - noun clause.
200
Identify the term described by the definition below: The process of changing a sentence or part of a sentence to a clause.
What is subordination?
300
Identify as a fragment, run-on or complete sentence: John, a person who always practices what he preaches.
What is a fragment?
300
Which of the following is correct? a. on the North side of Pine lake b. on the north side of Pine Lake c. on the North side of Pink Lake
What is "B" - on the north side of Pine Lake.
300
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses and explain why it is correct: You can use (ours/our's) whenever you wish!
What is "ours" because ours is a possessive pronoun and does not need a possessive apostrophe.
300
Identify the clause and its type: We must learn to respect people whose customs are quite different from ours.
What is "whose customs are quite different from ours" - adjective clause?
300
Identify the term described by the definition below: A sentence with two independent clauses linked by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
400
Identify as a fragment, run-on or complete sentence: "Northwest Passage" is not a history book, it is a historical novel.
What is a run-on sentence?
400
Which of the following is correct? a. at the Atlas theater b. at the atlas theater c. at the Atlas Theater
What is "C" - at the Atlas Theater.
400
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses and explain why it is correct: (Who/Whom) was the scholar who came up with the Theory of Relativity?
What is "whom" because the answer to the question would be "him" so the corresponding interrogative pronoun is "whom".
400
Identify the clause and its type: The Native Americans were already smoking tobacco when the first colonists arrived.
What is "when the first colonists arrived" - adverb clause?
400
Identify the term described by the definition below: A word or phrase in parallel position (directly next to) the noun it modifies, inside commas.
What is an appositive?
500
Identify as a fragment, run-on or complete sentence: Still keeping perfect time after thirty years of continuous service.
What is a fragment?
500
Which of the following is correct? a. my Aunt Aida and a Cousin b. my aunt Aida and a cousin c. my Aunt Aida and a cousin
What is "C" - my Aunt Aida and a cousin
500
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses and explain why it is correct: No one knows the reason for (them/their) suddenly moving away.
What is "their" because a possessive pronoun always precedes a gerund.
500
Identify the clause and its type: A person who weighs 150 pounds on the earth would weigh only 25 pounds on the moon.
What is "who weights 150 pounds on the earth" - adjective clause?
500
Identify the term described by the definition below: The process of changing a clause to a phrase.
What is reduction?