English Quiz

QUESTION 1

1. Review: Is the following group of words a phrase or a clause? Type "phrase" if it is a phrase, or "clause" if it is a clause.

After working a long summer day ...

7 points   

QUESTION 2

1. Review: Is the following group of words a phrase or a clause? Type "phrase" if it is a phrase, or "clause" if it is a clause.

After the man worked a long summer day ...

7 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Review: How many clauses are in the following sentence?

After working a long summer day, the man was tired.

		1 clause
		2 clauses
		3 clauses
		No clauses -- all phrases.

7 points   

QUESTION 4

1. Review: How many clauses are in the following sentence? (Be careful! There are some important differences between this sentence and the sentence from the previous question.)

After the man worked a long summer day, he was tired.

		1 clause
		2 clauses
		3 clauses
		No clauses -- all phrases

7 points   

QUESTION 5

1. Review: How many clauses are in the following sentence?

The robbers and the police shot up the bank and destroyed several cars.

		1 clause
		2 clauses
		3 clauses
		No clauses -- all phrases

7 points   

QUESTION 6

1. Review: What type of subject and what type of verb do you see in the sentence from question #5?

		Multiple
		Split
		Bipartisan
		Compound

7 points   

QUESTION 7

1. Review: How many subjects and how many verbs are there in the sentence from question #5?  (Be careful -- what type of subject/verb did you say you saw?)

		1 compound subject and 1 compound verb
		2 subjects and 2 verbs
		2 compound subjects and 2 compound verbs
		There are no subjects or verbs

7 points   

QUESTION 8

1. Review: The following conjunctions are what kind of conjunctions? Type your answer in the blank.

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

7 points   

QUESTION 9

1. Review: The following are what type of conjunctions? Type your answer in the blank.

Because, Since, When, Although, While, After, etc. etc.

7 points   

QUESTION 10

1. Review: Type the word in the blank that will complete the following sentence:

A good way to memorize the coordinating conjunctions is to remember that the first letter of each of them spells  the word "_______________."

7 points   

QUESTION 11

1. In the blank provided, subordinate the two clauses below. (In other words, join the 2 clauses into a single sentence using a subordinating conjunction and, if necessary, a comma.) You may wish to refer to the list of common subordinating conjunctions provided in the grammar lesson from Module 5.

Please keep the clauses in order -- the "grandfather" clause should be first; the "young boy" clause should be second.

· My patriotic grandfather was angry.

· The young boy burned the American flag. 

Path:  p Words:0

7 points   

QUESTION 12

1. In the blank provided, subordinate the two clauses below. Please keep the clauses in order -- the "young boy" clause should be first; the "grandfather" clause should be second. (HINT: When should you use that comma?)

· The young boy burned the American flag. 

· My patriotic grandfather was angry.

Path:  p Words:0

7 points   

QUESTION 13

1. Subordinate the following two clauses. Please maintain the given the clause order.

· The wind reached near-hurricane speed.

· The old shelly-limestone chapel stood firm.

Path:  p Words:0

8 points   

QUESTION 14

1. Subordinate the following two clauses. Please maintain the given clause order.

· The old shelly-limestone chapel stood firm.

· The wind reached near hurricane speed.