Grammar Quiz: Subordination and Coordination

Grammar Quiz: Subordination and Coordination

 

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QUESTION 1

1. Coordinate the following sentence properly by filling in the appropriate mark of punctuation. Please enter the mark of punctuation itself -- DON'T spell or describe it.

Jake's arms burned from hauling himself up the rope

 but he wouldn't quit until he reached the top of the peak.

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QUESTION 2

1. Because the rain was so heavy _______ I pulled over to the side of the road.

Look at the blank in the sentence above.  Should a comma be inserted there?

 Yes   No

15 points   

QUESTION 3

1. The italicized sentence from question 2 was an instance of which of the following?

		Coordination
		Subordination
		Orchestration
		None of the above.

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QUESTION 4

1. Fix the following run-on sentence:

Screeching around the corner, the car fishtailed and spun out of control the driver never took his foot off the gas.

	A.	Screeching around the corner, the car fishtailed and spun out of control but the driver never took his foot off the gas.
	B.	Screeching around the corner, the car fishtailed and spun out of control, but the driver never took his foot off the gas.
	C.	Screeching around the corner, the car fishtailed and spun out of control, the driver never took his foot off the gas.
	D.	None of the above.

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QUESTION 5

1. The sentence below is an instance of improper coordination that is commonly called a comma splice.  Select the answer choice that best fixes it with COORDINATION.

The pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, the plane continued to plummet.

		Although the pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, the plane continued to plummet.
		Because the pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, the plane continued to plummet.
		The pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, but the plane continued to plummet.
		The pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick the plane continued to plummet.

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QUESTION 6

1. Copy of

Select the answer choice that best fixes the comma splice with  SUBORDINATION .

The pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, the plane continued to plummet.

		Although the pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, the plane continued to plummet.
		Because the pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, the plane continued to plummet.
		The pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick, but the plane continued to plummet.
		The pilot desperately pulled back on the control stick the plane continued to plummet.

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