Quiz for Chapter Fourteen
Student Self-Grading Multiple Choice
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1. Nouns, adverbs, and adjectives are parts of ________.
a) speech
b) writing
c) text
d) typing
e) script
Answer: a (301).
2. ________ are significant words in a sentence
a) Clauses
b) Phrases
c) Nouns and pronouns
d) Articles
Answer: c (301).
3. Relative pronouns introduce ________.
a) dependent clauses
b) independent clauses
c) dependent phrases
d) independent phrases
Answer: a (303).
4. Interrogative pronouns introduce ________.
a) individuals
b) people
c) questions
d) answers
Answer: c (303).
5. Linking verbs can connect subject and predicate in ________.
a) seven ways
b) six ways
c) two ways
d) three ways
e) None of the above
Answer: b (305).
6. Adjectives ________ nouns.
a) answer
b) modify
c) complement
d) question
e) None of the above
Answer: b (305).
7. Main verbs express ________.
a) action
b) condition
c) state of being
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Answer: d (304).
8. Adjectives are usually placed ___________ a noun.
a) before
b) after
c) nowhere near
d) None of the above
Answer: d (305).
9. Modals are a form of ________.
a) noun
b) verb
c) adjective
d) adverb
e) None of the above
Answer: b (305).
10. A sentence fragment is ________.
a) an incomplete sentence
b) a fused sentence
c) a run-on sentence
d) All of the above
Answer: a (310).
Short Answer Questions
11. A personal ____________ refers to a person or a thing. In the possessive case, it can function as a(n) ____________. A(n) ____________ pronoun introduces questions and a(n) ____________ pronoun points to nouns.
Suggested answer: pronoun, adjective, interrogative, demonstrative (303).
12. Adjectives modify ____________ while adverbs modify ____________, ____________, and ____________.
Suggested answer: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs (306).
13. Prepositions join both nouns and ____________ to a sentence and add information to the subject and ____________. Prepositions also introduce prepositional ____________.
Suggested answer: pronouns, predicate, phrases (307).
14. Types of sentence fragment include those that lack a subject or ____________, those with incomplete ____________ forms, and those that constitute ____________ clauses.
Suggested answer: predicate, verb, dependent (312–16).
15. ____________ clauses join independent clauses, while ____________ conjunctions and ____________ pronouns join ____________ and ____________ clauses.
Suggested answer: Coordinating, subordinating, relative, dependent, independent (318).