Study Questions: Chapter 14
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Nouns, adverbs, and adjectives are all parts of ________.
a) speech
b) text
c) typing
d) script
A (p. 331)
2. ________ are the significant words in a sentence.
a) Clauses and phrases
b) Verbs and modifiers
c) Nouns and pronouns
d) Articles and determiners
C (p. 331)
3. Relative pronouns introduce ________.
a) dependent clauses
b) independent clauses
c) dependent phrases
d) independent phrases
A (p. 333)
4. Interrogative pronouns introduce ________.
a) individuals
b) people
c) questions
d) answers
C (p. 333)
5. Linking verbs can connect subject and predicate in ________ ways.
a) seven
b) six
c) three
d) two
B (p. 335)
6. Adjectives ________ nouns.
a) answer
b) modify
c) complement
d) question
B (p. 336)
7. Main verbs express ________.
a) action
b) condition
c) state of being
d) All of the above
D (p. 334)
8. The acronym FANBOYS refers to ________ conjunctions.
a) correlative
b) coordinating
c) subordinating
d) subjective
B (p. 338)
9. Modals are a form of ________.
a) noun
b) verb
c) adjective
d) adverb
B (p. 335)
10. A sentence fragment is ________.
a) an incomplete sentence
b) a fused sentence
c) a run-on sentence
d) All of the above
A (p. 340)
Short Answer Questions
1. A ________ tells us something the subject is doing and what is being observed about it.
predicate (p. 341)
2. Adjectives modify ________, while _______ modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
nouns; adverbs (p. 336)
3. Prepositions join both nouns and ________ to a sentence and add information to the subject or predicate.
pronouns (p. 338)
4. A ________ sentence is formed by two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
compound (p. 352)
5. By itself, an independent clause is equivalent to a ________ sentence.
simple (p. 351)
6. A ________ conjunction joins unequal units.
subordinating (p. 351)
7. A comma ________ is the joining of two complete clauses (sentences) with only a comma.
splice (p. 357)
8. When two complete sentences are joined without stopping, the result is a ________ sentence.
run-on (p. 356)
9. Errors of combining include the comma ________ and the ________ sentence.
splice; run-on (p. 355)
10. An independent clause can stand alone as a ________.
sentence (p. 351)