True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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B.13
“The dog was very excited, so he barked at the visitor.”
There is not a coordinating conjunction in this
sentence.
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2.
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B.13
“George worked very hard at his new job; consequently, he was
promoted.”
This is a compound sentence with a correlative
conjunction connecting the two main clauses.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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3.
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B.13
“Prior to eating his sandwich, Sam quit swimming.”
What is the adverb clause? a. | “Prior to
eating his sandwich” | c. | “his
sandwich, Sam quit” | b. | “Sam quit swimming” | d. | This sentence does not contain an adverb
clause. | | | | |
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4.
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B.13
“The children stay at the daycare during the week where they
play.”
What is the main clause of this
sentence? a. | “at the
daycare during the week where they play” | c. | “where they play” | b. | “The
children stay at the daycare during the week” | d. | “The children stay at the
daycare” | | | | |
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B.13
“When will the cleaners arrive at the office?”
What is the noun clause in this sentence? a. | “When
will” | c. | “will the
cleaners arrive” | b. | “When will the
cleaners” | d. | “arrive at
the office?” | | | | |
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C.13
“The employee worked hard for the promotion that he will be receiving
tomorrow.”
What word is the subject of the adjective
clause? a. | employee | d. | tomorrow | b. | promotion | e. | This sentence does not contain an adjective
clause. | c. | that | | | | |
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7.
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B.13
A subordinate clause a. | stand alone as a sentence. | c. | has more than one complex sentence. | b. | has more than
one subordinate clause. | d. | All of the
above | | | | |
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B.13
“The baby has been crying since he woke up.”
What does the subordinate clause in this sentence act
as? a. | noun
clause | c. | adjective
clause | b. | adverb clause | d. | None of the above | | | | |
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C.13
“Roger went home, which is where his mother is.”
How do you know that this is a complex sentence? a. | It has a
subordinate clause | d. | Both C and
B | b. | It does not
possess a subordinate clause | e. | Both C and
A | c. | It has a main
clause | | | | |
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C.13
“I like watching the evening news; therefore, current events are important to
me.”
How do you know that the conjunctive adverb in the
above sentence is written correctly? a. | When you use a conjunctive adverb in a compound sentence there
must be a semicolon before the conjunction and a comma after. | c. | When you use a conjunctive adverb in a compound sentence there
must be a comma before the conjunction and no punctuation mark afterwards. There for this sentence is
not written correctly. | b. | When you use a conjunctive adverb in a compound sentence there
must be a semicolon before the conjunction and no punctuation mark afterwards. There for this
sentence is not written correctly. | d. | There is no way to tell if a sentence is written
correctly. | | | | |
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