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Timothy Moore
GUM Semester Assessment, U16,L2
23 May 2007
Score: 46/50, 92%
Semester Assessment
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(10 pts) 1. Choose the helping verb that both agrees with the subject and properly completes the verb phrase.
Those garage doors _____ squeaking loudly.
is
are
be
was
(10 pts) 2. Choose the contraction whose verb part both agrees with the subject and properly completes the
sentence.
An Italian greyhound _____ like to be left without human companionship.
doesn't
don't
ain't
weren't
(10 pts) 3. Choose the contraction whose verb part both agrees with the subject and properly completes the
sentence.
Justin _____ been very conscientious about his chores this week.
wasn't
couldn't
hasn't
haven't
(10 pts) 4. Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its subject?
The newscasters on Channel 20 seems very friendly.
The oregano in those containers were probably not fresh.
Italy, in addition to many other European countries, now use the euro as its currency.
A snowstorm during the winter months is not unusual in many places.
(10 pts) 5.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its subject?
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The storm drains on Main Street were flooded.
Julia as well as her twin brother Jason swim very well.
The cellular phones inside that display case is also able to take digital photos.
The bird behind those bushes appear to be an blue jay.
(10 pts) 6.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its subject?
Does she and her cousin like to go exploring in the woods?
Is the Grosslein triplets identical?
Were they organizing the meeting at the church?
Has the items from the catalogue arrived yet?
(10 pts) 7.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its subject?
After the summer and fall come the winter.
On the near side of the wide river was three boat docks.
Inside that daycare center work ten teachers.
Throughout my day is many happy moments.
(10 pts) 8.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject?
A hammer and a level is helpful to a carpenter.
The boys and their dog has gone on a hike.
Both Chris and Adam seems too young for that water slide.
She and her family agree with the route you chose.
(10 pts) 9.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject?
Jorge or Mishka were lost.
Either the wool sweater or the fleece jacket feels warm enough.
Neither Ted nor Tim have ever come to our house.
The red paint or the pink paint are eye-catching.
(10 pts) 10.
Choose the correct verb to agree with its collective noun subject.
The road cleaning crew ____ sweeping the extra gravel toward the curb.
is
are
(10 pts) 11.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its pronoun subject?
Does someone in the room know how to administer first aid?
Several among the team members has experience as coaches.
Few of the singers was on key.
Not one of those teenagers look old enough to drive.
(10 pts) 12.
Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its pronoun subject?
You speaks with an Canadian accent.
Have everybody had a chance to buy a ticket?
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Both of the children are ready to take the test.
Either of the choices sound good to them.
(10 pts) 13. Type the word or words that complete each sentence, using the correct form of the adjective or adverb
in parentheses.
Jerri was the _____ dancer in the entire ballet. (graceful)
most graceful
(10 pts) 14. Type the word or words that complete each sentence, using the correct form of the adjective or adverb
in parentheses.
The Johnsons' cat behaves _____ than the McCartys' cat. (calmly)
more calmly
(10 pts) 15.
Which sentence uses comparison correctly?
Which sounds best to you, unlimited dessert or a chance to sleep late?
Which sounds better to you, unlimited dessert or a chance to sleep late?
Which sounds gooder to you, unlimited dessert or a chance to sleep late?
Which sounds more better to you, unlimited dessert or a chance to sleep late?
(10 pts) 16.
Type good or well to complete this sentence properly.
That hat looks quite _____ on you.
good
(10 pts) 17.
Which sentence uses negative words correctly?
She's never eaten nothing that comes from the sea.
No one signed up for any of those courses.
His headache was not relieved none by the medicine.
There weren't no more books on lemurs left in the library.
(10 pts) 18.
Choose the answer that shows all the words that should be capitalized in the sentence.
So, dad, how many lakes make up the great lakes, and are they in the U.S. or canada?
Lakes, The, Great, Lakes, Canada
Dad, Great, Canada
Dad, Great, Lakes, Canada
Lakes, The Great, Lakes
(10 pts) 19. Choose the answer that shows all the words that should be capitalized in the sentence.
We saw your grandmother talking to mayor barnes on september 1.
Grandmother, Mayor, Barnes
Grandmother, Mayor, Barnes, September
Barnes, September
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Mayor, Barnes, September
(10 pts) 20. Type correctly the word that should be capitalized. Be sure to capitalize your corrections.
It's true, professor, that after Greg graduated from college, he got a job at a movie studio in Los
Angeles.
professor
(10 pts) 21.
Type correctly the word that should be capitalized. Be sure to capitalize your corrections.
After the moon sets, let's look for orion in the northern night sky tonight.
(10 pts) 22.
Orion
Choose the answer that shows all the words that should be capitalized.
Have you read the poem "in the hours of darkness," by James Flexner?
In, The, Hours, Of, Darkness
In, Hours, Darkness
In, Hours, Of, Darkness
The, Hours, Darkness
(10 pts) 23. Type correctly the word or words that should be capitalized. Be sure to capitalize your corrections.
Incorrect
The song "Let's go fly a kite" is from the movie Mary Poppins.
Fly Kite
(10 pts) 24. Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
Is it true that you met Sen. Simpson and never told me?
Was Mrs Alton with you at that time!
The Trayson Corp. sponsored the Wed afternoon event
It happened at 2:30 PM on Edison Rd, right near the city center.
(10 pts) 25. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
Modern paper is made from, wood, straw, rags, or grass.
Delaware, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, were among the first states.
When we went to Africa, we visited relatives in Tunisia Algeria and Niger.
They voted for Jim, Sue, Brittany, and Avi in the election.
(10 pts) 26. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
Have some of these hard, fruit candies.
Where is the new, fleece jacket?
Paraffin is a translucent, waxy substance.
You have seven, e-mail messages in your inbox.
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(10 pts) 27. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 and he was assassinated in 1865.
Lincoln served in the House of Representatives, but he was never elected to the Senate.
Lincoln was elected president in 1861, and, his election caused the secession of the American South.
Are you familiar with the Emancipation Proclamation or, do you know the Gettysburg Address better?
(10 pts) 28. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
After the bad ice storm broken tree branches were scattered on the ground.
While you are babysitting, for our children, please do not make personal telephone calls.
Seeing her sad face, we decided to try to cheer her up.
Oh let's just stay home instead of going out.
(10 pts) 29. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
Incorrect commas.
Please hand-deliver this letter to 2323 Fontana Drive, Pompano Beach, Florida, by Tuesday, August
16.
The Continental Congress met on July 4, 1776 to ratify the Declaration of Independence.
Is Paris France the site of the Pompidou Museum?
For an airmail package to arrive in Sweden by Dec. 25 2004, mail it from Chicago by Nov. 30 2004.
(10 pts) 30. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
Hurry Tony, you'll be late for the club meeting!
Sir can you tell me the time?
Ms. O'Hara is not available right now, Mr. Johns.
Walk right up there, Allison and tell them what you think.
(10 pts) 31. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
Rock bands for example, are often smaller than dance bands.
An orchestra, you may, be interested to know, consists of between 80 and 120 players.
Generally speaking orchestras are divided into sections.
I have never been to a concert, in fact.
(10 pts) 32. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
By the way supper will be at 6:30 tonight.
Sausage and pepperoni pizza, in Melissa's opinion, is the best food in the world.
You should, nevertheless save some time for volunteering.
His speech to the staff members on the other hand, was difficult to understand.
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(10 pts) 33. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Consider that the correct sentence may not require
commas.
The eastern part of Florida a peninsula, is about 400 miles long.
In competitions she often rides that horse a three-year-old palomino,
Rhode Island, the smallest state in the U.S., is part of New England.
Izzy, one, of the cafeteria workers, always has a smile for customers.
(10 pts) 34.
Incorrect
Choose the sentence that uses italics, quotation marks, or both correctly.
It seems as if nevertheless is his favorite word; he used it four times in one paragraph.
All the house numbers on this block begin with "3."
Did you mean to write "compliment" or "complement" in this sentence?
Her cursive r's are quite difficult to read.
(10 pts) 35. Choose the sentence that uses italics, quotation marks, or both correctly.
"Edelweiss" is sung as a farewell by the Von Trapp family in the play The Sound of Music.
Betty's article, "Kwanzaa Is Coming," is in yesterday's copy of the Bethlehem Globe-Times.
Mom is making a recipe from the chapter called Cooking with Pizzazz in her new "Jazz Cookbook."
The movie "Cold Mountain" is reviewed in this week's Newsweek magazine.
(10 pts) 36. Choose the sentence that uses italics, quotation marks, or both correctly.
Composer George Gershwin wrote the music for the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess."
The 1980 book Cosmos is one of astronomer Carl Sagan's best known works.
Many people love the book The Little Prince, written by aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1943.
Thomas Gainsborough, an eighteenth-century artist, painted the landscape "The Watering Place."
(10 pts) 37.
Choose the sentence that uses italics, quotation marks, or both correctly.
Emily Dickinson's poem "The Locomotive" does not rhyme.
The first locomotive on a passenger railway, in 1825, was called Locomotion.
Have you ever read the tale of The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen?
Michelangelo's gigantic 1501 sculpture "David" still stands in a museum in Florence, Italy.
(10 pts) 38. Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.
"What is poetic meter? asked Timothy."
Edward responded "that poetic meter must measure how long a poem is."
Is there such a thing "queried Anna," as poetic yard?
"In poetry," said Dina, "meter is a regular rhythmic pattern."
(10 pts) 39. Choose the sentence that uses proper capitalization.
"On the other hand, the metric system," Bill chimed in, "Is for weights and measures."
"The metric system was created in 1791," said Tony. "it is based on the meter and kilogram."
"Many countries," added Janet, "use the metric system."
Cassie noted, "the United States is a big exception, however."
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(10 pts) 40. Choose the sentence that uses commas and end marks correctly.
"Who knows" asked Andy, "who the Mugwumps were?"
"I haven't the faintest idea." exclaimed Dave loudly.
"Are they some kind of extinct animal"? wondered Claudia.
"They were Republicans," answered Eve, "who supported the Democratic presidential candidate in
1884."
(10 pts) 41. Choose the sentence with a properly punctuated and capitalized direct quotation.
Claudia asked "why did the Mugwumps desert their political party?"
Eve answered. "They thought the Republican candidate, James Blaine, was corrupt".
"So who," questioned Dave, "won that election?"
"Grover Cleveland won", Said Eve. "He was the first Democratic president since the Civil War."
(10 pts) 42. Complete the sentence by typing the possessive form of the noun given in parentheses after the
sentence.
I'm looking for a store that sells _____ braided leather belts. (men)
men's
(10 pts) 43. Complete the sentence by typing the contraction for the words given in parentheses after the sentence.
She was wondering whether _____ completed their lifeguard training. (they have)
they've
(10 pts) 44. Complete the sentence by typing the plural of the letter or numeral given in parentheses after the
sentence.
Is accommodate spelled with one or two _____? (m)
m's
(10 pts) 45. Read this unpunctuated compound sentence. Type the word that a semicolon should follow.
Hay fever does not actually cause a person's temperature to rise instead it is an allergy caused by
pollen.
rise
(10 pts) 46. Which sentence contains correctly punctuated items in a series?
The three sisters' birthplaces are Hartford, Connecticut; Edison, New Jersey; and Charleston, South
Carolina.
The three sisters' birthplaces are Hartford, Connecticut, Edison, New Jersey, and Charleston, South
Carolina.
The three sisters' birthplaces are Hartford; Connecticut; Edison; New Jersey; and Charleston; South
Carolina.
The three sisters' birthplaces are Hartford; Connecticut, Edison; New Jersey, and Charleston; South
Carolina.
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(10 pts) 47. Choose the sentence that does not use a colon correctly.
The tour includes these stops: St. Augustine, Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston.
Please fill in the following: name, age, height, and weight.
His dogs' names are: Hilda, Taco, and Peppermint.
There are three main carriers of pollen: birds, insects, and wind.
(10 pts) 48. Imagine that you must use a hyphen to divide this word at the end of a line. Choose the answer that
shows the correct division. Remember, this may mean no division at all.
c-ertain
cer-tain
certa-in
certain
(10 pts) 49. Complete the sentence by typing the correct written form of the number provided in parentheses after
the sentence.
Is _____ a good score to have on the friendship test? (67)
one fourth
(10 pts) 50. Complete the sentence by typing the correct written form of the fraction provided in parentheses after
Incorrect the sentence.
Is .25 cup of melted butter the same as _____ cup of melted butter? (1/4)