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2015-16 Unit One Review
Mrs. Hanninen
PART 1: Label each item below as declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.
A. declarative
B. imperative
C. exclamatory
D. interrogative
B
1. Talk a little more softly, please
C
2. Watch out
A
3. Your heart is an organ in your body
D
4. Do your parents like living in Oregon, or do they prefer Georgia
C
5. What an amazing performance
PART 2: One of the three items in each question is a COMPLETE SENTENCE.
6.
A. Making out a schedule is a good idea.
B. Although making out a schedule is a good idea.
C. A good idea to make out a schedule.
7.
A. Paying off that bill, which I should have done long ago.
B. Not having paid off that bill long ago.
C. Paying off that bill should have been done long ago.
8.
A. It is an idea that goes back to ancient Greece.
B. An idea that goes back to ancient Greece.
C. An idea going back to ancient Greece.
PART 3: One of the three items in each question is INCORRECT. Write the letter of the INCORRECT ITEM to the left of each
number.
9.
A. Pretending he knew what she was talking about, he listened quietly.
B. As he listened quietly, he pretended he knew what she was talking about.
C. Pretending he knew what she was talking about and listening quietly.
10.
A. Just watching the exciting game that was on T.V.
B. Just watching the game on T.V. was exciting.
C. Just watching the game on T.V. we were excited.
11.
A. It is a hobby that not many people are interested in.
B. My hobby is not one many people are interested in.
C. A hobby of mine that not many people are interested in.
PART 4: In the following sentences, cross out the prepositional phrases, underline the simple subject once, and underline
the verb or verb phrase twice.
12. A firefighter leaned out the window and dropped a small dog safely into the net below.
13. Some people have warned me about the dangers of in-line skating.
14. Tables and chairs were turned upside down.
15. Jagged rocks and pieces of dirt fell on the roof.
16. My sister traveled to Peru and visited Cuzco, Arequipa, and Lima.
PART 5: Choose the answer option that correctly identifies the sentence as
A. sentence fragment
B. run-on sentence
C. complete sentence
B
17. She is a good mother she pays attention to her children
A
18. When Alex calls.
C
19. He laughed.
PART 6: Label each item below as
A. complete sentence
B. sentence fragment
C. run-on sentence
B
20. One of the most popular films of all time being King Kong a film about a giant gorilla.
A
21. Movements toward censorship and federal regulations began.
A
22. In 1930 the movie industry adopted the Production Code, which probably saved the industry from government
control.
B
23. Since the industry agreed to control itself from within.
B
24. Jaws, an unusually frightening film about a shark's attacking swimmers at a popular beach area.
A
25. War may not seem a likely booster for the film industry.
A
26. The duel between hero and villain that dates back to the earliest western could still hold audiences spellbound in
High Noon and will doubtless reappear as long as westerns are made.
C
27. Masses of Americans paid five cents to see The Great Train Robbery, the first full-length movie, today they pay
several dollars to see the latest western adventure.
A
28. When the Second World War swept the globe, people went to the movies in greater numbers than ever before.
C
29. Next came a cycle of films about juvenile delinquency, this subject was a common newspaper headline of the mid1950's.
B
30. Partly because they had more money to spend on entertainment than they had previously had.
C
31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest entertained its audience throughout, nevertheless it dealt with a social issue the
treatment of mental illness.
A
32. During the Second World War the movie industry had an unprecedented period of prosperity.
PART 7: Identify the Prepositional Phrase. Choose the answer option that identifies the prepositional phrase or phrases in
the sentence.
33. The tires and gears on his bike were brand-new.
A. The tires and gears
B. and gears
C. on his bike
D. were brand-new
34. The owner of the bike shop had given Hector’s ten-speed a complete tuneup.
A. The owner
B. of the bike shop
C. had given Hector’s ten-speed
D. a complete tuneup
PART 8: Identify the Parts of Speech. Choose the answer option that identifies the italicized word or words in the
sentence.
35. John Stuart Mill was an oldest son.
A. noun
B. verb
C. adjective
D. pronoun
C. adjective
D. pronoun
36. His father was his only teacher.
A. noun
B. verb
37. He learned Greek before he was eight years old.
A. noun
B. verb
C. adjective
D. pronoun
38. “I might not have enough hours for practice.”
A. conjunction
B. preposition
C. adverb
PART 9: Label each item below as simple, compound, or complex.
A. Simple
B
B. Compound
C. Complex
39. We rang the doorbell, but no one answered it.
D. interjection
C
40. I wrote Jane a letter while she was away at camp.
C
41. When Miss Jones entered the room, we all became quiet.
B
42. Susan likes chemistry, but she likes physics better.
C
43. Since we’ve lost every game but one, no one is excited about football this year.
A
44. Mr. Cutter cautiously approached the haunted house on top of the hill at the end of town.
B
45. I worked all morning, and then I relaxed in the afternoon.
PART 10: Label each item below as
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
B
46. She fills the cavity with cement, and the cement hardens into the shape of the roots.
C
47. They also study the gardens shown in paintings that decorated many houses of Pompeii.
D
48. These paintings can suddenly disintegrate if they are exposed to rain, and some have been lost.
A
49. This loss saddens him.
C
50. However, the result of all this labor is that the gardens of Pompeii are coming alive again through replantings.