Answers to Quizzes on Sentence Writing
Diagnostic Test I
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D
fragment (dependent clause)
subject-verb agreement
pronoun reference
fragment (participial phrase)
comma splice
tense
tense
fragment (participle as verb)
comma
pronoun reference
punctuation (semicolon)/fragment
wrong word
spelling
comma
fragment (participle as verb)
pronoun reference
capitalization
wrong word
comma splice
run-on
comma splice
subject-verb agreement
fragment (participle as verb)
tense
comma
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subject-verb agreement
wrong word
tense
fragment (dependent clause)
spelling
comma splice
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comma splice
spelling
tense
run-on
wrong word
comma
apostrophe
wrong word
run-on
tense
syntax/adverb
comma splice
comma
wrong word
run-on
punctuation (semicolon)/fragment
comma
wrong word
comma splice
pronoun reference
Diagnostic Test II
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B
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pronoun reference
punctuation (semicolon)
comma splice
tense
subject-verb agreement
comma splice
capitalization
subject-verb agreement
capitalization
comma
apostrophe
fragment (dependent clause)
wrong word
comma
fragment (dependent clause)
tense
comma
wrong word
tense
comma
syntax/adverb
subject-verb agreement
fragment (participle as verb)
tense
pronoun reference
punctuation (quotation)
run-on
tense
punctuation (colon)
pronoun reference
run-on
comma
spelling
wrong word
tense
run-on
comma
47. D punctuation (italics or underlining)
48. D tense
49. A fragment (participial phrase)
50. B syntax
Quiz 1: Parts of Speech
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2.
3.
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N Adv
V Prep
Adj Adj
P Adj
Prep Adj
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Adv Adj
P Prep
NN
Adj Adj
CV
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V Adj
Adj Adv
NC
V Adj
PN
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Prep Adj
C Adv
CN
C Adj
Adv V
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N Prep
VN
PC
Adv Adj
V Adj
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Prep V
Adj N
Adv Adj
P Adj
N Adj
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Prep V
Adv Prep
PN
C Adj
N Adv
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Adj Prep
NP
PV
C Adv
V Adv
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house
you
Joseph Conrad
Jealousy, envy
Swimming, jogging
Bruce Springsteen
advantages
cost
Plants, flowers
Uncle James
stood
Have thought
proved
are
are
grew
are
is
add
enjoys
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16.
The Great Gatsby
Inflation
you, Henry
Reading, swimming
Love, discipline
secretaries
everyone
games
artisans
were written
eats, destroys
Will help
are
are
command
is
are
practice
Quiz 2: Parts of Speech
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VN
Adj V
PV
Adv Adj
Adv Prep
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Adj N
C Prep
P Prep
Adj N
Adj Adj
Quiz 3: Parts of Speech
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2.
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5.
VC
Adv Adj
VC
PP
N Prep
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Adv C
Prep Adj
N Adj
N Adv
VP
Quiz 4: Subjects and Verbs
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(you)
Americans
opportunities
couples
cottage
Bar Harbor, Galveston
Cody
Skyline Drive
Everyone
desserts
stop
are
are
have decided
is
have
won
is
has
are loaded
Quiz 5: Subjects and Verbs
1. Television
2. Harriet
3. Maria, Tony
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8.
Philadelphia, New York
(you)
Teachers
line
An American Tragedy
provides
is
dated, will be
married
are, offer
sit, pass
appreciate
is
17. Photography
18. Students, teachers
was considered
prefer
19. Polo
20. Terry
is
studies
Quiz 6: Subjects and Verbs
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brother/friend
somebody
applicants
part
(You)
team
I
agents
coach/players
cast
sold
can give
were
comes
read
scored
will be
will be
were angered
was congratulated/
given
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12.
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15.
16.
17.
18.
Helen
tour
(You)
Bill
books
items
attitude/concern
spectators
19. we
20. William
will help
is
shut/take
will help
are published
were
impressed
stood/cheered/
waved
have placed
stood
Quiz 7: Kinds of Sentences
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compound
compound-complex
complex
simple
compound
complex
compound-complex
complex
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10.
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compound
simple
complex
compound-complex
compound-complex
compound
complex
complex
Quiz 8: Kinds of Sentences
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2.
3.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
complex
simple
compound
compound-complex
complex
complex
simple
complex
simple
10. simple
11. compound
12. complex
13. compound
14. compound
15. complex
16. simple
17–20. Answers will vary.
Quiz 9: Kinds of Sentences
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2.
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5.
S
CP
CX
CC
CX
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CP
CP
S
S
CX
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CP
CC
S
S
CX
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CC
CP
CX
CC
CX
Quiz 10: Sentence Combining
1. He joined a law firm in Miami, and we seldom saw each other anymore.
2. The Wildcats’ basketball team has the depth necessary to win the tournament, but the forwards are
small.
3. After the ambulance driver turned on the siren, she raced to the address given by the 911 caller.
4. After Gus baked some apple bread this morning, he took a loaf to one of his neighbors.
5. Although I searched for the check that my mother had asked me to deposit in the bank this
morning, I was unable to find it.
6. The skies were overcast this morning, but to my surprise, the sun came out in the afternoon.
7. When the young author read her own story in the current issue of The New Yorker, she was
satisfied.
8. After the roof began to leak and several of the stained-glass windows were cracked, the members
of the congregation knew that they must increase the church’s maintenance budget for the coming
year.
9. Octavia is nervous because she is making her debut tonight with the city’s new opera company.
10. Because the job calls for computer skills, I expect to be hired.
Quiz 11: Sentence Combining
1. Because between January 1924 and September 1929 stock prices rose, many people thought stock
prices would go up forever.
2. On Thursday, October 24, the stock exchange opened for what brokers hoped would be a
profitable day of rising prices; however, within an hour, their hopes were dashed.
3. Everyone wanted to sell stocks, but no one wanted to buy them.
4. Great crowds gathered on the street outside the Stock Exchange, where rumors of business failures
and attempted suicides swept through the crowd.
5. At first, the crash appeared to have hurt only the million or so people who had gambled and lost
on the stock market, but within a few months of the crash, unemployment rates began to rise.
6. Industrial production, prices, and wages fell sharply, and a long business slump known as the
Great Depression began.
7. By 1932, factory production had been cut in half, about 86,000 businesses had failed, and almost
9,000 banks had closed.
8. Around 9 million people lost their savings accounts, and unemployment soared from 3.2 percent
in 1929 to 25 percent in 1933.
9. Many historians have studied the Great Depression, but they do not all agree on the causes.
10. One certain cause was that ordinary people had not been able to buy expensive items produced in
American factories because fully 60 percent of all American families earned less than $2,000 a year.
Quiz 12: Sentence Combining
Answers will vary.
1. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Joad family lived in Oklahoma.
When the dust storms hit the area, the Joad family headed for California.
2. In California, the Joads were not welcome because thousands of poor people had gone to
California.
The poor people had heard of jobs in fruit picking, but they discovered that California had more
job seekers than jobs.
3. After large farm owners took advantage of the workers, the workers banded together.
Jim Casey and Tom Joad became leaders, and the people learned to help themselves.
4. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a short story entitled “The Cask of Amontillado,” in which the narrator
tells of his experience fifty years earlier.
Because he wanted revenge against an enemy, he walled that person up in a catacomb.
5. At first his victim said it was surely a joke and begged to be free.
The narrator refused; after all these years, he cannot dismiss the experience from his mind.
6. In Carrie, Stephen King’s first published novel, King used some ideas from his experience as a high
school teacher.
Carrie, who is insecure and unhappy, is not treated well.
7. When some of Carrie’s peers try to trick her for their amusement, she is, at first, deceived.
Using a special power, she gets revenge, and the town will not soon forget her.
8. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is concerned with four people who try to escape reality.
Because the reality is harsh, life is lonely and nightmarish.
9. Laura, one of the main characters, has tried to escape into the world of her glass menagerie and her
music.
Then she meets a young man she has long admired, and he offers kindness to her.
10. When the young man dances with Laura, for a brief time she has confidence.
But then she discovers she will never see him again, and she returns to her glass menagerie and
her music.
Quiz 13: Fragments
C
1.
Frag
2. The party was over.
Frag
3. The beer blast lasted all night.
Frag
4. They hurriedly and ineffectively tried to smother the small fire.
C
5.
Frag
6. The silhouetted figure stood in the doorway.
Frag
7. The long-haired dog lived in the pen on the corner of the row.
Frag
8. When the storm was over, the sun broke through.
C
9.
C
10.
Frag
11. She was operated on a year ago.
Frag
12. Slowly but confidently, he opened the locked door.
C
13.
Frag
14. The rain swelled the waters behind the dam.
Frag
15. The dam on the third-largest river in the state is a technological and engineering
wonder.
Frag
16. You must decide to accept responsibility for your own actions and for the
consequences
of your actions.
Frag
17. She accepted the invitation to the ball.
Frag
18. The insects hatch on the Schoharie, a stream famous for its trout fishing.
Frag
19. She stepped onto the loose front step.
C
20.
Quiz 14: Fragments
Frag
C
1. He tried to sound aristocratic.
2.
Frag
3. They dieted for a month with no visible results.
Frag
4. The bright green plant with the red flowers sat on the windowsill.
C
5.
Frag
6. Desperation overcame prudence.
Frag
7. The yellow and red stained-glass ornament hung by the patio doors.
Frag
8. I never even thought of protesting.
Frag
9. Quickly and angrily, he threw the ball at his enemy’s head.
Frag
C
10. He submitted his resignation to his supervisor at the same time.
11.
Frag
12. The flu is a viral infection.
Frag
13. The flu is not cured by antibiotics.
Frag
14. They were filled with happiness and excitement on this glorious day.
Frag
15. The child played on the rusted swing by the side of the lake.
Frag
16. He left on his first trip to Europe.
C
17.
C
18.
Frag
C
19. Many people still catch colds in the spring because they don’t dress properly.
20.
Quiz 15: Comma Splices and Run-Ons
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2.
3.
4.
5.
C
CS
RO
CS
RO
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7.
8.
9.
10.
C
CS
RO
CS
C
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12.
13.
14.
15.
RO
CS
RO
CS
C
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
RO
RO
CS
RO
RO
Quiz 16: Comma Splices and Run-Ons
1. RO
2. CS
3. RO
4. C
5.
6.
7.
8.
RO
RO
CS
CS
9.
10.
11.
12.
C
RO
C
CS
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14.
15.
16.
C
CS
RO
CS
17.
18.
19.
20.
CS
C
CS
CS
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
RO
OK
RO
CS
CS
Quiz 17: Comma Splices, Run-Ons, and Fragments
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
CS
CS
RO
OK
OK
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
RO
OK
OK
Frag
Frag
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
RO
CS
RO
OK
RO
Quiz 18: Parallelism
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2.
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9.
10.
heading to the beaches for a vacation with friends.
manage to get in eight hours of sleep.
she asks them in a tone of voice that demands an immediate answer.
on the floor.
delicious.
have to get up early and study before breakfast.
he found himself hard at work for General Motors.
head for the Swiss Alps.
leaving to go to Greg’s Grill at lunch time.
how to address it.
Quiz 19: Parallelism
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19.
20.
The recently published biography of Winston Churchill is interesting, detailed, and well written.
C
The wing chair was upholstered in a linen with green and white stripes and red poppies.
At six o’clock Thursday morning, the telephone rang loudly, persistently, and almost endlessly.
We not only went horseback riding but also took a boat out on the Rio Grande.
C
C
October skies are blue, clear, and cold.
C
He can order the cap either by mail or by calling a toll-free number.
She lives in Montana, works for a pharmaceutical company, and attends night school.
He spends his Saturdays working on his antique cars or going to ball games.
Pat visits all those hardware stores that sell sporting goods and stops by the specialty shops as
well.
C
Our whole family thoroughly enjoyed the fast-paced, upbeat musical.
That commercial was neither accurate nor entertaining.
C
The banquet table in the great dining hall was long, narrow, and dirty.
We assured the visitors from Scotland that the climate in the mountains is cool at night and hot
during the day.
The judge has asked to speak to both the defense attorneys and the district attorney.
Quiz 20: Parallelism
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2.
3.
4.
5.
P
NP
P
NP
P
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
NP
P
NP
P
NP
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12.
13.
14.
15.
P
NP
P
P
NP
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
P
NP
NP
P
NP
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
blew
hopes
remember
begun
swum
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
clung
stood
appeared
gotten or got
eaten
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
felt
raised
hanged
worn
hoped
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
driven
fallen
hung
rung
taken
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
sailed
burst
frozen
broken
stung
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
asked
done
told
commanded
received
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
raised
have
lie
ate
lying
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
burst
sitting
rise
drunk
lay
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
is
has
is
Isn’t
are
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
is
protects
work
encourages
is
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
sensationalizes
are
is
cover
are
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
are
have
were
spends
is
Quiz 21: Tense
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
talked
thinks
swung
supposed
awakened
Quiz 22: Tense
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
stolen
run
fled
decided
accustomed
Quiz 23: Problems with Special Verbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
lie
drunk
laid
supposed
sat
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
have
set
used
rise
rang
Quiz 24: Subject-Verb Agreement
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
are
contain
were
is
is
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
is
is
costs
are
is
Quiz 25: Subject-Verb Agreement
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
makes
are
costs
is
am
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
is
is
was
is
is
Quiz 26: Subject-Verb Agreement
1. are
2. were
3. was
4. has
5.
6.
7.
8.
are
have
appear
was
9.
10.
11.
12.
makes
has
have
was
13.
14.
15.
16.
spread
sail
assembles
become
17.
18.
19.
20.
describes
is
is
is
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
C
took
C, C, C, C
ran, C
C
C
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
pick, C
C
slap, C
howl, C, C, hunker, C, getting
earn
Quiz 27: Tense Consistency
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
C, C
C
C, C
was, C
caused
C
Quiz 28: Tense Consistency
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C
come
C, C
C
C, C
Quiz 29: Passive to Active Voice
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A famous scientist gave the lecture.
Dr. Song performed the surgery.
The Vienna Boys’ Choir produced the opera.
Janice Baines rode the winning horse.
Harold Stanton won the Wimbledon men’s tennis tournament.
The class read Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Jan Brown wrote the report for the mayor.
Thousands of fans greeted the rock star.
Elvis recorded the album on June 15, 1956.
Both houses of the state assembly passed the gun-control legislation.
Quiz 30: Passive to Active Voice
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
I made the lunch.
The veterinarian operated on the Irish wolfhound.
The biologist completed the experiment.
Cary programmed the computer.
Our basketball team won the championship game.
The government deported the spy.
The astronaut took a space walk.
Mrs. Nelson gave the brunch.
Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence.
The Supreme Court judges declined his appeal.
Quiz 31: Pronoun Case
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Who
whom
whoever
Whoever
who
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Who’s
whom
who
Whom
whom
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Whose
whoever
who
who
whom
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
whom
whom
whomever
whoever
whomever
her
C
him
C
I
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
he
they
he
me
I
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
us
me
me
C
me
Who
they
whomever
ourselves
him
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
whoever
who
We
our
he
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
us
whoever
him
me
its
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
their
his or her
his or her
his or her
her
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
their
her
his or her
she
its
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
its
it
their
their
their
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
it
its
his or her
their
his
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
his or her
their
his
his or her
its
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
who
their
himself
he
them
Quiz 32: Pronoun Case
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
me
We
C
she
him
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Quiz 33: Pronoun Case
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Whom
me
I
me
him
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Quiz 34: Pronoun Agreement
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
her
its
their
their
their
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
his
its
their
their
his or her
Quiz 35: Pronoun Agreement
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
his
his or her
their
her
his or her
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
their
his
his or her
their
his or her
Quiz 36: Pronoun Agreement
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
he or she
her
his or her
itself
it
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
their
their
his
his or her
its
Quiz 37: Pronoun Reference
1. When a woman has to walk from the subway to her office, she needs to wear one pair of shoes and
carry another.
2. C
3. C
4. Because the man in front of me at the market had a heap of groceries in his cart, my work was
delayed.
5. When we read that Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were both linguists, we became interested not only
in them but also in the study of language.
6. C
7. If a man decides to order a monogrammed shirt, he should be absolutely sure that it will fit.
8. Some years our vines are laden with grapes.
9. Because time is a commodity in short supply, more and more of us shop by mail.
10. Coach Pankhurst said to Gerald, “You have to spend more time on the track if you expect to stay
in shape.”
Quiz 38: Pronoun Reference
1. Because the stereo was going full blast in the next room, Herb was annoyed and could not
concentrate on reading Lord Jim.
2. C
3. The radio says a stalled lumber truck has blocked the freeway traffic; the delay means Melissa will
be late for work.
4. Grandfather told Bernard, “You ought to stop watching wrestling on television and do something
constructive.”
5. Did you realize that Mr. Jacobs, whose photographs are on display in the alumni gallery, has two
daughters who are also interested in photography?
6. C
7. When a person learns to read, he or she has taken the essential step toward acquiring other
knowledge.
8. That our soccer team was ahead at the half was certainly a surprise to those of us who had seen
last week’s shutout.
9. I could not pull from my memory, which has frozen on more than one occasion, the name of the
man hurrying across the lobby of the bank toward me.
10. If a person chooses to room alone on the cruise, he or she will have to pay an additional fee.
Quiz 39: Pronoun Reference
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
OK
their
you
they
which
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
it
she
who
which
This
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
They
who
Her
They
her
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
That
OK
you
which
which
Quiz 40: Adjectives and Adverbs
1. steadily
2. badly
3. suddenly
4. better
5.
6.
7.
8.
good
uncertainly
clear
plainly
9.
10.
11.
12.
really
much
rapidly
warm
13.
14.
15.
16.
C
bad
really
best
17.
18.
19.
20.
carefully
easily
C
regularly
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
evenly
calm
quietly
loud, clear
suddenly
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
intently
worst
well
sweet
sweeter
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
hardest replaces harder
really replaces real
really replaces real
whistled only replaces only whistled
kinds replaces kind
all right replaces alright
besides replaces beside
most nearly perfect replaces most perfect
delete type
delete a
Quiz 41: Adjectives and Adverbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
somewhat
casually
nervously
better
enthusiastically
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
extravagant
cautiously
surely
prettier
exact
Quiz 42: Adjectives and Adverbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
older replaces oldest
slowly replaces slow
really replaces real
more nearly straight replaces more straight
bad replaces badly
rapidly replaces rapid
more honest replaces honester
surely replaces sure
more easily replaces easier
kinds replaces kind
Quiz 43: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
MM
MM
C
MM
MM
C
MM
DM
C
C
MM
MM
MM
MM
C
MM
C
MM
MM
MM
the rider wearing shorts
the desk with the brass inlaid figures
Diets that help one lose weight
Doctors with white hospital coats
men with hairy chests
As I looked out my window, I saw
shows that emphasize violence
shirt with the red stripes
car with a broken odometer
only to Tony
car that was rusty
students who work hard
rain hitting the tin roof.
Houses with central air conditioning and heating
Quiz 44: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
MM
DM
C
C
MM
C
MM
C
C
DM
DM
C
MM
MM
C
MM
MM
DM
MM
MM
shirt with brown stripes
the water, I hit a raft.
windows that are made of stained glass.
Jerry because of his ability in math.
To obtain a loan, one must see
While a person drives a car,
Avarice, which is greed, is
car with a flat tire
bike with broken gears
writers who live in America
Channel, one needs endurance and strength.
Puppies with good dispositions
Lawyers who chase ambulances
Quiz 45: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
D
D
M
D
M
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
C
M
M
M
D
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
D
D
M
M
M
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
M
C
C
M
M
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
C
P
wait,”
Recitation, . . . course,
tree, overbearing and wild,
whispered,
Wildermuth, . . . man,
Parrots, colorful and exotic birds,
gold, moreover,
5.
6.
7.
8.
P
C
P
C
four,
Quiz 46: Commas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
P
P
P
P
P
P
C
P
P
P
mother, the lady in the pink suit,
poets, . . . century,
understand, young fellow,
thief,”
Harry,
Phoenix, a growing metropolis,
now, I believe,
Building, . . . years,
President,
day,
Quiz 47: Commas
1.
2.
3.
4.
P
P
P
P
time,
apples, peaches, pears,
students,
elaborate,
day,
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
P
P
P
P
P
P
groceries, . . . children,
charming,
course,
studying,”
success,
Georgiana, . . . miles,
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
P
P
C
P
P
P
conditioning, . . . humankind,
Nevertheless,
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
themselves, and
ordinary, determined
border, the
widely, but
Instead, they . . . poor, desperate
organize, they
suffering, the
The Grapes of Wrath, the
published, it
appeal, one
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
business;
Murders,
sought;
tremendous;
C
perish;
interviewed;
last,
die,
with;
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
brave;
summer,
recorder;
handsome,
C
soon,
shop; or shop,
determinism;
today;
C
Mrs. Erskine, . . . student,
forecasters, for my money,
society, . . . trendiness,
Quiz 48: Commas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Steinbeck, a great American writer, Salinas,
setting, he
works, he
workers, and
novel, The Grapes of Wrath,
Oklahoma, a
hit, . . . the executives, who
California, the
California, these
trip, which . . . book, is . . . suffering,
compassion, and
Quiz 49: Commas and Semicolons
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
slick;
loan;
C
circumstances;
pilot,
C
Phoenix, Arizona;
field,
late,
situation,
Quiz 50: Commas and Semicolons
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
C
interesting,
jump,
countries;
Oklahoma;
teachers;
rain;
carrier;
Twain;
responsible;
Quiz 51: Commas and Semicolons
1. C—relatives,
2. S—son;
3. S—secretary;
4. S—adults;
5. C—move,
6. C—people,
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
S—him; or him,
C—scientists,
S—rational;
S—speed;
C—fell,
S—destruction;
C—exciting,
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
C—talent,
S—seriously;
S—outward;
C—election,
C—Darwin,
S—unit;
S—scientists;
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
P
P
P
C
P
P
P
P
C
P
Quiz 52: Other Types of Punctuation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
P
P
P
C
P
C
C
P
P
C
“But . . . more”
“No . . . me”
really?
[1643]
“Stop . . . around!”
was—you must believe me!—not
[207 B.C.]
mistake.”
list:
show:
Misfortune/bad luck
Power-sharing,
age-old
ever-vigilant
Quiz 53: Punctuation and Capitalization
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(P)
(end p)
(lc)
(P)
(apos)
(lc)
C
(P)
(P)
(apos)
married state
alone.
truly strong
words,
person’s,
of
giving, caring,
married state
person’s
9. (lc)
(P)
10. (P)
11. (cap)
12. (apos, P)
13. (P)
(P)
14. C
15. (P)
16. (caps)
beautiful sunset
solitude,
In addition,
Browning
burdens:
Indeed,
leisure time
couple:
Second Avenue
Quiz 54: Punctuation and Capitalization
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
“In . . . men.”
day’s
Lebensraum
It’s
‘Stop’ or stop
birds’
it’s
Billy Budd
“Ode . . . Nightingale”?
London’s
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
he?
cave-in
7’s
Marciano—
interviewed:
Engels—were—
Romantic period
Independence
English
Aunt