ALTERNATE TEST – Flashcards
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A noun indicates the action in a sentence.
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False
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A pronoun is a noun substitute.
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True
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All adverbs end in -ly.
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False
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Adjectives modify nouns, pronouns, and other adjectives.
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False
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Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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True
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Prepositional phrases are modifiers.
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True
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Many of the parts of speech may be used as interjections.
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True
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A coordinating conjunction introduces a subordinate clause.
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False
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Adding suffixes like -al, -ly, and -ous to nouns usually turns those nouns into adjectives.
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True
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Adverbs tell when, where, how, and why.
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True
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Adverbs ending in -ly indicate how or how much.
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True
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action happening now, today
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present tense
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action completed during the present time
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present perfect tense
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action expected to happen
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future tense
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action completed before a set time in the past
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past perfect tense
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action completed before a set time in the future
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future perfect tense
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action completed in an earlier time period
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past tense
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The principal parts of a(n) verb are formed by adding -ed, -d , or -t to the present part.
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regular
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The principal part which never uses an auxiliary to form a tense is the past part.
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The auxiliary word which can be used only as a modal is may.
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In the active voice the subject acts, but in the passive voice, the subject receives the action.
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If I were you, I would take advantage of the extra time you have.
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Subjunctive
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Use your time wisely.
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Imperative
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He uses his time wisely.
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Indicative
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The present tense of lay is the same as the past tense of lie.
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True
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requires a receiver of action
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transitive verb
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introduces adjective clauses
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relative pronoun
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who, whose, whom, which, what
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interrogative pronouns
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indicates an unspecified person or thing
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indefinite pronoun
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a word which is both a pronoun and an adjective
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pronominal adjective
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used for subjects and subject complements
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nominative case
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prepositional phrase acting as adjective
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adjective phrase
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prepositional phrase acting as adverb
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adverb phrase
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word punctuated like a sentence, showing strong feeling
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interjection
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a word which links words, phrases, or clauses of the same type
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conjunction
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A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses.
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A complex sentence has a main clause and at least one dependent clause.
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A simple sentence has one subject-verb relationship.
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A modifier is a word or group of words that describes another word or group of words.
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Transitive active and transitive passive sentences both have a receiver of the action.
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True
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A sentence containing a linking verb also has a subject complement (predicate noun/adjective).
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True
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A sentence containing an intransitive verb has an indirect object.
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False
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A complex sentence combines two independent clauses.
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False
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A semicolon is necessary in a compound sentence if a coordinating conjunction is not used.
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True
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A simple sentence can have a compound subject.
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True
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A subject complement cannot be a noun substitute.
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False
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Adjectives modify nouns, pronouns, and often adjectives.
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False
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In an English sentence, what does a subject usually precede?
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verb and direct object
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The simple predicate is the same thing as the _____.
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verb
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Which of the following is not a complement, either of the verb or the subject?
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object of the preposition
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The direct object and the subject complement both answer the questions what or who.
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The direct object comes after an action verb while the subjective complement comes after a linking verb.
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The indirect object always comes between the verb and the direct object.
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The indirect object answers the question "to or for whom?"
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It is impossible to have an indirect object without a subject, transitive verb, and a(n)
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direct object
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The objective complement comes after the direct object.
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A participle, a gerund, or an infinitive may be used as a noun substitute.
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False
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The present participle form and the gerund form are identical.
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True
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Introductory participial phrases and adverb clauses are set off from main clauses by commas.
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True
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The infinitive functions either as an adjective or as a noun.
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False
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Of the three clause types, the adverb clause is the most easily moved in the sentence.
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True
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Words like because, as if , and although introduce noun clauses.
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False
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An adjective clause modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb.
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False
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A dependent clause has a subject and verb but does not represent a complete thought.
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True
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In what ways can a noun clause operate?
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direct object indirect object subject compliment
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Which of the following is not one of the eight parts of speech?
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direct object
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Choose the sentence elements that can be used as nouns.
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infinitive gerund noun clause
