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The emphasis on writing has increased dramatically because

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business professionals use technology to communicate

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Studying the parts of speech during your study of business English is important because

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the ability to label the parts of speech is a requisite skill for effective communicators in the modern workforce

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A ____ is the part of speech that names a person, place, or thing; additionally, it names qualities, feelings, concepts, activities, and measures.

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noun

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As noun substitutes, ____ provide variety and efficiency.

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pronouns

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When verbs are used in verb phrases, ____ are added.

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helping verbs

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Which type of verb connects to the subject words that describe or rename it?

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linking verb

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Words that describe nouns or pronouns are called

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adjectives

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____ modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs by describing or limiting the meaning of the word modified.

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Adverbs

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The words "in", "of", "to", and "for are some of the most frequently used

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prepositions

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_____ are connecting words that join other words or groups of words.

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conjunctions

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Which part of speech identifies words used to express strong feelings?

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Interjection

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The word expertly

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adverb

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The word drawn

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verb

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The word blueprint

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noun

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The word by

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preposition

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The word well

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interjection

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The word busy

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adjective

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The word on

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preposition

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The word today

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adverb

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Or functions as

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conjunction

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Action verbs show the physical activity of the subject, but linking verbs show the mental activity

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FALSE

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All sentences have at least one verb, and many sentences have more than one verb

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TRUE

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You should learn to recognize objects of prepositions so that you don't confuse them with the sentence subjects

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TRUE

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"I", "we", "they", "his", and "you" are examples of nouns that name people

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FALSE (pronouns)

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Words that describe nouns or pronouns are adnouns

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FALSE

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"By the end of the year"

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Phrase

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In the sentence "The greedy, selfish, cunning Bernard Madoff operated a Ponzi scheme for almost 30 years," the simple subject is

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Bernard Madoff

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In the sentence "The greedy, selfish, cunning Bernard Madoff operated a Ponzi scheme for almost 30 years," the complete subject is

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The greedy, selfish, cunning Bernard Madoff

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In the sentence "The greedy, selfish, cunning Bernard Madoff operated a Ponzi scheme for almost 30 years," the simple predicate is

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operated

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Identify the complete subject in this sentence: "The agent who intercepted the call informed his boss of the potential attack."

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The agent who intercepted the call

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Nancy Harvey created the summer schedule" is a(n)

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independent clause

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Identify the following group of words: "When you interview for a job"

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dependent clause

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Identify the pattern of the following sentence: "Juanita requested a week's vacation for August."

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subject-action verb- direct object

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Identify the pattern of the following sentence: "The top salesperson for August is Svetlana Gyorgi."

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subject-linking verb- complement

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Identify the pattern of the following sentence: "Speaking before a filled house is Mikhaila Prinza."

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inverted

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Classify the following sentence: "High unemployment rates have caused some recent college graduates to continue their educations or to seek careers in unrelated fields."

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simple sentence

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The sentence "Close the door behind you" is a(n) ________ and should be followed by a(n) ________ .

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command; period

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The sentence, "Wow! This browser is wickedly fast" is a(n) ________ and should be followed by a(n)

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exclamation;exclamation mark

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A(n) ________ is a group of words, such as a phrase or clause, punctuated as if it were a complete sentence.

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fragment

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Classify the following sequence of words: "Many businesses are implementing 'green' technologies to reduce energy consumption and to improve energy efficiency, Focus on Energy is one environmental group assisting these businesses."

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comma splice

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Classify the following sequence of words: "We can help you build your own Web page just call our toll-free number today."

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run on sentence

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Identify the sentence type for this word group: "Doctors now use e-mail to communicate with their patients."

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statement

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________ use the exact words of the speaker and require an answer.

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direct questions

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Classify the following sentence: "When the president met with dignitaries from the United Nations, tighter security measures were taken."

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complex sentence

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One important way to improve your writing is to use only one of the four groups of sentence varieties.

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false

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rIn the sentence "We have been receiving numerous complaints about the service," the principal verb is "receiving."

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true

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Sentences may have multiple subjects joined by the conjunctions "and" or "or."

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true

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A sentence fragment joins two independent clauses without proper punctuation.

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false

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The subject in all commands is understood to be "you."

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true

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A ________ noun names specific persons, places, and things.

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proper

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Which sentence is correctly capitalized?

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Does Katniss Everdeen really want to move to Panem?

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________ nouns form the plural by changing the spelling of the word.

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Irregular

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In 2009 Wisconsin passed a domestic partnership law and joined the other states with domestic partner ________ .

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registries

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American ________ represented two American reporters charged with espionage in North Korea.

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attorneys

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Hearst Publishing held a meeting for the ________ of each of its popular magazines.

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editors in chief

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Burglars targeted the ________ in expensive hotels because they hoped to find the guests' expensive jewelry.

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safes

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Which statement is true about nouns borrowed from other languages?

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Foreign language noun plurals can be challenging and sometimes confusing, so they require our special attention

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During the U.S. civil rights movement, many African-American ________ were blown up or set afire.

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churches

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Which of these nouns is always singular?

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Measles

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Which sentence uses possessive nouns correctly?

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My brother-in-law's business is finally showing a profit.

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A ________ jacket had been left in the restaurant lobby.

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woman's

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________ weather is predicted to continue with the oppressive heat that has already taken the lives of 120 California residents.

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Today's

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Identify the sentence that contains an incorrect possessive construction.

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Bill Oye's and Lyn Krause's office is on the first floor.

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Which sentence shows the possessive correctly?

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This year, Groupon's sales are lower than last year's.

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The ____ office is located on the top floor of the Berg Tower.

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editor in chief's

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The ________ roof was damaged by the hail storm on Saturday.

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Pecks'

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Ms. ________ [last name is Horowitz] parking space is adjacent to the Pinions Ballroom.

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Horowitz's

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________ new home is in Minneapolis.

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Brenda and Tom's

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Job applicants updating their ________ should ensure that their résumés include concrete expressions and quantifiable data rather than abstractions.

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portfolios

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Proper nouns are always capitalized.

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True

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Nouns perform an important function in our language. They often serve as simple predicates.

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False

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When forming the plural of numerals, alphabet letters, isolated words, and degrees, the trend is to use "s" or "es" and to use "'s" only when necessary for clarity.

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True

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The title "human resources specialist" does not require an apostrophe because "resources" is a descriptive rather than a possessive noun.

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False

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The first step in using the apostrophe correctly is to look for two nouns that appear together.

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True

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As Americans listened to Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, ________ considered the impact of her Hispanic heritage as a Supreme Court justice.

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we

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Following the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, our college updated ________ safety and emergency response plans.

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its

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The employees wanted the shift supervisor to be ________ .

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him

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Sui-Li has been a supervisor only one week longer than ________ .

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I

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Which sentence is entirely correct?

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When the training occurred, Gerardo and I were abroad on business.

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Which sentence is entirely correct?

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Megawati and Rachel were determined it would not be they who received the lowest scores in class.

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To ________ were the computers and monitors delivered?

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whom

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He blamed ________ for his recent demotion.

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himself

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Which sentence uses "whose" or "who's" correctly?

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Mario is the one whose green Beetle is in the driveway.

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Neither of the companies was willing to withdraw ________ bid to construct the city's new police station.

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its

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Michael Jackson's death must be thoroughly examined by ________ is handling the investigation.

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whoever

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Which sentence is entirely correct?

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Although formerly successful as CEO, Brian Dunn, who had a massive restructuring plan calling for closing 50 of BestBuy's U.S. big-box stores, was forced to resign.

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Which sentence is entirely correct?

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Did the board of directors say whom they would appoint to complete outgoing President Jimenez's term?

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Any of the women can bring ________ children to the company picnic.

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their

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Which sentence uses "whose" or "who's" correctly?

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Whose Macintosh Air is this?

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The jury requested to have ________ lunch break delayed until 2 p.m.

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its

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As soon as the buyer leaves the parking lot with ________ new car, the car begins to lose value.

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the

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The owners asked everybody to remove ________ belongings from the rental property by August 15.

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his or her

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Which statement accurately explains the following sentence: "When Marian followed Karen into the employee lounge, she dropped her coffee."

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This sentence contains unclear pronouns

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Which sentence uses "whose" or "who's" correctly?

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Who's the actress in the Twilight movie?

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When a pronoun has an appositive, the pronoun must be in the subjective case to match the appositive in number and gender.

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False

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When you are uncertain of the antecedent, it's best to use the second-person pronoun "you" or the gender-neutral "they"; for example, "In this supper club, they don't allow you to smoke."

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False

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In the five-step process that makes choosing between "who" and "whom" easier, equating the objective pronoun "him" with "whom" is easy to remember because both end with "m."

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True

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Indefinite pronouns refer to no specific person or object.

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True

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All pronouns in the following sentence are used correctly: "The CEO who's plane is waiting at the airport has left in his or her car."

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False

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Noun

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person, place, thing, qualities, feelings, concepts, activities, and measures

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Pronouns

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I, he, she, you, it- take place of nouns

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Verbs

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express an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. Examples of actions verbs: runs, hits, plays. Examples of linking verbs: am, is, are, was, feels, appears, sounds, seems

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Adjectives

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describe nouns or pronouns. They often answer the questions what kind? how many? and which one? Examples: the black disk, the ten employees, the new car.

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Adverbs

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describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They often answer the question when? how? where? and to what extent? Examples: now, quickly, there, completely

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Prepositions

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join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence Examples: to, for , by, with, from

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Conjunctions

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connect words or groups of words. The coordinating conjunctions are and, or, but, and nor

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Interjections

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express strong feelings. WOW! Oh, gosh!

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Nouns are important in our language because they name persons, places, things, qualities, feelings, concepts, activities, and measures.

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true - nouns are important because the sentences revolve around them.

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Adjectives describe verbs, adverbs, and other adjectives and answer these questions: when? how? where? and to what extent?

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False describe noun or pronouns. what kind? how many? which one? the RED car

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Many words that end in ly are adverbs.

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True quickly, happily, enthusiastically

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The words and, but, or, and nor are prepositions.

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false -coordinating conjunctions

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Because they substitute for nouns, pronouns create variety and efficiency in communications.

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true -without pronouns our language would be cumbersome and would sound repetitive

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Verbs express an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.

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true express an action an occurrence or a state of being he HIT the key the keyboard HAS 104 keys he IS the web designer

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Adjectives often precede nouns because the function of adjectives is to describe nouns.

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true -adjectives come before nouns because thats where the descriptor words are usually placed

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A group of words must have at least one verb to be a complete sentence

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true groups of words without verbs are considered incomplete and unacceptable

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Words such as completely, primarily, and slowly are adjectives

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false these words are adverbs they answer the question how?

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Because English is such a flexible language, many words function as more than one part of speech.

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True the same word can be a verb, noun, or adjective

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Serena has a light schedule on Mondays.

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light functions as an adjective describing the noun schedule

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Serena will light the candles on her birthday cake.

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in this sentence light is part of the verb phrase will light

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Always turn out the light when you leave the storeroom.

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light functions as a noun. notice that it is preceded by the, which often serves as a marker for nouns.

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Read the contract carefully before you sign it.

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carefully functions as an adverb. it tells how to read the contract.

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: You are learning grammar from your English textbook.

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the word from is a preposition. prepositions are connector words

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized words in the following sentence: Students may learn grammar and punctuation from a textbook or from a reference book.

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the words and and or are coordinating conjunctions. they join together equal elements in the sentence

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Does the dealer have a supply of new cell phones on hand?

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supply functions as a noun

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Most websites supply visitors with a contact e-mail address.

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supply functions as a verb. it describes an action of most Web sites

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in this sentence: Be sure to check the authorized supply list before placing an order.

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supply functions as an adjective describing the noun list

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized words in this sentence: She and I will complete the work and give it to you by 5 p.m.

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the words she, I, it, and you are pronouns.

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Identify the part of speech of the italicized words in this sentence: If I work too quickly, I make many mistakes.

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too and quickly are adverbs. they answer, how do i work?

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Simple subject

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a noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about

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complete subject

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simple subject plus all its modifiers The newly hired MANAGER a CUSTOMER who sent an e-mail

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predicate

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a verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject is doing or what is being done to the subject

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complete predicate

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simple predicate plus all its modifiers ORDERED new equipment and supplies MADE a number of suggestions

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phrase

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a group of related words without a subject and a verb examples: in the fall might have been

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independent clause

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A group of related words with a subject and a verb that is grammatically complete example: sara applied for a job

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dependent clause

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a group of related words with a subject and a verb but is not complete example: but she was not hired

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simple sentence

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contains one independent clause (complete thought) sears moved to a new location

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compound sentence

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contains two complete clauses with related thoughts

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complex sentence

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contains an independent clause and a dependent clause

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compound-complex sentence

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contains at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause

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subject-verb

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sara works

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subject- action verb- object

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sara manages our project

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subject- action verb- indirect object

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sara assigned me a task

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subject- linking verb- complement

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sara felt bad

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inverted order

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sitting in front is sara. here is sara.

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fragments

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generally words that are broken off from preceding or succeeding sentences

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comma splice

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results when two independent clauses are incorrectly joined or spliced together with a comma

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run- on sentence

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joins two independent clauses without proper punctuation

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