Exam 11: Identifying Parts of Speech in Sentences
Exam 1: The Writing Process: Stage One10 Questions
Exam 2: Descriptive Narration: Moving Through Space and Time30 Questions
Exam 3: Exemplification: Writing With Examples30 Questions
Exam 4: Analysis by Division: Examining the Parts30 Questions
Exam 5: Process Analysis20 Questions
Exam 6: Cause and Effect: Determining Reasons and Outcomes40 Questions
Exam 7: Classification50 Questions
Exam 8: Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences40 Questions
Exam 9: Definition: Clarifying Terms40 Questions
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Exam 11: Identifying Parts of Speech in Sentences640 Questions
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Write the correct verb in the blank. The last thing the board wanted was to have the president (rise, raise) from her chair and start the ticker tape.
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Write the correct pronoun in the blank. For short distances, an alligator can run faster than (we, us).
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Identify the part of speech of each italicized and bold-printed word or group of words by placing the appropriate abbreviations in the blanks.
In the center of the park stood the statue of Washington. _________, _________.

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In each blank, write D for dangling modifier or M for misplaced modifier. Looking for the lost keys, the missing corkscrew turned up.
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Write the correct verb in the blank. The group at the church whispered that he had (drank, drunk) himself to death.
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In each blank, write D for dangling modifier or M for misplaced modifier. I was only late two minutes.
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Combine each group of sentences into a single sentence. Use coordination, subordination, or one of the other ways of combining ideas. The reality is harsh. Life is lonely and nightmarish.
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Write the appropriate identification in each blank.
OK correct
CS comma splice
RO run-on
FRAG fragment
He was old nevertheless he decided to become a knight.
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Insert all necessary commas or semicolons in the following sentences. She thanked Khanh Doan, the editor; Raquel Perez, the critic; Richard Varay, her secretary and Walter Ross, her agent.
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Write the simple subject, without modifiers, in the first blank; write the verb in the second blank. Some sentences have compound subjects, compound verbs, or both. Way up the steep mountain path stood Seth. _________, _________.
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Insert all necessary commas in the following sentences. Their will to survive is personified by Steinbeck's description of an ordinary determined turtle trying to cross a road.
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If the sentence is correct, write OK in the blank. If the sentence has a problem with pronoun reference, write the incorrect pronoun in the blank. Lorenzo's leaving his clothes around the house made his mother angry.
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In each blank, write D for dangling modifier, M for misplaced modifier, or OK for correct sentence. Irene rejected his proposal and dr ove away from her suitor with screeching wheels.
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Write the correct verb in the blank. Next week I will (lie, lay) the foundation for the new room.
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One word in each sentence should be omitted or corrected. Write the word that should be omitted or the correction in the blank. No one except the teacher liked those kind of plays.
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Indicate the kind of sentence by writing the appropriate abbreviation in each blank.
S simple
CP compound
CX complex
CC compound-complex. While I watched, Otto drove into the yard, and Caroline rushed out to greet him.
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One punctuation mark or capital letter is omitted in each of the following sentences. Insert them as needed. (Pairs of quotation marks are considered one unit.) Tina had only three regrets in her life dropping out of culinary arts school, giving away her signed copy of Alice in Wonderland , and getting a Tweety Bird tattoo on her left shoulder.
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One punctuation mark or capital letter is omitted in each of the following sentences. Insert them as needed. (Pairs of quotation marks are considered one unit.) One of my favorite artworks in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is Vincent Van Goghs painting Roses .
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Write the correct pronoun in the blank. Either Curtis or his friends lost (his, their) way to the beach.
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Write the simple subject, without modifiers, in the first blank; write the verb in the second blank. Some sentences have compound subjects, compound verbs, or both. They danced and sang far into the night. _________, _________.
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