Question 1

What is the passive voice? What is the active voice? Give an example of a sentence written in passive voice and the same sentence written in the active voice.

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Question 2

What is a serial comma? Why can it be useful? Is it mandatory to use it in formal writing? Write a sentence that includes a serial comma.

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Question 3

What is the difference between a conjunctive adverb and a coordinating conjunction? What common sentence structure error occurs when we confuse these types of words? Give an example or two.

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Question 4

Which of the following words requires an apostrophe to indicate possession?

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A)  Horses 
B)  Boxes 
C)  CDs 
D)  None of the above

Question 5

The continuous tense usually does not involve which types of verbs?

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A)  Verbs that describe cognition 
B)  Verbs that describe emotional states 
C)  Verbs that describe perception 
D)  All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following sentences appears in passive voice?

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A)  They committed to writing the report. 
B)  The report will be written next week. 
C)  The committee wrote the report. 
D)  The reporters committed to writing.

Question 7

Adverbs such as ever and never often signal the use of which tense?

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A)  Present perfect 
B)  Simple past 
C)  Past perfect 
D)  None of the above

Question 8

In terms of verbs, what is the difference between tense and aspect?

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Question 9

Which coordinating conjunction should you never use with although? Provide an example of these two words not working together and a revised version that only uses one of them.

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Question 10

What is the difference between a run-on sentence and a comma splice? What are the three ways to correct a run-on sentence? Provide an example of a run-on sentence and a corrected version.

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Question 11

Which of the following is written in the passive voice?

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A)  She was elected chair of the board. 
B)  As they slept, the storm hit. 
C)  She sometimes studies calculus. 
D)  The zookeeper shot the bear with a tranquilizer dart.

Question 12

Why does being a good writer not depend on knowledge of grammatical terminology? On the other hand, why is knowledge of grammatical terminology beneficial?

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Question 13

Explain why the placement of a subordinating conjunction matters to the logic of your sentence. Give an example that demonstrates your answer.

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Question 14

Grammatical terms necessary for __________________.

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A)  for understanding parts of speech 
B)  for explaining why a sentence is not well formed 
C)  for explaining how a sentence works 
D)  B and C

Question 15

What is aspect in terms of grammar?

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A)  A reference to time 
B)  A verb ending 
C)  An indication of whether an action is completed 
D)  A group of verb tenses

Exam 7: Grammar and Sentence Structure