1. Which of these is a run-on sentence?
A. You and I and the whole team will go.
B. I went home and ate and ate.
C. I thought about what he'd said soon I realized he was right.
D. Before lunch, I played volleyball; after lunch I did again.
2. Which of the following topics would lend itself only to a formal style of writing?
A. How I Lost 10 Pounds
B. Why Living in the Country Is Better Than Living in the City
C. Folk Songs I Have Sung
D. Psychological Effects of Nuclear Weapons
3. Which of the following is true regarding audience?
A. Words and examples must be chosen appropriately to address the audience.
B. Consideration of the audience is less important than the message of an essay.
C. An author should write for himself first; the audience is secondary.
D. If you don't address your intended audience, there is still a good chance that your message will be conveyed successfully.
4. The addition of which of the following sentences would create an effective paragraph?
Planning a party can be an easy task. First, the host should create a guest list. Second, decorations for the venue should planned. Third, food should be ordered, keeping the number of guests in mind. _______.
Finally, once the big day comes and the guests arrive, the host should enjoy the company of family and good friends.
A. Fourth, the invitations should be sent.
B. The host should be sure to have various foods available for guests with different tastes.
C. Next, the colors of the decorations should be chosen.
D. Games should be planned.
5. Choose the connective that best completes the following sentence.
I like to play baseball. _______, I can't throw a ball very well.
A. Besides
B. For instance
C. However
D. In fact
6. A group of words that's missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought is called a(n)
A. run-on sentence.
B. sentence fragment.
C. prepositional phrase.
D. independent clause.
7. Which of the following is a declarative sentence?
A. John and Mary are dating!
B. Tell me about John and Mary.
C. John asked Mary to go on a date.
D. Where is John taking Mary on their date?
8. In the metaphor of language as a layer cake (presented in your study unit), which of the following words
could be considered to be a frosting word?
A. Prescient
B. Frequently
C. Honestly
D. Occasionally
9. How are the ideas in the following two sentences tied together?
The best time I had all summer was the night of Sherry's party. The worst was the next day.
A. A connective
B. Word pointers
C. No connection
D. Sentences closely connected in meaning
10. Choose the connective that best completes the sentence.
She left the party early. Afterwards, she went to a movie. _______ she went home.
A. Next
B. Meanwhile
C. Finally
D. First
11. Which of the following is correct regarding use of formal English?
A. When completing a resume, it's best keep the language informal.
B. Formal English is used more frequently in speaking than in writing.
C. Contractions are considered acceptable in any formal document.
D. In formal English, we use words to say precisely what we mean.
12. Which of the following groups of words is a sentence fragment?
A. Stopping by the garden, we saw that the flowers were in bloom.
B. When we stopped by the garden.
C. Stop by the garden.
D. We stopped; she didn't.
13. During the prewriting stage, an author will determine all of the following except
A. purpose.
B. examples.
C. medium.
D. audience.
14. Which of the following is something to check for during the proofreading process?
A. Clichés
B. Negative messages
C. Confused words
D. Generalities
15. Which of the following is a run-on sentence?
A. While the rain was drenching at times, the fans were dedicated and refused to leave.
B. The players continue to work on both hitting and fielding, allowing them to improve both skillsets.
C. The game will be called if the storm continues, the weather is dangerous.
D. The game was tied at halftime; each coach gave his team a pep-talk.
16. Which of the following best illustrates a pair of sentences that are joined by an understood relationship?
A. I don't understand a word you said. Have you taken a course in English literature?
B. Luke put three dollars into the office football pool. He was looking forward to vacation.
C. It rained for ten days and ten nights. Grandmother Grady called a company to drill a well.
D. Detective Smiley scanned the dim hallway. He pulled his pistol from its holster.
17. Two things to keep in mind when you're deciding whether to use formal or informal English are
A. the author and the audience.
B. the occasion and the audience.
C. the opinion and the occasion.
D. the reader and the location.
18. An imperative sentence
A. makes a request.
B. asks a question.
C. makes a statement.
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D. shows emotion.
19. An interjection is always
A. followed by an exclamation point.
B. preceded by preposition.
C. intended to show feeling.
D. related to another word in the sentence.
20. Which of the following is a compound sentence?
A. Anywhere you want to go, we will follow.
B. Do you want to go to the diner?
C. Erin and Maria are going to the mall, and John is going to the movies.
D. After the rain stopped, the girls decided to go to the park.