CLEP COLLEGE COMPOSITION
EXAMPREP 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ Sentence boundaries have to do with? Answer: Comma splice, run-
ons, sentence fragments
◉ Concord/agreement has to do with? Answer: Pronoun reference, case
shift and number, subject-verb, verb tense
◉ What are the four types of sentences? Answer: Simple, compound,
complex, and compound-complex
◉ What are simple sentences? Answer: Consist of a subject and a
predicate
◉ What are clauses? Answer: A subject and a predicate, when it can
stand alone it is an independent clause
◉ When a clause cannot stand alone it is a what? Answer: Dependent
(subordinate) clause
◉ What is a compound sentence? Answer: Two independent clauses
joined together by a conjunction
◉ What are the conjunctions? Answer: or, and, but, for, so, yet, not
,◉ What are complex sentences? Answer: made up of an independent
clause with one or more dependent clauses
◉ Independent clauses can be linked by the relative pronouns ___
Answer: who, whoever, that or which
◉ When an independent clause is linked by the relative pronouns, they
are linking ___ Answer: adjective phrases
◉ The independent clause can also be linked by conjunctions to create
what? Answer: adverb clauses and some other types of clauses
◉ Linking conjunctions may include: Answer: before, after, if, because,
unless, as
◉ What is a compound-complex sentence? Answer: A sentence has two
or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
◉ What is parallelisms? Answer: A word or phrase that is repeated in a
sentence functions in the same way in another part of the sentence
◉ Conjunctions in which parallelisms can be seen: Answer: not only but
also, whether or, either or, neither not, the more the more, both and
, ◉ What is a comma splice? Answer: two complete sentences joined by a
comma
◉ What is a run-on sentence? Answer: Two independent clauses run
together without punctuation or a conjunction
◉ What is a fragment? Answer: an incomplete sentence
◉ What are the different types of agreement? Answer: Pronoun
reference, case shift and number, subject verb, and verb tense
◉ What is pronoun reference? Answer: Agreement in person refers to
the relationship between the pronoun/subject and the corresponding verb
◉ What are the demonstrative pronouns? Answer: this, that, these and
those
◉ What is agreement in case? Answer: has to do with the correct use of
a noun or pronoun in a sentence
◉ What is agreement in gender? Answer: referring to being gender
neutral when you right
◉ What is agreement in number? Answer: relationship of different parts
of speech and whether they are singular or plural
EXAMPREP 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ Sentence boundaries have to do with? Answer: Comma splice, run-
ons, sentence fragments
◉ Concord/agreement has to do with? Answer: Pronoun reference, case
shift and number, subject-verb, verb tense
◉ What are the four types of sentences? Answer: Simple, compound,
complex, and compound-complex
◉ What are simple sentences? Answer: Consist of a subject and a
predicate
◉ What are clauses? Answer: A subject and a predicate, when it can
stand alone it is an independent clause
◉ When a clause cannot stand alone it is a what? Answer: Dependent
(subordinate) clause
◉ What is a compound sentence? Answer: Two independent clauses
joined together by a conjunction
◉ What are the conjunctions? Answer: or, and, but, for, so, yet, not
,◉ What are complex sentences? Answer: made up of an independent
clause with one or more dependent clauses
◉ Independent clauses can be linked by the relative pronouns ___
Answer: who, whoever, that or which
◉ When an independent clause is linked by the relative pronouns, they
are linking ___ Answer: adjective phrases
◉ The independent clause can also be linked by conjunctions to create
what? Answer: adverb clauses and some other types of clauses
◉ Linking conjunctions may include: Answer: before, after, if, because,
unless, as
◉ What is a compound-complex sentence? Answer: A sentence has two
or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
◉ What is parallelisms? Answer: A word or phrase that is repeated in a
sentence functions in the same way in another part of the sentence
◉ Conjunctions in which parallelisms can be seen: Answer: not only but
also, whether or, either or, neither not, the more the more, both and
, ◉ What is a comma splice? Answer: two complete sentences joined by a
comma
◉ What is a run-on sentence? Answer: Two independent clauses run
together without punctuation or a conjunction
◉ What is a fragment? Answer: an incomplete sentence
◉ What are the different types of agreement? Answer: Pronoun
reference, case shift and number, subject verb, and verb tense
◉ What is pronoun reference? Answer: Agreement in person refers to
the relationship between the pronoun/subject and the corresponding verb
◉ What are the demonstrative pronouns? Answer: this, that, these and
those
◉ What is agreement in case? Answer: has to do with the correct use of
a noun or pronoun in a sentence
◉ What is agreement in gender? Answer: referring to being gender
neutral when you right
◉ What is agreement in number? Answer: relationship of different parts
of speech and whether they are singular or plural
