ACCUPLACER Writing Test Study Guide 47 Questions with Verified Answers,100% CORRECT

ACCUPLACER Writing Test Study Guide 47 Questions with Verified Answers What are a VERBS 3 main functions? - CORRECT ANSWER movement, action, and state of being What is a linking verb? - CORRECT ANSWER A linking verb, is a verb that links a word that give additional info to the subject. What is the linking verb? : Connie seems sad. - CORRECT ANSWER SEEMS is the linking verb What is the linking verb? : The meat smelled funny. - CORRECT ANSWER SMELLED is the linking verb What punctuation mark is used to show possession? - CORRECT ANSWER Apostrophes If a plural noun ends in 's', where will the apostrophe be? - CORRECT ANSWER An apostrophe will come at the end of the 's'. Ex: The students' hat If the plural noun does NOT end in 's' where will the apostrophe be? - CORRECT ANSWER The apostrophe will come after the word followed by an 's'. Ex: The men's meeting When the noun is singular, where will the apostrophe be? - CORRECT ANSWER The apostrophe will come after the word followed by an 's'. Ex: Student's hat Which one is correct? : Texas's or Texas' - CORRECT ANSWER EITHER!! It is not required to put the extra 's' but it tends to be customary. What are COMMAS 3 primary functions? - CORRECT ANSWER Separate clauses; join independent clauses; and are used to avoid confusion. What's a clause? - CORRECT ANSWER A piece of the sentence. What's a dependent clause? - CORRECT ANSWER A clause that cannot stand alone in a sentence. What's an independent clause? - CORRECT ANSWER A clause that can stand alone, as a sentence. Name a use for a dependent clause. - CORRECT ANSWER Dependent clauses are used as an intro to a sentence. What's the dependent clause? : Before the game, Jimmy ate a healthy breakfast. - CORRECT ANSWER BEFORE THE GAME is the dependent clause. What are conjunctions? - CORRECT ANSWER They join words or groups of words; usually joined with a comma. Ex: and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet. Where do the commas go? : I want to eat chicken broccoli and corn for dinner. - CORRECT ANSWER I want to eat CHICKEN , BROCCOLI , and corn for dinner. What is the usage of semicolons? - CORRECT ANSWER To separate two closely related independent clauses within a sentence; to separate complicated items in a list. What is an adverbial phrase? - CORRECT ANSWER A group of words that play the role of an adverb; adverbial phrases do not have a subject or verb. What an adverb clause? - CORRECT ANSWER A group of words that play the role of an adverb; adverb clauses have a subject and verb. What's the adverb clause? : When I complete this task, we can go. - CORRECT ANSWER WHEN I COMPLETE THIS TASK is the adverb clause. What's the adverbial phrase? : In a moment, the pizza will be ready. - CORRECT ANSWER IN A MOMENT is the adverbial phrase. What's the Adjective, what's the Adverb? : I work in an extremely tall building. - CORRECT ANSWER ADJ = Tall ADV = Extremely What's the Adjective, what's the Adverb? : He wrote a very concise summary. - CORRECT ANSWER ADJ = Concise ADV = Very What do you use less for? - CORRECT ANSWER Things that are NOT countable. What do you us fewer for? - CORRECT ANSWER Things that ARE countable. What's a fragment? - CORRECT ANSWER An incomplete sentence or thought that cannot stand on its own. Ex: The beautiful blooming daisy in my yard. What's a Run-on sentence? - CORRECT ANSWER A sentence that should be written as two sentences. Ex: John and Mary had so much fun they went to the fair and rode rides and ate cotton candy. What's an Idiom? - CORRECT ANSWER A type of figurative language; has a meaning; has a meaning other than the literal meaning; used to add color to writing. Ex: Break a leg. What's an Italic? - CORRECT ANSWER Sets apart words and phrases from surrounding words; distinguishes a word or phrase. Ex: I loved Black Beauty(black beauty would be italicized) when I was eleven What's an Ellipses? - CORRECT ANSWER Three dots (...) used in formal writing to shoe that words are missing; leaving out long part of a quote (be sure not to change the meaning). Ex: (Takin' from a longer quote and shortened) "I cannot help it ... I love her against reason." Where is the misplaced modifier and where does it go?: The teacher said that eating fruit is good for you in class. - CORRECT ANSWER IN CLASS is the misplaced modifier. The correct sentence: The teacher said in class that eating fruit is good for you. What is a Subordinating Conjunction? - CORRECT ANSWER Is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause. Ex: that, although, until, since, etc. Where is the Subordinating Conjunction?: The organization will exist as long as there is ample funding. - CORRECT ANSWER AS LONG AS is the subordinating conjunction. TRANSITIONS WORDS: Addition - CORRECT ANSWER next, in addition Ex: Next, bake the cookies for ten minutes. TRANSITION WORDS: Summary - CORRECT ANSWER in conclusion, finally TRANSITION WORDS: Sequence - CORRECT ANSWER later, then TRANSITION WORDS: Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER although, meanwhile Ex: Although, I enjoy the outdoors, I do not like to run. Why is the purpose of TRANSITIONS in writing? - CORRECT ANSWER Provides a smooth flow from one, paragraph, idea, or sentence to another; to show how things are related. What is the past, present, future, and past participle tense of WALK? - CORRECT ANSWER Past = WALKED Present = WALKS Future = WILL WALK Past Participle = HAS WALKED What's is a predicate? - CORRECT ANSWER The predicate shows what the action is going tobe. Where is the predicate?: The friends hike frequently. - CORRECT ANSWER HIKE is the predicate. Where is the predicate?: The friends hike and camp. - CORRECT ANSWER HIKE and CAMP are the predicate. What is a preposition? - CORRECT ANSWER A preposition is a word that shows direction (to in "a letter to you"), location (at in "at the door"), or time (by in "by noon"), or that introduces an object (of in "a basket of apples"). Where is the preposition?: The Squirrel is in the tree. - CORRECT ANSWER IN is the preposition. What is the object of the preposition? - CORRECT ANSWER The object of a preposition is a noun, noun phrase, clause, or pronoun that follows a preposition and gives it meaning. Where is the object of the preposition?: The squirrel is in the tree. - CORRECT ANSWER TREE is the object of the prepositions.