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Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural form?
A. Halves
B. Prooves
C. Razores
D. Chieves ANS: A. Halves
achieve, belief, chief ANS: I before E
conceive, deceive, perceive ANS: Except after C
their, reign, vein, neigh, weigh ANS: Sounding like A
caffeine, neither, weird ANS: Exceptions for I before E
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
A. The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
B. The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe, and sweet.
C. She spent all afternoon studying for biology test; but she neglected to work on her psychology paper.
D. The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show his art to anyone. ANS: A. The
moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
,a sentence made up of two complete sentences connected to each other with a conjunction and a
comma placed between the first complete sentence and the conjunction joining the next complete
sentence. ANS: compound sentence
connecting words such as and, but, or ANS: Conjunction
Which of the sentences contains a homophone?
A. Each evening, the young woman walked along on the canal path.
B. As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.
C. By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
D. The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher. ANS: C. By Sunday, they were ready to raze the
old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently. ANS: homophone
ate/eight, bare/bear, threw/through, allowed/aloud, course/coarse, seam/seem, their/there/they're,
too/to/two, threw/through, hour/our, know/no, buy/by/bye, meet/meat, blew/blue, threw/through,
its/it's, whole/hole ANS: homophone examples
words that are spelled the same but have different meanings ANS: homographs
bat- sporting equipment or winged animal
content- happy or all that is contained in a writing
,digest- version of a text or to process food ANS: homograph examples
Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?
A. "You should have never invited Neda to the party," said Angelica, "if you didn't want her to run into
Alex."
B. "You should have never invited Neda to the party," said Angelica. "if you didn't want her to run into
Alex."
C. "You should have never invited Neda to the party," said Angelica "if you didn't want her to run into
Alex."
D. "You should have never invited Neda to the party," said Angelica, "If you didn't want her to run into
Alex." ANS: A. "You should have never invited Neda to the party," said Angelica, "if you didn't want her
to run into Alex."
set off spoken or other texts and are used with commas and other punctuation marks. ANS: quotation
marks
Which of the following sentences are correctly punctuated?
A. The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt; its two front feet were on the dining room floor, and its
head swayed back and forth.
B. The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt, its two front feet were on the dining room floor; and its
head swayed back and forth.
C. The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt, its two front feet were on the dining room floor, and its
head swayed back and forth.
, D. The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt; its two front feet were on the dining room floor and its
head swayed back and forth. ANS: A. The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt; its two front feet
were on the dining room floor, and its head swayed back and forth.
at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses ANS: compound-complex sentence
A phrase that can't stand alone as a complete sentence. ANS: dependent clause
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence ANS: independent clause
a punctuation mark (';') used to connect independent clauses ANS: semi-colon
when dependent clause proceeds a independent clause
two words or phrases are separated by this
after Yes or No intro
before a quotation and after
between month/day
when writing a letter in the heading ANS: Commas
Which of the following is an example of a simple sentence?
A. Viruses are made up of a core of malignant nucleic acids.
B. Malignant nucleic acid that is covered by protein.
C. Viruses are made up of a core of malignant nucleic acids, though covered by protein.