lesson 1.12 - voices of modernism
(1920s to 1940s) unit test
how is a participle formed?Answer - from a verb
identify the participial phrase in the sentence below.
picking up the pen, he signed his name on the guestbook.Answer - picking up the pen
what is a gerund?Answer - a verb form that is used as a noun
decide whether the sentence contains a misplaced and/or dangling modifier or no error.
having flipped the canoe, all the camping gear was lost in the river.Answer - dangling
identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.
/jacob had to buy a new cell phone/ after dropping his old one in the pool.Answer -
independent clause
identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.
/the children built a sandcastle/ while their father read a book.Answer - independent
clause
an adverbial clause is a subordinate clause that is used as an adverb to modify a verb,
an adjective, or a(n)Answer - adverb
an infinitive can be used as all of the following exceptAnswer - as a direct object
read the following passage from "the chrysanthemums" by john steinbeck.
"it must be nice," she said. "it must be very nice. i wish women could do such things."
"it ain't the right kind of life for a woman."
her upper lip raised a little, showing her teeth. "how do you know? how can you tell?
she said.
"i don't know, ma'am," he protested. "of course i don't know. now here's your kettles,
done. you don't have to buy no new ones."
"how much?"
"oh, fifty cents'll do. i keep my prices down and my work good. that's why i have all them
satisfied customers up and down the highway."
, elisa brought him a fifty-cent piece from the house and dropped it in his hand. "you
might be surprised to have a rival some time. i can sharpen scissors, too. and i can beat
the dents out of little pots. i could show you what a women might do."
he put his hammer back in the oily box and shoved the little anvil out of sight. "it would
be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under
the wagon all night." he climbed over the single-tree, steadying himself in the seat,
picked up the lines. "thank you kindly ma'am," he said. "i'll do like you told me; i'll go
back and catch the salinas road..." the wagon turned and crawled out the entrance road
and back the way it had come, along the river.
elisa stood in front of her wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. her
shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene
came vaguely into them. her lips moved silently, forming the words, "good-bye-- good-
bye." then she whispered: "that's a bright direction. there's a glowing there."
the passage suggest that in elisa's time and place, men and womenAnswer - had to
choose work based on their gender
read the following passage from "the chrysanthemums" by john steinbeck.
"it must be nice," she said. "it must be very nice. i wish women could do such things."
"it ain't the right kind of life for a woman."
her upper lip raised a little, showing her teeth. "how do you know? how can you tell?
she said.
"i don't know, ma'am," he protested. "of course i don't know. now here's your kettles,
done. you don't have to buy no new ones."
"how much?"
"oh, fifty cents'll do. i keep my prices down and my work good. that's why i have all them
satisfied customers up and down the highway."
elisa brought him a fifty-cent piece from the house and dropped it in his hand. "you
might be surprised to have a rival some time. i can sharpen scissors, too. and i can beat
the dents out of little pots. i could show you what a women might do."
he put his hammer back in the oily box and shoved the little anvil out of sight. "it would
be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under
the wagon all night." he climbed over the single-tree, steadying himself in the seat,
picked up the lines. "thank you kindly ma'am," he said. "i'll do like you told me; i'll go
back and catch the salinas road..." the wagon turned and crawled out the entrance road
and back the way it had come, along the river.
elisa stood in front of her wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. her
shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene
came vaguely into them. her lips moved silently, forming the words, "good-bye-- good-
bye." then she whispered: "that's a bright direction. there's a glowing there."
all the following words describe how elisa feels in the passage exceptAnswer - content
read the following passage from "the chrysanthemums" by john steinbeck.
(1920s to 1940s) unit test
how is a participle formed?Answer - from a verb
identify the participial phrase in the sentence below.
picking up the pen, he signed his name on the guestbook.Answer - picking up the pen
what is a gerund?Answer - a verb form that is used as a noun
decide whether the sentence contains a misplaced and/or dangling modifier or no error.
having flipped the canoe, all the camping gear was lost in the river.Answer - dangling
identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.
/jacob had to buy a new cell phone/ after dropping his old one in the pool.Answer -
independent clause
identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.
/the children built a sandcastle/ while their father read a book.Answer - independent
clause
an adverbial clause is a subordinate clause that is used as an adverb to modify a verb,
an adjective, or a(n)Answer - adverb
an infinitive can be used as all of the following exceptAnswer - as a direct object
read the following passage from "the chrysanthemums" by john steinbeck.
"it must be nice," she said. "it must be very nice. i wish women could do such things."
"it ain't the right kind of life for a woman."
her upper lip raised a little, showing her teeth. "how do you know? how can you tell?
she said.
"i don't know, ma'am," he protested. "of course i don't know. now here's your kettles,
done. you don't have to buy no new ones."
"how much?"
"oh, fifty cents'll do. i keep my prices down and my work good. that's why i have all them
satisfied customers up and down the highway."
, elisa brought him a fifty-cent piece from the house and dropped it in his hand. "you
might be surprised to have a rival some time. i can sharpen scissors, too. and i can beat
the dents out of little pots. i could show you what a women might do."
he put his hammer back in the oily box and shoved the little anvil out of sight. "it would
be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under
the wagon all night." he climbed over the single-tree, steadying himself in the seat,
picked up the lines. "thank you kindly ma'am," he said. "i'll do like you told me; i'll go
back and catch the salinas road..." the wagon turned and crawled out the entrance road
and back the way it had come, along the river.
elisa stood in front of her wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. her
shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene
came vaguely into them. her lips moved silently, forming the words, "good-bye-- good-
bye." then she whispered: "that's a bright direction. there's a glowing there."
the passage suggest that in elisa's time and place, men and womenAnswer - had to
choose work based on their gender
read the following passage from "the chrysanthemums" by john steinbeck.
"it must be nice," she said. "it must be very nice. i wish women could do such things."
"it ain't the right kind of life for a woman."
her upper lip raised a little, showing her teeth. "how do you know? how can you tell?
she said.
"i don't know, ma'am," he protested. "of course i don't know. now here's your kettles,
done. you don't have to buy no new ones."
"how much?"
"oh, fifty cents'll do. i keep my prices down and my work good. that's why i have all them
satisfied customers up and down the highway."
elisa brought him a fifty-cent piece from the house and dropped it in his hand. "you
might be surprised to have a rival some time. i can sharpen scissors, too. and i can beat
the dents out of little pots. i could show you what a women might do."
he put his hammer back in the oily box and shoved the little anvil out of sight. "it would
be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under
the wagon all night." he climbed over the single-tree, steadying himself in the seat,
picked up the lines. "thank you kindly ma'am," he said. "i'll do like you told me; i'll go
back and catch the salinas road..." the wagon turned and crawled out the entrance road
and back the way it had come, along the river.
elisa stood in front of her wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. her
shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene
came vaguely into them. her lips moved silently, forming the words, "good-bye-- good-
bye." then she whispered: "that's a bright direction. there's a glowing there."
all the following words describe how elisa feels in the passage exceptAnswer - content
read the following passage from "the chrysanthemums" by john steinbeck.
