EDITION): ENGLISH - KNOWLEDGE OF
LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY
ACQUISITION QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
In informational and persuasive writing, body paragraphs should
typically do 3 things: correct answer 1. Make a point.
2. Illustrate the point with facts, quotations, or examples.
3. Explain how this evidence relates to the point.
T/F: When a subordinate clause begins the sentence, there should be a
comma before the main clause. If the subordinate clause ends the
sentence, there is no need for a comma. correct answer True.
The writing process involves which steps? correct answer prewriting
drafting
revising
editing
What are parts of speech? correct answer A part of speech is a category
of words that have the same grammatical properties. Some of the main
parts of speech for words in the English language are: nouns, adjectives,
verbs, and adverbs.
, What are prefixes? correct answer The letters added to the beginning
of a root word to make a new word with a different meaning.
Prefixes on their own have meanings, too. If you add a prefix to a root
word, it can change its meaning entirely.
What are some coordinating conjunctions? correct answer FANBOYS
(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
What are suffixes? correct answer Letters added to the end of a root
word to make a new word with a different meaning.
Suffixes on their own have meanings, too. If you add a suffix to a root
word, it can change its meaning entirely.
What are the types of clauses used to created sentences? correct
answer 1. independent clauses.
2. dependent clauses and subordinate clauses.
3. coordinate clauses.
What is a complex sentence? correct answer A sentence that is made
up of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
connected to it.