Ms.Sue can you check my answers,I just want to make sure they were right.
Which answers? Are you talking about questions you posted? What time was the post?
1. Which one of the following groups of words is a fragment?
A. Strolling in the park on a summer afternoon.
B. Talking on the phone is her favorite pastime.
C. In December, we usually take a skiing trip.
D. The Carters enjoy vacationing at the lake.
A?
2. What is the simple subject of the following sentence?
Then, glancing upward at Lady Weathers's face, he saw a look of consternation.
A. face
B. Lady Weathers's
C. he
D. consternation
C?
3. In which one of the following sentences is the simple subject also the complete subject?
A. Cory drove to Middleton in his search for Eloise.
B. Large and small dinosaurs stalked the grassy plains.
C. Detectives Homer Fry and Janine Small looked high and low for clues.
D. Crocodiles, quiet as logs, lurked on the riverbank.
A?
(1) To James, good form came above all else. (2) Therefore, on being introduced to Lady Weathers, he bowed, took her hand, and kissed it lightly. (3) Then, glancing upward at Lady Weathers's face, he saw a look of consternation. (4) Blushing with embarassment, James noticed the morsel of green on the back of her hand. (5) Gasping out awkward apologies, James excused himself and rushed to the restroom. (6) Gazing into the mirror, he discovered bits of parsley on his front teeth. (7) Frowning with disgust, James saw he had been made a fool of by an ineptly consumed canapé. (8) "Well," he thought to himself, "Tommorow is another day." (9) But, from that day, he realized that good form was best tempered by caution or, at least, a wiser choice of finger food.
4. Which two sentences contain misspelled words?
A. Sentences 4 and 8
B. Sentences 6 and 8
C. Sentences 2 and 4
D. Sentences 7 and 8
A?
Correct.
7. In which sentence is a homophone used correctly?
A. Wherever you go, their you are.
B. He could not break quickly enough to avoid the accident.
C. I would not want to be there mother.
D. He replaced the brake lining.
D?
Right again.
8. A simple subject can be either a noun or a/an
A. adjective.
B. adverb.
C. pronoun.
D. verb.
8.C?
This question is based on the following paragraph:
(1) We decided to climb Mt. Rainer, but it was a long, hard journey to Washington State from Medford, Oregon. (2) We were worried about our likely sucess in the cold enviroment of the upper slopes. (3) For one thing, Marty was broke and anxius about having warm clothes for climbing. (4) To solve that problem, the rest of us choose to chip in and get him good cold-whether gear. (5) At last, we set off for Mt. Rainer. (6) But, when we arrived, it was snowing hard. (7) A local guide recommended that we spend the night in a motel in Tacoma.
9. Which one of the following words is a synonym for the word hard in sentence 1?
A. Difficult
B. Solid
C. Easy
D. Hollow
9.A?
10. In which one of the following sentences is a word misspelled?
A. I spend my leisure time reading books.
B. Laticia weighed herself on the bathroom scale.
C. Spanish isn't a foreign language if you're Mexican.
D. Niether Lois nor Clark believed in Superman.
10.D?
This question is based on the following sentence:
Either Mark or his students _______ on the ferry boat.
11. If you want to use the present tense, which word would best fill the blank?
A. were
B. is
C. are
D. was
11.C?
12. Which one of the following words is a singular verb?
A. Fly
B. Sees
C. Shirts
D. Walk
12.B?
13. Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?
A. Brake and break
B. Dessert and desert
C. Right and correct
D. Blight and bright
13.A?
14. Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?
A. Evelyn was not familiar with the procedure.
B. Every autumn we visit a quaint inn near Boston.
C. What would you like for desert?
D. Joshua could give no good reason for his absence.
14.C?
15. Which one of the following sentences includes an error in subject-verb agreement?
A. Neither Hannibal nor her pups is in the kitchen.
B. Either June or her children are going to the movie tonight.
C. Laverne, who's married, and Shirley, who's single, both walk their dogs.
D. Carrie and Lucille work in the cafeteria.
15.A?
16. In which sentence is a homophone used correctly?
A. How many ours do we have to wait?
B. Karen's new dog had flees.
C. If you ask me, there's no hobby like fishing.
D. The old miner was lost in the dessert.
16.C?
17. Which one of the following complete subjects agrees with the predicate
"has learned Spanish"?
A. Jennifer and her class
B. Either Samuel or his children
C. The twins, Tina and Terry,
D. Neither Jane nor Henry
17.D?
18. Which one of the following sentences is interrogative?
A. The canned tuna is in the pantry.
B. What will you do when the well goes dry?
C. I passed the entrance examination!
D. Be so kind as to feed my dog.
18.B?
19. What is the purpose of the following sentence?
I think it would be best to study the problem carefully.
A. It gives a command.
B. It raises a questions.
C. It shows strong emotion.
D. It makes a statement.
19.D?
20. Which one of the following is a run-on sentence?
A. I'm not a fan of wrestling, but Leslie is.
B. I think Frank might be too busy he likes to make people think he's smart.
C. I would talk to Frank if I knew him, but people don't ever talk to him.
D. Jerry told me he likes June, but Hank likes Julie better.
20.B?
Ms.Sue could you check my answers,and if there is wrong ones please tell me.Thank you! :-)
All are right!
In which one of the following sentences does the verb agree with the subject?
A. There is a million reasons why I shouldn't go.
B. The book that explains the plays is on the shelf.
C. Who is the people in the photograph?
D. Here is the reasons we can't start the car.