1. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
A. The local police asked the F.B.I. to assist with the case.
(B). Mr. Jones visited the YMCA before becoming a member.
C. Mary remembered to buy milk didn't she?
D. The company held it's annual party at the convention center.
2. Which sentence uses the passive voice?
(A). The tree was planted by Mary.
B. Lies destroy friendship.
C. The rain continued until dawn.
D. John searched for a job.
3. What is the simple subject in this sentence?
The Saturn rocket made travel to the moon possible.
A. travel
(B.) rocket
C. moon
D. Saturn
4. In which of these sentences are quotation marks used incorrectly?
A. "I could not believe she said, 'I never worry,'" Kate muttered.
B. Raising her hand in warning, she said, "Be gone, you wicked spirit."
(C.) "What can you possibly mean by that"! she stormed.
D. "Neither a lender nor a borrower be," he said
5. Each one of the following sentences contains a clause. In which sentence is the clause used as an
adverb?
A. All of the delegates who have actual opinions should keep silent.
B. Whales, which eat krill, prefer colder ocean waters.
(C.) I do not mind fishing, as long as I don't have to bait the hook.
D. What you really need is a back massage.
6. Which sentence contains italicized words that are used as an infinitive phrase?
A. Jane parked her car (behind a truck).
B. Tom went there (for some flour.)
(C.) Mark wanted (to go), but not today.
D. Kelly went to (the grocery store).
7. Identify the sentence that contains a noun clause in italics.
A. (When should Betty) harvest the corn?
B. Betty would like (to harvest the corn).
C. Betty wants (to harvest the corn).
(D.) (What Betty wants) is to harvest the corn.
8. Which of the following is a compound sentence?
A. Kim will take her daughter shopping when she learns to behave in public.
B. We found our way home without a map.(C.) Sue gave Jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis courts.
D. Rain and heavy winds caused damage along the coast.
9. How could you combine the following two sentences into a complex sentence with a dependent
adjectival clause?
The boy wore a green coat. He carried his sister home.
A. The boy carried home his sister's green coat.
(B.) The boy wore a green coat, and he carried his sister home.
C. The boy wore a green coat; he carried his sister home.
D. The boy who wore a green coat carried his sister home.
10.Which one of the following sentences fails to follow parallel construction?
(A.) I want nothing more than excellent quality, attention to detail, and a person who knows what they want in life.
B. I would be surprised if Jacob's essay does not demonstrate critical thought, careful analysis, and exhaustive research.
C. Not only was Landers funny, she was charming, witty, and wise.
D. It was a fine but extremely boring lecture.
Are these correct? if not please tell me :D
All except #9 are correct.
Nearly all adjective clauses begin with a relative pronoun.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns1.htm#relative
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm#adjective_clauses
b for quesstion#7
1. Each one of the following sentences contains a clause. In which sentence is the clause used as an adverb?
1. The correct answer is B. "Mr. Jones visited the YMCA before becoming a member." This sentence is correctly punctuated.
2. The correct answer is A. "The tree was planted by Mary." This sentence uses the passive voice because the subject (the tree) is being acted upon by the verb (was planted) rather than performing the action.
3. The correct answer is B. "rocket." The simple subject is the main noun in the sentence that the verb acts upon, and in this sentence, it is "rocket."
4. The correct answer is C. ""What can you possibly mean by that"! she stormed." This sentence uses quotation marks incorrectly as the exclamation mark should be placed within the quotation marks instead of outside.
5. The correct answer is C. "I do not mind fishing, as long as I don't have to bait the hook." In this sentence, the clause "as long as I don't have to bait the hook" is used as an adverb to describe the condition of not minding fishing.
6. The correct answer is C. "Mark wanted (to go), but not today." The italicized words "to go" are used as an infinitive phrase, which functions as a noun in the sentence.
7. The correct answer is D. "(What Betty wants) is to harvest the corn." The italicized words "What Betty wants" form a noun clause, as it functions as the subject of the sentence.
8. The correct answer is C. "Sue gave Jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis courts." This sentence is a compound sentence because it consists of two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."
9. The correct answer is D. "The boy who wore a green coat carried his sister home." This sentence combines the two given sentences into a complex sentence by using a dependent adjectival clause ("who wore a green coat") to modify the noun "boy."
10. The correct answer is A. "I want nothing more than excellent quality, attention to detail, and a person who knows what they want in life." This sentence fails to follow parallel construction because the third element ("a person who knows what they want in life") does not match the structure of the first two elements ("excellent quality" and "attention to detail") in terms of grammatical form.