Standard English Unit Test
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Question
Determine whether each sentence has a double negative, an incorrect intensive pronoun, or slang.(2 points)
Double Negative Incorrect Intensive Pronoun Slang
The amusement park was way cool!
Double Negative – The amusement park was way cool!
Incorrect Intensive Pronoun – The amusement park was way cool!
Slang – The amusement park was way cool!
She couldn't hardly fit the book in her purse.
Double Negative – She couldn't hardly fit the book in her purse.
Incorrect Intensive Pronoun – She couldn't hardly fit the book in her purse.
Slang – She couldn't hardly fit the book in her purse.
Because I studied, the test was no sweat.
Double Negative – Because I studied, the test was no sweat.
Incorrect Intensive Pronoun – Because I studied, the test was no sweat.
Slang – Because I studied, the test was no sweat.
We didn't tell nobody about the broken window.
Double Negative – We didn't tell nobody about the broken window.
Incorrect Intensive Pronoun – We didn't tell nobody about the broken window.
Slang – We didn't tell nobody about the broken window.
The manager hisself took the mop and cleaned up the mess.
Double Negative – The manager hisself took the mop and cleaned up the mess.
Incorrect Intensive Pronoun – The manager hisself took the mop and cleaned up the mess.
Slang – The manager hisself took the mop and cleaned up the mess.
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Question
Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence: "I done ate too much at dinner." (2 points)
"Ate" is incorrect because it should be "eaten".
"Too much" is incorrect because it should be "much too".
"There is no grammatical error in this sentence."
"Done" is incorrect because it should be "did".
To determine whether each sentence has a double negative, an incorrect intensive pronoun, or slang, you need to analyze the sentence structure and language used.
Let's break down each sentence and identify any double negatives, incorrect intensive pronouns, or slang present:
1. The amusement park was way cool!
- This sentence does not have a double negative. "Way cool" is a slang term used to mean very cool.
2. She couldn't hardly fit the book in her purse.
- This sentence has a double negative. "Couldn't" (could not) and "hardly" (not easily) create a double negative. A correct construction would be "She could hardly fit the book in her purse."
- There is no incorrect intensive pronoun or slang in this sentence.
3. Because I studied, the test was no sweat.
- This sentence does not have a double negative. "No sweat" is an idiom used to mean not difficult.
- There is no incorrect intensive pronoun or slang in this sentence.
4. We didn't tell nobody about the broken window.
- This sentence has a double negative. "Didn't" (did not) and "nobody" (no one) create a double negative. A correct construction would be "We didn't tell anybody about the broken window."
- There is no incorrect intensive pronoun or slang in this sentence.
5. The manager hisself took the mop and cleaned up the mess.
- This sentence does not have a double negative or incorrect intensive pronoun.
- However, "hisself" is an incorrect intensive pronoun. The correct pronoun would be "himself."
- There is no slang in this sentence.
Therefore, the correct identifications for each sentence are:
1. Slang
2. Double Negative
3. No errors
4. Double Negative
5. Incorrect Intensive Pronoun
The sentence "The amusement park was way cool!" includes slang.
The sentence "She couldn't hardly fit the book in her purse" includes a double negative.
The sentence "Because I studied, the test was no sweat" includes slang.
The sentence "We didn't tell nobody about the broken window" includes a double negative.
The sentence "The manager hisself took the mop and cleaned up the mess" includes an incorrect intensive pronoun.