32. The scientist did not elaborate on his ideas but instead made his point in a perfunctory way. Perfunctory means(1 point)
Responses
a.cursory
b. bold
c. enthusiastic
d. langry
33. Which of the following works is NOT an adverb?(1 point)
Responses
a. more
b. perhaps
c. too
c. two
34. The fearful look on Tom's face showed us that he was cowering while on the ledge. Cowering means that he was(1 point)
Responses
a. holding on
b. cringing
c. standing
d. moving very carefully
35. Which statement is spoken in a colloquial manner?(1 point)
Responses
a. "And I'm going to show you that it ain't no trouble when you pack double."
b. "You ask for what you want, and you pay for what you get."
c. "God helps those who help themselves."
d. "Life is going to give you just what you put in it."
36. Identify the underlined part of speech.
"Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth United States president, is one of history's many interesting women."
(1 point)
Responses
a. pronoun
b. adjective
c. adverb
d. interjection
37. Identify the underlined part of speech.
"The dynamic wife of James Madison became the unofficial first lady during Jefferson's eight years as president."
(1 point)
Responses
a. pronoun
b. verb
c. adverb
d. preposition
38. Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?(1 point)
Responses
a. Eduardo looked in the basement, but the puppy wasn't there
b. Sakkom hung wind chimes because she loves the sound.
c. Roger has never performed a solo in his life.
d. The leader of the troop took the scouts to the lake.
39. In the following sentence, "famous" is the complement. What kind of complement is it?
"In 1975, Margaret Thatcher became famous as the first woman leader of the British Conservative Party."
(1 point)
Responses
a. predicate adjective
b. direct object
c. predicate nominative
d. indirect object
40. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"The ice fields of the north are still relatively barren."
(1 point)
Responses
a. direct object
b. indirect object
c. predicate nominative
d. predicate adjective
41. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"The grain of the western prairies is a major source of income."
(1 point)
Responses
a. direct object
b. indirect object
c. predicative nominative
d. adjective
predicate adjective
42. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"Western Canada also gives us the art of the Kwakiutl Indians
(1 point)
Responses
a. direct objective
b. indirect object
c. predicate nominative
d. predicate adjective
43. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is "to play basketball"?
"Porpoises have been trained to play basketball."
(1 point)
Responses
a. prepositional
b. participial
c. infinitive
d. gerund
44. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is "to the library"?
"I will be going to the library soon."
(1 point)
Responses
a. prepositional
b.participial
c. infinitive
d. gerund
45. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is "Moving away"?
"Moving away made my little cousin sad."
(1 point)
Responses
a. prepositional
b. gerund
c. infinitive
d. participial
46. What is the tense of the underlined verb in the following sentence?
"I will be studying his painting techniques this summer.”
(1 point)
Responses
a. present emphatic
b. present perfect progressive
c. future progressive
d. present progressive
47. What is the definition of personification?(1 point)
Responses
a. the reason a writer writes about a topic
b. identified as physical movements of characters in a play
c. giving human qualities to nonhuman subjects
d. ways to use sounds in poetry to achieve certain effects
48. What is the definition of stage direction?(1 point)
Responses
a. identified as physical movements of characters in a play
b. giving human qualities to nonhuman subjects
c. the reason a writer writes about a topic
d. ways to use sounds in poetry to achieve certain effects