U1 Test Review

Which answer choice has the same denotation as the word swarming as it appears in the following sentence? The wide playgrounds were swarming with boys, and it was difficult to find my friend among them.

• noisy

• scattered

• filled

• familiar

Which of the answer choices places the following synonyms in order of intensity, from least intense to most intense?

• asked, urged, forced

• urged, asked, forced

• asked, forced, urged

• forced, urged, asked

Which Modernism element is most clearly related to Gregor's changing into a bug at the beginning of the story?

• ambiguous or unexplained elements

• feelings of being disconnected or alienated

• modernists hating bugs

• fantastic or dreamlike elements

We arrived at the theater. There were many cars in the lot. These sentences use...

• simple syntax

• complex syntax

• both simple and complex

• neither simple nor comples

A tree is a universal symbol of

• death

• joy

• life

• anger

The sentence the writer uses to open an essay is the

• hook

• connector

• claim

• reason

What paragraph does a claim statement belong in?

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

• A and C

What is another name for an auxiliary verb?

• joiner verb

• sassy verb

• unnecessary verb

• helping verb

Auxiliary verbs determine the ___________ of the action.

• feeling

• intensity

• time

• importance

What is in a verb phrase?

• auxiliary verb and main verb

• nouns, verbs, adjectives

• lettuce, tomato, mayo

• only the auxiliary verbs