Week 15- Lang 9- Grammar Review

“The man, his hands behind his back, stood laughing on the stage.”

The absolute phrase in this sentence is:

• The man, his hand behind his back.

• His hand behind his back

• "His hand” and “The man”

• Stood laughing on the stage

“The neighbors next door are buying a new house next month.”

How many noun phrases are in this sentence?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• more than 3

In Shakespeare’s time, acting companies needed to have wealthy patrons.

The phrase “to have wealthy patrons” is functioning as:

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Participle

These huge reptiles, the largest lizards in the world, live in some Southeast Asian jungles.

The phrase “the largest lizards in the world” is:

• A restrictive appositive phrase

• A nonrestrictive appositive phrase

• A misplaced phrase

• A) There is no appositive phrase.

Choose the sentence where the phrase “shaken by the strong wind” is a participial phrase:

• Shaken by the strong wind was the robin’s nest.

• The robin’s nest was shaken by the strong wind.

• The robin’s nest, shaken by the strong wind, fell from the tree branch to the ground.

• The tree branch fell because it was shaken by the strong wind.

Choose the fragment in the following sentences:

• At the final stage, contestants had to vote to kick one out.

• Near the exciting end of the first act, one of the audience screamed.

• The blonde actress was playing the part of Lady Macbeth.

• The most successful performance of the season.

Either the students or the teacher _______ the answer to that.

• Is

• Are

• Know

• Knows

About three-quarters of the book __________ on modern artists from Latin America.

• focuses

• focus

• are

• has

The flock of wild birds flying above us __________ a beautiful sight.

• were

• was

• have been

• being

Combine the following pairs of sentences, using the underlined word to form a participial phrase.

Today there are many rock songs. These songs reflect the influence of the blues.

• Today there are many rock songs reflecting the influence of the blues.

• Today there are many rock songs, and the songs reflect the influence of the blues.

• Today many songs reflect the influence of the blues and they are rock songs.

• Reflecting the influence of the blues are many rock songs.