Language Review

Which mood is the following sentence written in?

Sir, there is a dead body behind the cafeteria.

• Indicative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Conditional

• Subjunctive

What verb mood is the following sentence written in?

Who died this time?

• Indicative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Conditional

• Subjunctive

Which verb mood is the following sentence written in?

Fred, start asking the staff where they were during the past hour.

• Indicative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Conditional

• Subjunctive

Which verb mood is the following sentence written in?

If I can get them all to gather in the cafeteria, this will be easier.

• Indicative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Conditional

• Subjunctive

Which verb mood does the following sentence use?

If they were smart, they already would have gathered there.

• Indicative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Conditional

• Subjunctive

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
• Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
• Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
• Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 

Which sentence uses a DASH correctly to emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone?

• I was glad to be home - until I saw the bill in the mailbox.

• I was glad - to be home until I saw the bill in the mailbox.

• I was glad to be home until I saw - the bill in the mailbox.

Which sentence uses COMMAS correctly to set off one or more words that interrupt the flow of the sentence?

• Justin who lives down the street from me, is going, to be at the party.

• Justin, who lives down the street from me is going to be at the party.

• Justin, who lives down the street from me, is going to be at the party.

Which quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to indicate Olive's incomplete thought?  

• “I can't stand . . . Olive."
• “I can’t stand that . . . girl." 
• “I can’t stand          that girl . . ."
• “I can’t stand that girl,” Olive said. “She’s so . . . I hate her.”

A reviewer wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, beautifully performed, and had many outstanding special effects."

Which of the following shows how the author could correctly use an ELLIPSIS to shorten the quote?

• A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed. . . ."

• A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, . . . and beautifully performed."