Essentials Final Review

What is the subject of this sentence?

A family of ducks waddled toward the pond. _____

• family

• ducks

• family of ducks

What part of speech is the word that is underlined?

She is white with fear.

• helping verb

• linking verb

• action verb

Read the sentence then chose the correct verb.

My grandmother has_________our family history.

• wrote

• write

• writed

• written

Read each group of sentences and then choose the one that contains the fragment.

• Because Leon had not studied for the exam. He was very nervous. A failing grade could result in his failing the course.

• Leon was very nervous because he had not studied for the exam. A failing grade could result in his failing the course.

• Leon was very nervous. He had not studies for the exam. A failing grade could result in his failing the course.

In the sentence choose the correct word or words:

Andrea could be a cafeteria server again next semester, but she really hates ______________.

• it

• working in the cafeteria

In each group below, ONE sentence uses parallelism correctly. Choose that sentence:

• Grass like velvet and flowers that look like jewels make the park a beautiful place to visit.

• Grass like velvet and jewel-like flowers make the park a beautiful place to visit.

• Grass like velvet and flowers like jewels make the park a beautiful place to visit.

The following group of words is a sentence:

Thousands of actors go to Hollywood few become stars.

• True

• False

ONE sentence uses the apostrophe correctly. Choose the correct sentence.

• The patient's eyes haven't opened since the surgery.

• The patients eye's havent opened since the surgery.

• The patients eyes haven't opened since the surgery.

Identify the tense of the verb used in the sentence:

We had learned about the civil-rights movement in our history class.

• present perfect tense

• future perfect tense

• past perfect tense

Choose the sentence that uses the semicolon correctly.

• We decided to leave the restaurant the food was; too expensive.

• We decided to leave the restaurant; the food was too expensive.

• We decided; to leave the restaurant the food was too expensive.