Review for Grammar Test 2

"How many times have you been to the Grand Canyon?"

The speaker uses the underlined article because....

• the item has already been mentioned

• the listener can see the item

• the listener can identify the item from general knowledge

• the noun is unique

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CCSS.L.1.1H

The company announced that it would give its customers their money back in the morning. The noncount noun in the sentence is _________.

• money

• company

• customers

• morning

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Please park in _______ parking lot next to my house.

• a

• an

• the

• Ø

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CCSS.L.1.1H

We met Tom's father. He had been living in Peru.

Which of the following combines the two sentences correctly?

• We met Tom's father, who had been living in Peru.

• Tom's father had been living in Peru, where we met him.

• Tom's father, we met, who had been living in Peru.

• We met Tom's father, that he had been living in Peru.

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of the following nonrestrictive clauses is punctuated correctly?

• My best friend who is a writer just finished a children's book.

• My best friend who is a writer, just finished a children's book.

• My best friend, who is a writer just finished a children's book.

• My best friend, who is a writer, just finished a children's book.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

In which of these sentences an the underlined relative pronoun be omitted (without making any other changes to the sentence?)

• The man who lives next door is a mechanic.

• This is the book that I promised to lend you.

• Last week I saw a boy that went to my school.

• Our commandant is the person to whom you must speak.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

Look at the following sentence:

"That's the restaurant where my parents met."

Which of the following CANNOT be substituted for the underlined clause?

• in which my parents met

• that my parents met in

• my parents met in

• for which my parents met

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CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

“If you want to play the piano well, you should

    practice more.”

The speaker is _____________.

• giving advice

   

• making a prediction

• citing a general truth

• giving a warning

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CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1C

“If I had been ten minutes earlier, I wouldn’t have missed my plane.”

According to the sentence above, which of the

following statements is a FACT?

• I was on time.

• I missed my plane.

• The plane didn’t leave.

• I didn’t want to fly.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

Which of the following questions is INCORRECT?

• Do you have any idea that the concert has begun?

• Can you tell me where you bought that?

• Could you explain how you found the answer?

• Have you decided whether or not you plan on

  going to college?

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A