Pre-Assessment

1. After warm up, he went for a walk with the dogs.

• He

• After warm up

• he went for a walk

• dogs

The Black bike on the parking lot is mine.

• Mine

• Black

• The Black bike

• On the parking lot

As a new employee, the boss expected high performance from you.

• As a new employee, you are expected to perform highly by the boss.

• As a new boss, high performance was expected from you.

• As the boss, high performance was expected from new employees.

• As a new employee, you were expected to be highly performing by the boss.

To find the right house, several homes were visited.

• To find the right house, we visited several homes.

• Several homes were visited to find the right house.

• To visit the right house, several homes were found.

• Several homes were found to visit the right house.

Modifiers are words or phrases that offer context for other words in a sentence. Modifiers can be adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, or clauses that clarify or add elements to the sentence's meaning

• TRUE

• FALSE

Misplaced modifiers are words or phrases that are placed too close together. Far away from the word they are supposed to modify, causing confusion or nonsense.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Squinting Modifier A squinting modifier is an ambiguously placed modifier that can modify either the word before it or the word after it

• TRUE

• FALSE

The 18th century grammarian in question was Ana Robert, whose A Short Introduction to English Grammar appeared in 1762. He proscribed the use of split infinitives in English precisely because they were not possible in Latin.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Dangling modifier is a grammatical error that occurs when a word or phrase in a sentence is not clearly and logically connected to the rest of the sentence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Inserting a word or words between the "to" and the verb of an infinitive creates what is known as a split infinitive.

• TRUE

• FALSE