Week 7 Grammar Assessment

1. Determine if the verb used in the sentence is in the active or passive voice. He turned on the TV.

• active
• passive

2. Select the sentence that is free of spelling and grammatical errors.

• We have to pick up the groceries on our way home.
• We have to pickup the groceries on our way home.

3. Select the sentence the sentence that correctly uses an ellipses for omission. The original phrase is: "When one door closes, another one opens."

• When one door closes... opens.
• When one door closes... another opens.

4. What is the function of the verbal in the sentence? The howling wind made the tree branches sway uncontrollably, creating an eerie atmosphere.

• It functions as a noun.
• It functions as an adjective.
• It functions as an adverb.

5. Select the sentence that is free of spelling and grammatical errors.

• They have buttons, pins etc
• They have buttons, pins, etc.

6. Select the correct spelling of the word:

• audasious
• audaciouss
• aduaccious
• audacious

7. Determine if the verb used in the sentence is in the active or passive voice. The enemies were defeated by the army.

• active
• passive

8. What is the function of the verbal in the sentence? She enjoys swimming in the ocean during the summer, feeling the cool water caressing her skin.

• active
• passive

9. Determine if the sentence is in the subjunctive or conditional mood. I wish I knew how to proceed.

• subjunctive
• conditional

10. What figure of speech is demonstrated in the sentence? The duck said to the waiter, put it on my bill.

• verbal irony
• allusion
• pun
• idiom