Bell Ringer #5 Quiz

1. Choose the correctly written sentence.

• I need to write a letter to the local newspaper because they canceld the daily horosocpes my favorite section.
• I need to write a letter to the local newspaper because they cancelled the daily horosocpes my favourite section.
• I need to write a letter to the local newspaper because the editors cancelled the daily horoscopes, my favorite section.
• I need to write a letter to the local newspaper because they cancelld the daily horrorsocpes my favourite section.

2. Choose the correctly written sentence.

• It said in todays horoscope that all Pisces like Tyler and Brian should avoid eating fishsticks, I chuckeld.
• It said in today's horoscope that all Pisces like Tyler and Brian should avoid eating fishsticks, I chuckeld.
• When it said in today's horoscope that all Pisces, like Tyler and Brian, should avoid eating fishsticks, I chuckled.
• When it said in today's horoscope that all Pisces like Tyler and Brian, should avoid eating fishsticks, I chuckled.

4. Choose the correctly written sentence.

• For his first date with Alexandria, Mike bought not only a dozen roses but he also purchased a box of coffee flavored chocolates.
• For his first date with Alexandria, Mike bought not only a dozen roses but also purchased a box of coffee flavored chocolates.
• For his first date with Alexandria, Mike bought not only a dozen roses but also a box of coffee, flavored chocolates.
• For his first date with Alexandria, Mike bought not only a dozen roses but also a box of coffee-flavored chocolates.

3. Choose the correctly written sentence.

• Alexandra brewed espresso, steamed milk, and told jokes as she prepared a latte for Mike, her favorite customer.

• Alexandra brewed expresso, steamed milk, and tells jokes as she preapred a latte for mike her favrouite customer.

• Alexandra brewed espresso, steamed milk and told jokes as she preapred a latte for mike her favrouite customer.

• Alexandra brewed exspresso, steamed milk and tells jokes as she preapred a latte for mike her favrouite customer.

5. Use a _______ after an introductory word, introductory prepositional phrase, or an introductory clause.

• semi-colon
• comma

6. Which of the following sentences has uniform tense agreement?

• When I went to the coffee house, I buy two cookies.
• When I go shopping, I always grab a shopping cart.
• When my dog goes for a walk, I forgot to grab a handful of doggy waste bags.
• When the alarm goes off, I remembered my plan to leave early.

7. Which of the following sentences uses the Oxford comma correctly?

• When I stop for clothes, I like to go to stores where I already know my size.
• Bringing cheese meat and crackers was on my list for the party.
• I love to go shopping, but I don't like hours of endlessly looking for one specific, hard-to-find item.
• Arlo learned to sit, place, and leave it at puppy obedience school.

8. Use ____________________ to connect two independent clauses.

• an introductory clause
• an apostrophe
• a comma
• a semicolon

9. Which of the following connects two independent clauses correctly?

• I can't eat pepperoni pizza, and am lactose intolerant.
• I can't eat pepperoni pizza and I am lactose intolerant.
• I can't eat pepperoni pizza due to being lactose intolerant.
• I can't eat pepperoni pizza; I am lactose intolerant.

10. Which of the following sentences is an example of a paradox?

• Don't make me ask you a second time to pick up your socks off of the bathroom floor.
• Do you know how to follow directions?
• I have told you a million times to pick up your socks off of the bathroom floor.
• You must be cruel to be kind.