MAENGL APPLICATION

What function does the phrase "to the park" serve in this sentence? "They went to the park in the afternoon."

• Subject

• Object

• Adverbial

• Predicate

In the sentence, "The teacher gave her students a detailed explanation," which word functions as the indirect object?

• teacher

• students

• explanation

• gave

What is the subject of the following sentence? "There is a large dog in the yard."

• there

• dog

• yard

• is

Neither the teacher nor his students (was, were) here.

(a)  

What type of phrase is underlined in the sentence below? "I love eating delicious homemade desserts."

• noun phrase

• verb phrase

• prepositional phrase

• adverbial phrase

In the sentence, "The cat on the windowsill is sleeping," what is the function of "on the windowsill"?

• predicate

• subject complement

• modifier

• adjective

A mother and homemaker (has, have) a challenging job.

(a)  

The heart, along with the 100,000 miles of arteries and veins (supplies, supply) the oxygen needed by the body.

(a)  

She is one of the girls who (have, has) long hair.

(a)  

This test is especially helpful for complex sentences, compound subjects, and when there’s ambiguity about which noun is serving as the subject.

• SVA Test

• Compound Subjects Test

• Pronoun Substitution Test

• Reversing the Sentence Test