EL 102 - Syntactic Structures Quiz

Which sentence best demonstrates the structure of coordination?

• She ran quickly before the storm hit.

• She likes coffee and he prefers tea.

• She likes coffee and tea.

• She ran because she was scared.

Which part of the following sentence is a modifier? "The girl with the red scarf smiled brightly."

• The girl

• Smiled brightly

• With the red scarf

• Scarf

What grammatical issue is present in this sentence: "He likes to swim, hiking, and to bike."?

• Subordination error

• Modifier misuse

• Coordination problem

• Faulty parallel structure

Which of the following clauses is independent?

• Because I was tired

• If she calls

• I went home

• Although I tried

In the sentence "He has, without a doubt, improved," what type of syntactic structure is "without a doubt"?

• Complement

• Prepositional phrase as modifier

• Subject

• Direct object

Which sentence uses subordination correctly?

• She likes apples and bananas.

• She will stay home and study hard.

• Because it rained, the game was cancelled.

• He and his brother are athletes.

Choose the sentence that uses a correlative conjunction properly.

• Neither the teacher nor the students is ready.

• Either the teacher or the students is ready.

• Either the teacher and the students are ready.

• Both the teacher nor the students are ready.

Select the sentence that contains an object complement.

• She is very beautiful.

• They elected Anna president.

• I gave her a book.

• The child ran quickly.

Which sentence demonstrates parallel structure?

• He likes biking, to hike, and swimming.

• He likes biking, hiking, and swimming.

• He likes to bike, hiking, and swimming.

• He likes biking, to hike, and to swim.

Identify the sentence with a split auxiliary construction.

• He will definitely win the match.

• He will win the match.

• He has without a doubt improved.

• He improved without a doubt.