Semester Test 2 Review

Which of the following sentences is a simple sentence?

• The school play was a great success.

• Everyone worked hard; the actors, stage crew, and director all deserve credit.

• The audience applauded loudly.

Choose the correct form: The dog wagged ___ tail when it saw its owner.

• it's

• its

• its'

• it is

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:

• The group of students are going to the museum.

• The group of students is going to the museum.

• The groups of students goes to the museum.

• The group of student are going to the museum.

Choose the correct sentence:

• She don’t want to go.

• She doesn’t wants to go.

• She doesn’t want to go.

• She don’t wants to go.

Identify the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier:

• Running down the street, the bag flew from her hands.

• The bag flew from her hands as she ran.

• She ran and dropped the bag.

• The bag flew, and she ran after it.

The students were excited about their trip to the science ___

• museam

• musem

• museum

• museium

What is the best way to combine these two sentences: “It started to rain. We brought umbrellas.”

• It started to rain we brought umbrellas.

• It started to rain, we brought umbrellas.

• Because it started to rain. We brought umbrellas.

• When it started to rain, we brought umbrellas.

Identify the sentence that uses parallel structure:

• He likes to run, swim, and biking.

• He likes running, swimming, and to bike.

• He likes to run, swim, and bike.

• He likes to run and swimming and to bike.

Choose the correct revision: Even though it was raining but we decided to go hiking.

• Even though it was raining, but we decided to go hiking.

• It was raining. We decided to go hiking.

• Even though it was raining, we decided to go hiking.

• We decided to go hiking although raining.

Which sentence is written in passive voice?

• The teacher graded the papers.

• The students completed the project.

• The papers were graded by the teacher.

• The class took a test.