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You've made your bed; now lie in it! 2

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

The following are all examples of Parallelism EXCEPT:

a)

He is both a producer and a singer-songwriter.

b)

The food of school is economical, delicious and tasty.

c)

To participate the most, to attempt the most and working the most is the way to succeed.

d)

Yeah, my grade is better than John’s!

2.

Identify the adjective complement in the following sentence:

“She was upset that she failed her exam.”

a)

She was upset

b)

Upset

c)

She failed her exam

d)

None of the above.

3.

What is the accurate correction of faulty parallelism in this sentence?

"The cat sniffed her hand, jumped into her lap, purring loudly."

a)

The cat sniffed her hand, jumping into her lap, purring loudly.

b)

The cat sniffed, jumped, purring.

c)

The cat sniffed her hand, jumped into her lap, and purred loudly.

d)

None of the above

4.

In the third person objective point of view:

a)

The narrator is telling a story without describing any character's thoughts, opinions, or feelings.

b)

The narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you. '

c)

The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.

d)

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.

5.

Identify the adjective complement in the sentence:

“He is extremely anxious about the English quiz.”

a)

Extremely anxious

b)

The English quiz

c)

About the English quiz

d)

Anxious about the English quiz

6.

Identify all of the narrative points of view.

a)

First person, second person, third person objective

b)

First person, second person, third person limited, third person omniscient, third person objective

c)

First person, second person, third person limited, third person omniscient, third person subjective

d)

First person, third person objective, third person limited, third person omniscient

7.

What does imagery appeal directly to?

a)

The parts of speech

b)

The five senses

c)

Emotions

d)

Personality

8.

Which of the following shows a correct use of parallelism?

a)

I like to spend my holiday skating, skiing, and I enjoy snowboarding as well.

b)

Grandpa walked carefully, slowly and haltingly.

c)

The maid has vacuumed the carpet, made the bed and has cleaned the bathroom.

d)

In the grand scheme of things everyone’s emotions get in the way of objective, to think, testing, and judging.

9.

Which of the following is not an example of “adjective complement”

a)

I am terrible at science, but he isn’t.

b)

Are you afraid of battling with him?

c)

It was obvious that you cannot win the game!

d)

The court considered his action illegal.

10.

Where is second-person narrative usually used?

a)

Newspapers and formal writing

b)

Self-help texts and cookbooks

c)

Fictional books and stories

d)

None of the above

11.

What are the two types of adjective complements?

a)

Adjective clause, Adverb clause

b)

Noun clause, Adjective

c)

Adverb, Prepositional Phrase

d)

Noun clause, Prepositional Phrase

12.

Which of the following sentences uses parallelism?

a)

During their trip, they went camping, skiing, and went to the library.

b)

The butterflies were like fairy dust.

c)

She likes reading, playing, and cooking.

d)

They like to read and playing.

13.

What adjective is the adjective complement modifying in the following sentence?

“The strict teacher was finally delighted with her students' grades.”

a)

Teacher

b)

Finally

c)

Strict

d)

Delighted