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WorksheetsWeek 15- Lang 9- Grammar Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
“The man, his hands behind his back, stood laughing on the stage.”
The absolute phrase in this sentence is:
The man, his hand behind his back.
His hand behind his back
"His hand” and “The man”
Stood laughing on the stage
“The neighbors next door are buying a new house next month.”
How many noun phrases are in this sentence?
1
2
3
more than 3
In Shakespeare’s time, acting companies needed to have wealthy patrons.
The phrase “to have wealthy patrons” is functioning as:
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Participle
These huge reptiles, the largest lizards in the world, live in some Southeast Asian jungles.
The phrase “the largest lizards in the world” is:
A restrictive appositive phrase
A nonrestrictive appositive phrase
A misplaced phrase
A) There is no appositive phrase.
Choose the sentence where the phrase “shaken by the strong wind” is a participial phrase:
Shaken by the strong wind was the robin’s nest.
The robin’s nest was shaken by the strong wind.
The robin’s nest, shaken by the strong wind, fell from the tree branch to the ground.
The tree branch fell because it was shaken by the strong wind.
Choose the fragment in the following sentences:
At the final stage, contestants had to vote to kick one out.
Near the exciting end of the first act, one of the audience screamed.
The blonde actress was playing the part of Lady Macbeth.
The most successful performance of the season.
Either the students or the teacher _______ the answer to that.
Is
Are
Know
Knows
About three-quarters of the book __________ on modern artists from Latin America.
focuses
focus
are
has
The flock of wild birds flying above us __________ a beautiful sight.
were
was
have been
being
Combine the following pairs of sentences, using the underlined word to form a participial phrase.
Today there are many rock songs. These songs reflect the influence of the blues.
Today there are many rock songs reflecting the influence of the blues.
Today there are many rock songs, and the songs reflect the influence of the blues.
Today many songs reflect the influence of the blues and they are rock songs.
Reflecting the influence of the blues are many rock songs.
For a lot of people, the hardest sport to play is football.
The phrase “to paly” is functioning as:
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Participle
Choose the sentence where the Phrase " to arrange flowers attractively" functions as a Predicate Nominative
To arrange flowers attractively brings joy to my heart
I love to arrange flowers attractively
His hobby was to arrange flowers attractively
To arrange flowers attractively, the boy bought a new vase.
