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Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the vocabulary students or adults must learn to succeed in the classroom or in the workplace.

a)

Academic Writing

b)

Academic Language

c)

Professional Language

d)

Social Language

2.

Avoid personal or direct reference to people or feelings.

a)

Formal

b)

Expressive

c)

Objective

d)

Technical

3.

The use of descriptive words, often adjectives, that can show the reader how an author or character feels about something, evoke an emotional response from the reader, and persuade the reader of something.

a)

Emotions

b)

Emotive Language

c)

Subjective

d)

Social Language

4.

Instead of using absolute positives and negatives, such as ‘proof’ or ‘wrong’, use more cautious evaluations, such as ‘strong evidence’ or ‘less convincing’.

a)

Authoritative

b)

Formal

c)

Technical

d)

Objective

5.

Use the key categories and relationships in your discipline, that is, the way information and ideas are organized into groups.

a)

Functional

b)

Technical

c)

Objective

d)

Formal

6.

What is complex sentence?

a)

has one dependent clause and could stand alone.

b)

has one dependent clause (headed by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun ) joined to an independent clause.

c)

has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction but without a complete thought

d)

has one independent clause with a complete thought

7.

A Dependent Clause:

a)

has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

b)

can be a sentence on its own

c)

has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

d)

makes a sentence compound

8.

An Independent Clause:

a)

has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

b)

can't be a sentence on its own

c)

has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

d)

makes a sentence complex

9.

What is compound sentence?

a)

has two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction

b)

has one independent clause, one dependent clause, and has a complete thought

c)

has two dependent clause and with a complete thought

d)

has one independent clause with a complete thought

10.
The rain forest is disappearing, _______ many of its plants and animals are disappearing too.  
a)
but
b)
and
c)
or
11.
You can hike into the rain forest, _______ you can take a boat up the river.
a)
but
b)
and
c)
or
12.
Rain forest are generally very wet, ______ deserts are generally very dry.  
a)
but
b)
and
c)
or
13.
Mr. Morton, the best reading teacher in the world, taught me sentence structure.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
14.

The student wiped the white board that was filthy with last week’s notes.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

15.
When I get home from school, I'm going to take a nap.
a)
simple
b)
complex
c)
compound
16.
I got in trouble so I can't go to the party, but it would have been fun.
a)
simple
b)
complex
c)
compound
17.
Being alone can be scary unless you keep yourself busy.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
18.
She watched the game, and she also began playing it.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
19.
Because she was determined and confident, Mia overcame her challenges.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
20.
Before the magic show, Shawn bought cotton candy.
a)
simple
b)
complex
c)
compound