Deck 10: Phrases

Question 1

Which of the following coordinating conjunctions shows agreement or addition?

A) so
B) but
C) for
D) and

Answer 1

and

Question 2

__________ is a form of coordination that repeats similar grammatical units for clarity and emphasis.

A) Correlation
B) Balance
C) Parallelism
D) Transitioning

Answer 2

Parallelism

Question 3

Identify which coordinating conjunction should go in the blank of the following sentence: The roads were iced over, __________ I just stayed home from school.

A) for
B) so
C) nor
D) but

Answer 3

so

Question 4

Identify which coordinating conjunction should go in the blank of the following sentence: The steak was very tasty, __________ it was a little overdone.

A) or
B) for
C) so
D) but

Question 5

Identify which conjunctive adverb should go in the blank of the following sentence: Gerald bought a laptop online; __________, it did not work when he booted it up.

A) therefore
B) likewise
C) however
D) then

Question 6

Identify which conjunctive adverb should go in the blank of the following sentence:
The state legislature did not approve the budget increase; __________, the division will not be receiving the additional faculty position.

A) still
B) otherwise
C) namely
D) consequently

Question 7

Identify which subordinating conjunction should go in the blank of the following sentence:
__________ he is still one semester shy of graduating, Darrell is already fielding job offers.

A) Since
B) Although
C) Whenever
D) If

Question 8

Identify which subordinating conjunction should go in the blank of the following sentence:
__________ you come home, will you stop by the grocery store and pick up some milk?

A) Before
B) Until
C) While
D) Even though

Question 9

Coordinating conjunctions link similar grammatical units.

Question 10

Adjective clauses begin with the relative pronouns who, which and that.

Question 11

There are five types of conjunctions.

Question 12

Coordination gives roughly equal weight to ideas; subordination stresses one idea while deemphasizing another.

Question 13

Coordinating conjunctions can be used to join words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 14

If you join two or more main clauses with a coordinating conjunction, you should never use a comma in front of that coordinating conjunction.

Question 15

When joining two main clauses with a coordinating conjunction, you must be careful to choose one that best expresses the relationship between the two main ideas.

Question 16

The coordinating conjunctions but and yet mean the same thing; they both show disagreement or contrast.

Question 17

Sometimes, instead of using a coordinating conjunction, you can show coordination with a semicolon alone between main clauses.

Question 18

Sometimes, instead of using a coordinating conjunction, you can show coordination with a semicolon plus a conjunctive adverb between main clauses.

Question 19

If you use a conjunctive adverb such as however to connect two main clauses, you must use a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb and a comma after.

Question 20

The strongest of the coordinating conjunctions is and, so you should use it as much as possible in your writing.

Question 21

If you want to emphasize one idea over another, you should use subordination, not coordination.

Question 22

If you begin a sentence with an adverb clause, you should use a semicolon after that adverb clause.

Question 23

If you end a sentence with an adverb clause, most of the time you should use no punctuation in front of the adverb clause.

Question 24

Most adverb clauses begin with a relative pronoun, such as who, which, or that.

Question 25

Adverb clauses function like single adverbs, telling why, when, where, how, and to what extent or degree something was done.

Question 26

Adjective clauses describe nouns and pronouns, telling which one, how many, and what kind, and the shape, color, texture, or condition of something.

Question 27

When using relative pronouns, you should use which/that to refer to people and who to refer to objects, ideas, and animals.

Question 28

Adjective clauses can be considered essential or nonessential to the meaning of a sentence.

Question 29

A nonessential adjective clause should be set off with commas, but an essential adjective clause should be set off with semicolons.

Question 30

It is possible for a sentence to be overly subordinated.

Question 31

When punctuating a list of three or more items, you should put a comma between them.

Question 32

When creating a list of two or more items, you should put the items in the same grammatical form- for example, make them all nouns or all prepositional phrases or all infinitive phrases.