Deck 35: Varying Sentence Structure

Question 1

Which one of the following sentences is a command?

A) When was the War of 1812
B) Wipe your feet before entering
C) Wow, that ride was awesome
D) Who is the governor of California

Answer 1

Wipe your feet before entering

Question 2

Which one of the following sentences is a question?

A) How is snow formed
B) My baby brother is always asking why
C) That's impossible
D) Taste this, and tell me if it needs salt

Answer 2

How is snow formed

Question 3

Which one of the following sentences is an exclamation?

A) Take all the medicine
B) Please be quiet
C) What is that weird-looking contraption
D) Slow down

Answer 3

Slow down

Question 4

Which one of the following sentences is a statement?

A) Get out of the pool now
B) Who ate the last cookie
C) The sky is cloudy today
D) Watch out for that tree

Question 5

You can vary your sentence patterns by

A) adding introductory words and phrases.
B) reversing the order of some subjects and verbs.
C) moving some parts of the sentence around.
D) doing any of the above.

Question 6

Why is sentence variety important in your writing?

A) Sentence variety keeps the readers interested.
B) Sentence variety helps you use your vocabulary.
C) Sentence variety impresses your instructor.
D) Sentence variety helps with peer revision.

Question 7

Read the following sentence: I have always wanted a puppy.
Which one of the following sentences adds introductory words or phrases?

A) Have I always wanted a puppy?
B) I have always wanted a puppy for as long as I can remember.
C) A puppy have I always wanted.
D) As far back as I can remember, I have always wanted a puppy?

Question 8

Read the following sentence: I am so glad to finally meet you.
Which one of the following reverses the words in that sentence?

A) Am I ever glad to finally meet you.
B) It's about time that I get to meet you.
C) Yes, I am so glad to finally meet you.
D) Are we finally going to meet?

Question 9

Read the following sentence: To get to know one another, the students played a game at the beginning of class.
Which one of the following most effectively changes the word order in that sentence?

A) The students played a game at the beginning of class to get to know one another.
B) At the beginning of class, a game was played by the students to get to know one another.
C) At the beginning of class, the students played a game to get to know one another.
D) To get to know one another and at the beginning of class, the students played a game.

Question 10

Read the following sentence: I really crave chocolate from time to time.
Which one of the following most effectively changes that sentence into a question?

A) Do I really crave chocolate?
B) Really do I crave chocolate?
C) From time to time I really crave chocolate?
D) Really I crave chocolate?

Question 11

Why is varying sentence patterns important in your writing?

Question 12

Use the following words to create a statement: tire, nail, blowout

Question 13

Use the following words to create a command: look, monkeys, trees

Question 14

Use the following words to create an exclamation: wow, baby girl

Question 15

Use the following words to create a question: phone, directory, quarter

Question 16

Vary the structure of the following sentences with at least three of the four ideas you learned in this chapter.
-was lonely in my new apartment. I decided to get a monkey to keep me company. I was so excited to bring him home. I thought he would make a good pet. I named him Spider because he was always jumping everywhere. He was so amusing to watch climbing the curtains and swinging from the ceiling fan. But then he got older and bigger, and he shredded the curtains and pulled the fan out of the ceiling. I had to give him to the local zoo where he could swing until his heart was content. I don't recommend a monkey as a pet.