Deck 13: Sentence Basics

Question 1

All of the following statements are true about clauses except ​

A) ​A clause is a group of words with a subject and a predicate.
B) ​A dependent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
C) ​An independent clause has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
D) ​A dependent clause can be used as an adverb clause, an adjective clause, or a noun clause.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

​All of the following statements about subjects and predicates are true except

A) ​The simple subject is the subject of the sentence without any modifiers, and the simple predicate is the verb and any helping verbs without modifiers or objects.
B) ​The complete subject is the subject with modifiers, and the complete predicate is the predicate with modifiers and objects.
C) ​In commands, the subject you is implied.
D) ​In sentences that begin with here or there, the subject comes before the predicate.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Application of Skills
Directions:
Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 13 to select the best answer for the following questions.
Which of the following choices shows the correct simple subject and simple predicate underlined?​

A) ​One out of every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetimes.
B) ​One out of every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetimes.
C) ​One out of every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetimes.
D)One out of every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetimes.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following sentences contains both a direct and an indirect object?​

A) ​My psychology professor has written several books.
B) ​My psychology professor is one of the best lecturers on campus.
C) ​My psychology professor requires her students to do quite a bit of outside reading.
D) ​My psychology professor gave me an autographed copy of her latest book.

Question 5

Adjectives answer any of these basic questions about the nouns they modify except​

A)Which ?
B)What kind of ?
C)How many ?
D)Where ?

Question 6

A direct object​

A) ​is part of a compound predicate.
B) ​can most often be found after a passive predicate.
C) ​follows a transitive verb and tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
D) ​follows a transitive verb and tells to whom or for whom an action was done.

Question 7

Which of the following sentences contains a noun clause as a subject?​

A) ​To have cancer is not a death sentence.
B) ​Having cancer does not have to change your personality.
C) ​Whatever form of cancer you have will determine the kind of treatment you need.
D) ​Cancer and diabetes are becoming two of the most common types of illnesses for adults.

Question 8

The only type of sentence that can have an implied subject is a​

A) ​simple sentence.
B) ​compound sentence.
C) ​command.
D) ​question.

Question 9

Which of the following words or phrases act as adverbs in this sentence? "Yesterday, the player dribbled all around the court from one side to the other."​

A)Yesterday
B)all around the court
C)from one side to the other
D) ​all of the above

Question 10

Which of the following correctly identifies the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?​ "After she cried all day, my sister located her lost ring underneath her bed."

A)after she cried all day
B) ​my sister
C) ​located her lost ring
D) ​underneath her bed

Question 11

Which of the following can function as a special type of subject?​

A) ​an infinitive
B) ​a gerund
C) ​a noun clause
D) ​all of the above

Question 12

​Which of the following sentences is passive?

A) ​Many professors will reveal study hints at the beginning of the semester.
B) ​The study questions were given to us at the beginning of the class.
C) ​Paying close attention on the first day will often yield many clues about how to best study for the class.
D) ​College students should pay attention to study hints given out by professors on the first day of class.

Question 13

What is the function of the underlined part of this sentence? "The college will pay the transportation costs for any students who want to travel to Greece for a summer internship program ."​

A) ​the complete subject of the sentence
B) ​the complete predicate of the sentence
C) ​an adjective clause that modifies the noun students
D) ​a direct object of the verb will pay

Question 14

What is the subject of this sentence? "Please show these new students around our campus."​

A) ​Please
B) ​students
C) ​campus
D) ​(you)

Question 15

Which of the following correctly underlines the complete subject?​

A) ​Whatever is required for your major will be listed on your college's Web site.
B)Whatever is required for your major will be listed on your college's Web site.
C)Whatever is required for your major will be listed on your college's Web site.
D) ​Whatever is required for your major will be listed on your college's Web site.

Question 16

All of the following are true about special predicates except​

A) ​A compound predicate is one that is passive.
B) ​A predicate can have a direct or indirect object.
C) ​When a predicate is passive, the subject is being acted upon rather than acting.
D) ​A predicate may consist of two or more verbs joined by and or or .

Question 17

Adverbs can answer all of the following questions about the verb they modify except ​

A)How? and Why?
B)When? and Where?
C)How many? and How much?
D)How long? and How often?

Question 18

Which of the following sentences contains a noun clause?​

A) ​Viruses tend to pick on those who are the least able to fight back.
B) ​Whoever catches a virus will often transmit it to many other people before actually becoming ill.
C) ​The elderly tend to catch viruses when they have been around children who are sick.
D) ​Because of the easy transmittal of germs that cause viruses, wash your hands more frequently when you are traveling.

Question 19

A compound subject​

A) ​is a verb form that begins with to .
B) ​is two or more subjects connected by and or or .
C) ​is a verb form that ends in - ing .
D) ​has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Question 20

A prepositional phrase includes​

A) ​a preposition such as about or above .
B) ​an object of the preposition that is a noun or pronoun.
C) ​any modifiers of the object of the preposition.
D) ​all of the above