Free Exam: Rhetorical Grammar, Chapter 1 Quiz
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Identify the determiners and headwords in the following sentences:
Our new neighbors across the hall became our best friends.
A huge crowd lined the streets for the big parade.
Jessica made her new boyfriend a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
Our new neighbors across the hall became our best friends.
A huge crowd lined the streets for the big parade.
Jessica made her new boyfriend a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
| Type: | Essay |
| Points: | 16 |
| Randomize answers: | No |
Question 2
Turn this list of words into a noun phrase and use it in a sentence:
books, those, moldy, in the basement
books, those, moldy, in the basement
| Type: | Essay |
| Points: | 4 |
| Randomize answers: | No |
Question 3
Write a pair of short sentences for each of the following words, demonstrating that they can be either nouns or verbs:
visit point audition
visit point audition
| Type: | Essay |
| Points: | 9 |
| Randomize answers: | No |
Question 4
Find the border between the subject and the predicate of the following sentences. Supply a pronoun for the subject.
The mayor's husband spoke against the ordinance.
Some residents of the community spoke for the ordinance.
This new law prohibits billboards on major highways.
The mayor's husband spoke against the ordinance.
Some residents of the community spoke for the ordinance.
This new law prohibits billboards on major highways.
| Type: | Essay |
| Points: | 6 |
| Randomize answers: | No |
Question 5
Identify the underlined prepositional phrases as eigher adjectival or adverbial:
Bill got a new MacBook Air [u]for his birthday[/u].
The merchants [u]in town [/u]are unhappy.
Bill got a new MacBook Air [u]for his birthday[/u].
The merchants [u]in town [/u]are unhappy.
| Type: | Essay |
| Points: | 4 |
| Randomize answers: | No |