Question 1

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ The simple subject is the subject without modifiers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the gerund: Riding her bike is Darla's favorite way to exercise.

Accepted Answer

A) riding 
B) bike 
C) Darla 
D) exercise 
A) riding 
B) bike 
C) Darla 
D) exercise A

Question 3

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the passive predicate: The defendant was sentenced to one year of probation.

Accepted Answer

A) sentenced 
B) was sentenced 
C) defendant 
D) probation 
A) sentenced 
B) was sentenced 
C) defendant 
D) probation B

Question 4

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ A dependent clause expresses a complete thought.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the independent clause below:

Accepted Answer

A) The speech I gave at commencement. 
B) Before I could even speak. 
C) When everyone had been seated. 
D) I gave the speech in a hurry. 
A) The speech I gave at commencement. 
B) Before I could even speak. 
C) When everyone had been seated. 
D) I gave the speech in a hurry.

Question 6

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the complete predicate: The professional sprinter is running very fast.

Accepted Answer

A) running 
B) is running very fast 
C) sprinter 
D) the professional sprinter 
A) running 
B) is running very fast 
C) sprinter 
D) the professional sprinter

Question 7

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ An adjective modifies a noun.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the prepositional phrase: I found my book under the yellow hammock.

Accepted Answer

A) found my book 
B) under 
C) under the yellow hammock 
D) the yellow hammock 
A) found my book 
B) under 
C) under the yellow hammock 
D) the yellow hammock

Question 9

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the dependent clause below:

Accepted Answer

A) The dinner party was at Jan's house. 
B) Marta bought a cherry pie. 
C) When she arrived with the pie. 
D) The other guests had eaten. 
A) The dinner party was at Jan's house. 
B) Marta bought a cherry pie. 
C) When she arrived with the pie. 
D) The other guests had eaten.

Question 10

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
In English, the subject comes before the predicate when the sentence begins with here or there .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the adjective phrase: I brought the purse that my sister gave me.

Accepted Answer

A) brought 
B) purse 
C) that my sister gave me 
D) my sister 
A) brought 
B) purse 
C) that my sister gave me 
D) my sister

Question 12

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ A prepositional phrase can function as an adjective or an adverb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the simple subject: The black and white puppy is my favorite.

Accepted Answer

A) black 
B) black and white 
C) black and white puppy 
D) puppy 
A) black 
B) black and white 
C) black and white puppy 
D) puppy

Question 14

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ A clause can always stand on its own as a sentence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the compound subject: John and Mary are coming to the potluck dinner.

Accepted Answer

A) John 
B) Mary 
C) John and Mary 
D) potluck dinner 
A) John 
B) Mary 
C) John and Mary 
D) potluck dinner

Question 16

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ Some sentences have an implied subject.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the infinitive: To finish my degree is my top goal.

Accepted Answer

A) my degree 
B) to finish 
C) my top goal 
D) finish 
A) my degree 
B) to finish 
C) my top goal 
D) finish

Question 18

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the compound predicate: The toddler giggled and danced.

Accepted Answer

A) toddler 
B) giggled 
C) danced 
D) giggled and danced 
A) toddler 
B) giggled 
C) danced 
D) giggled and danced

Question 19

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. 
​ An adverb always ends in -ly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the adverb: The waiter acted quickly when the soup spilled.

Accepted Answer

A) soup 
B) waiter 
C) spilled 
D) quickly 
A) soup 
B) waiter 
C) spilled 
D) quickly

Exam 14: Sentence Basics

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ The simple subject is the subject without modifiers.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the gerund: Riding her bike is Darla's favorite way to exercise.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the passive predicate: The defendant was sentenced to one year of probation.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ A dependent clause expresses a complete thought.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the independent clause below:

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the complete predicate: The professional sprinter is running very fast.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ An adjective modifies a noun.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the prepositional phrase: I found my book under the yellow hammock.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the dependent clause below:

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. In English, the subject comes before the predicate when the sentence begins with here or there .

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the adjective phrase: I brought the purse that my sister gave me.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ A prepositional phrase can function as an adjective or an adverb.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the simple subject: The black and white puppy is my favorite.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ A clause can always stand on its own as a sentence.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the compound subject: John and Mary are coming to the potluck dinner.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Some sentences have an implied subject.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the infinitive: To finish my degree is my top goal.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the compound predicate: The toddler giggled and danced.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ An adverb always ends in -ly.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. ​ Identify the adverb: The waiter acted quickly when the soup spilled.

The Reading-Writing Connection

Understanding the Reading and Writing Processes

Using Reading and Writing Strategies

Improving Vocabulary

Critical Thinking and Viewing

Ideas

Organization

Voice

Reading and Writing Essays

Reading and Writing Narratives Texts

Reading and Writing Expository Texts

Reading and Writing Arguments

Conducting Research

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

Agreement

Sentence Problems

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Conjunctions and Prepositions

Capitalization

Comma

Quotation Marks and Italics

Other Punctuation

Health Disparities and Racial Diversity in America

Filters

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. The simple subject is the subject without modifiers.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. A dependent clause expresses a complete thought.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the independent clause below:

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the complete predicate: The professional sprinter is running very fast.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. An adjective modifies a noun.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the prepositional phrase: I found my book under the yellow hammock.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the dependent clause below:

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the adjective phrase: I brought the purse that my sister gave me.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. A prepositional phrase can function as an adjective or an adverb.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the simple subject: The black and white puppy is my favorite.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. A clause can always stand on its own as a sentence.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Some sentences have an implied subject.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the infinitive: To finish my degree is my top goal.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the compound predicate: The toddler giggled and danced.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. An adverb always ends in -ly.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 14. Identify the adverb: The waiter acted quickly when the soup spilled.