Abeka 11th Grade Grammar Test 7

Agreement: Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors finally (reunite/reunites) two sets of twin brothers.

reunites

Review: What are the two ways to correct excessive coordination?

division and subordination

Agreement: Everyone participating in the contest presented (his/their) identification and music to the judges.

his

Agreement: Adoniram Judson is one of the missionaries who (inspire/inspires) those who read of their lives.

inspire

Review: A sentence with two independent clauses and one dependent clause is what kind of sentence?

compound-complex

Agreement: Each of the players arrived with (their/his) own glove.

his

Agreement: These two hours (has/have) certainly been spent profitably.

have

Review: Any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun or noun equivalent is a ?

substantive

Agreement: This is one of the ships that (was/were) damaged in the battle.

were

Review: The phrase in parenthesis in the sentence "(All joking put aside), we want you to come with us" is an example of what?

nominative absolute

Dictionary: schwa

(upside down e) unaccented vowel

Dictionary: run-on entries

additional forms of the entry word

Review: A phrase or elliptical clause that does not have a word in the sentence that it can sensibly modify is a what?

dangling modifier

Agreement: Neither the nurses nor the doctor (have/has) been assigned yet for the emergency room.

has

Agreement: Pickwick Papers (is/are) a novel written by Charles Dickens.

is

Dictionary: breve

short vowel

Dictionary: macron

(-) long vowel

Agreement: Neither the quarterback nor the guards (is/are) able to play today.

are

Two thirds of the milk (was/were) still in the glass.

was

Dictionary: Slang

usage label

Dictionary: etymology

history of the word

Dictionary: Archaic

time label

Dictionary: idiom

expression whose meaning cannot be derived from the individual words in the expression.

Diagram: What kind of a sentence is this? Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are his delight.

compound

Review: Making an independent clause into a dependent clause to form a complex sentence is called what?

subordination