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Subjects
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business-skills
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas
objective-case pronoun
interjections
nonessential (nonrestrictive) clause
whom & whomever is objective-case form
2. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used
collective nouns
adjectives
abbreviations plural w/ s
transitive verb
3. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)
plural compound words & phrases
adjectives
singular noun
inflected
4. Describes past actions that took place before other past action
past-perfect tense
pronoun
future tense verb
archaic label
5. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear
concrete nouns
Should be followed by a comma
proper noun possesive singular
compund-complex sentence
6. A -an & the
copyright date
academic degrees are plural w/ s
articles
concrete nouns
7. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)
subjects joined by and.....
participle
correlative conjunctions
Separate the parts of the address w/ commas
8. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....
fractions - portions & percentages...
compund-complex sentence
relative pronouns
A comma should be used
9. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them
Change to i - add es (supplies)
Add es
demonstrative adjectives
run-on sentence
10. Proper nouns become plural by adding s
simple subject
diacritical marks
Germanys - Januarys
indicative mood
11. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)
past participle
past-perfect tense
passive voice
diacritical marks
12. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things
subjective-case pronoun
progressive tenses
singular noun
forms of adjectives & adverbs
13. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)
progressive tenses
A comma
participle
irregular vebs
14. Join equal parts of sentences
Separate the parts of the address w/ commas
coordinating conjunctions
coordinating conjuctions
proper noun possessive plural
15. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)
parenthetical adverbs
Followed by commas
singular noun
present participle
16. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly
diacritical marks
transitive verb
That refers to
desk or college-level dictionary
17. Commas are used to separate word that...
Are repeated for emphasis & words that may be misread if not separated.
passive voice
Independent clauses
past-progressive tense
18. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and
proper nouns
simple sentence
abstract nouns
parenthetical words - phrases & clauses
19. Plural
object of preposition
present participle
present-perfect tense
individual units that can ve counted - quantities & measures are....
20. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore
past participle
Add es
collective nouns
compund sentence
21. No longer used
obsolete label
complete subject
possessive (singular)
numbers & uppercase letters (except AIMU) add s
22. Word often implied but not actually stated
comparison
proper nouns
reflexive pronouns
comparative degree
23. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis
accent
parenthetical clause
indicative mood
Germanys - Januarys
24. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.
appositives
participle
compund sentence
abridged dictionary
25. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned
antecedents
parenthetical clause
abstract nouns
independent adjectives
26. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...
Commas
Set off by commas
who and that clauses...
compund sentence
27. Expected to occur later
future tense verb
adverbs
That refers to
possessive (plural ends with s)
28. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it
compound words possessive
present tense verb
copyright date
idioms
29. Word combinations that are unique to that language
active voice
idioms
individual units that can ve counted - quantities & measures are....
set
30. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements
irregular vebs
complete predicate
past participle
passive voice
31. Warn about the use of certain words
usage labels
personal pronoun
Add es
pronoun
32. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being
future-perfect tense
past-perfect tense
verbs
run-on sentence
33. When one noun possess another
noun
subjects of verbs are not found in
possession
comparatives
34. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)
articles
double negative
possessive (plural ends with s)
comparative degree
35. When addresses are written in sentence form....
Separate the parts of the address w/ commas
intransitive verb
Are followed by a comma
contractions
36. Musical terms ending in o
Add s
The comma
transitive verb
sentences beginning with there and here
37. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about
rise
direct address
usage labels
plural nouns
38. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...
Require no comma
Comma
linking verbs
complex sentence
39. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed
A comma
comparison
abridged dictionary
interjections
40. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.
abbreviations plural w/ s
that clause
The comma
gerund
41. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)
proper noun possesive singular
lie
preposition
raise
42. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition
who and that clauses...
whom & whomever is objective-case form
verbs
plural compound words & phrases
43. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about
simple subject
object of preposition
personal pronoun
adverbs
44. Used to show continuous or repeated action
past participle
progressive tenses
possessive (singular)
appositives
45. When dates contain more than one element....
The second & succeeding elements are normally set off by commas
that clause
contractions
Are repeated for emphasis & words that may be misread if not separated.
46. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)
usage labels
preposition
possessive (singular)
conjunctive adverbs
47. Indicates present - the past & future
pronoun
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
compound words possessive
Germanys - Januarys
48. Pronouns that end in self
reflexive pronouns
preposition
Add s
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
49. What is used to show the omission of words understood?
subordinating conjunctions
subjects joined by and.....
primary tense (simple tense) verbs
A comma
50. Prepositional phrases
subordinating conjunctions
subjects of verbs are not found in
lay
Add es