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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. Indicates present - the past & future






2. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






3. Can stand alone






4. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






5. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






6. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






7. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






8. No longer used






9. Add ' (Horowitzes')






10. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






11. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






12. Falls at the end of the sentence






13. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






14. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






15. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






16. Words expressing strong feelings






17. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






18. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






19. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






20. When dates contain more than one element....






21. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






22. Contains helpful info: punctuation - hyphenation - capitalization - number style - abbreviations - & commonly confused words






23. MDs - PhDs






24. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






25. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






26. Action has been completed






27. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






28. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






29. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






30. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






31. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






32. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






33. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






34. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






35. To rest (sit - sat)






36. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






37. Subjects are after the verb






38. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






39. Words that connect other words or groups of words






40. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






41. Two or more






42. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






43. Used to show continuous or repeated action






44. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






45. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






46. Plural






47. When addresses are written in sentence form....






48. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






49. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






50. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear