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Basics Of Composition
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Subject
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english
Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The city where the government is located OR money/valuable resource used to invest
Accept
Compound Sentence Structure
Capital
Further
2. Must use proper pronoun - Don't use nominative pronoun in objective form (He gave it to I NOR Ricky and me jump up - I can't be used as a IO and me can't be a subject/nominative)
Agreement in Gender
Complex Sentence Structure
Agreement in Case
Illicit
3. Difference in quantity or extent - 'further from the truth' or studies are moving further along' are correct
Compound Sentence Structure
Singular Nouns/pronouns
Further
Parallelism
4. Two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANGIRL) (Ind+ ind)
Compound Sentence Structure
Parallelism
Run-on sentence
There v. Their v. They're
5. Between subject and pronoun ('Either Jack or Annie will give his or her report' and NOT 'Either Jack or Annie will give his report b/c the pronoun 'his' does not agree with Annie - can't just add 'her' either...must say 'Either Jack will give his rep
Capito
Agreement in Gender
Syntax
Simple Sentence Structure
6. Draw a conclusion from evidence (the one giving the evidence in NOT inferring - the one hearing the evidence is inferring.)
Simple Sentence Structure
Infer
Correlative Conjunctions
Fragment
7. Illegal
Capito
Parallelism with correlative conjunctions
Illicit
Infer
8. Two independent clauses joined by a (FANBOY) coordinating conjunction that are then joined by a (www.asia.b) subordinating conjunction one or more dependent clauses. (ind + ind + dep)
Agreement in Gender
Farther
Complex Sentence Structure
Compound-Complex Sentence Structure
9. When using 'a series' construction - you have to stay with the pattern.
Capital
Infer
Further
Parallelism
10. Hint at something negative (the one making the remark in insinuating NOT the one hearing it.)
Farther
Further
Parallelism with correlative conjunctions
Insinuate
11. The pronoun must be in first - second or third person in agreement with the noun (I am an American and you are an Australian and he is a Turk NOT 'If one wants to go home - you must ask first' b/c you does not agree with one which is third person whi
Who v. that v. which
Agreement in Person
Capital
Infer
12. An independent clause joined to one or more dependent clauses by a subordinating clause (www.asia.b) (ind + dep)
Compound-Complex Sentence Structure
Agreement in Gender
Agreement
Complex Sentence Structure
13. Hint at something (this is done by person making the remark NOT by the one hearing it.)
Imply
Than
Further
lay
14. Next; in addition; at that point in time; next; therefore - e.g. He ran faster then he stopped. This refers to what happened at a certain point in time and is not comparing.
Then
Lie
Illicit
Agreement in Gender
15. To draw out
Simple Sentence Structure
Elicit
Complex Sentence Structure
Agreement in Verb Tense - not always
16. Two or more independent sentences that LACK a conjunction (FANGIRL) but are incorrectly joined by a comma. (if joined by a semi-colon it is OK!)
There v. Their v. They're
Run-on sentence
Compound Sentence Structure
Than
17. List person; each; every; no one; everyone; anyone; either
Parallelism with correlative conjunctions
Singular Nouns/pronouns
Imply
There v. Their v. They're
18. Government building
Further
Capito
Fragment
Agreement in Gender
19. A series of verbs in a sentence must stay in same tense (like present - past - future - but okay to change tenses from one clause to the next if the events require it: 'He fell and now he is hurt changes tenses from past to present but the events req
Complex Sentence Structure
Agreement in Verb Tense - not always
Parallelism
There v. Their v. They're
20. 'Either you will love this movie - or you will be refunded.' is parallel BUT 'Either you will love this movie or obtain a refund for your ticket.' is NOT b/c after the or there should be the subject noun just like the SN followed the 'either' in the
Compound-Complex Sentence Structure
Capito
Parallelism with correlative conjunctions
Then
21. Who refers to a subject while whom refers to object (replace who with he and whom with him to test!)
Fragment
Imply
Run-on sentence
Who v. Whom
22. To recline - I lay down is correct or I have lain down NOT I have laid down!
Fragment
Capito
Syntax
Lie
23. Left out or an exception
Parallelism across nouns
Illicit
Who v. that v. which
Except
24. 'Suddenly - he walked - talked and jumped' has the same subject noun doing all the actions BUT 'He walked - talked and then there was a loud noise.' is not parallel b/c the subject is not doing the third item on the list.
Parallelism across nouns
Agreement in Person
Parallelism with correlative conjunctions
Illicit
25. There = place; Their = belongs to them; They're = they are
26. Between subject and verb (He is leaving NOT He are leaving.)
Agreement
Agreement in Person
Agreement in Case
Agreement in Number
27. Plural subject needs singular verb and vice versa (The boxes were carried or the box was carried - verb changes to agree with number of subject.)
Farther
Except
Accept
Agreement in Number
28. Both...and/ - either...or/ - just as...so/ - neither...nor/ - the more...the more/ - whether...or
Compound-Complex Sentence Structure
Further
Correlative Conjunctions
Agreement
29. Conjunction for comparasin 'I run faster THAN you.' Usu preceded by and '-er' word
Run-on sentence
Agreement in Verb Tense - not always
Agreement in Gender
Than
30. A sentence with just one subject and one predicate (no D.O and verb is NOT linking)
Agreement in Person
Agreement in Case
Who v. that v. which
Simple Sentence Structure
31. Who refers to people; that/which refer to groups or things or events. Use in the who/which IEW dress up!
Agreement in Person
Capital
Who v. Whom
Who v. that v. which
32. Rules for order of words and phrases - meaning changes if order changes
Run-on sentence
Fragment
Syntax
Lie
33. To receive or say yes
Correlative Conjunctions
Accept
Compound Sentence Structure
Agreement in Gender
34. Refers to a physical distance (we have 15 miles farther to go)
Except
Then
Farther
Agreement in Verb Tense - not always
35. To put or place something - I lay it down or I have laid it down or I am laying it down NOT I have lain it down.
lay
Agreement in Gender
There v. Their v. They're
Run-on sentence
36. Has either a subject or a predicate but not both or is a dependent clause without an independent clause - FRAGMENTS ARE NEVER ACCEPTABLE AS A SENTENCE ON THE CLEP EXAM - though they might be ok in a paper!
Further
Run-on sentence
Fragment
Elicit