English 028 - Intermediate Reading and Composition » Summer 2021 » Quiz 2

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Question #1
Which sentence does not have a word usage error?
A.   Your going to have to know your grammar.
B.   Its going to be a great day.
C.   Those keys are loose, so be careful not to lose them.
D.   The affects of the storm were minimal.
Question #2
Which of the following does not have a sentence fragment?
A.   He was warm. Because he put on his coat.
B.   The state sent relief workers. To help clean up the storm damage.
C.   He put on his coat. And rushed out the door.
D.   All of these have a fragment.
Question #3
In this sentence, which word or words need an apostrophe? I dont like to follow my brothers advice.
A.   brothers
B.   don’t
C.   No word in this sentence needs an apostrophe.
D.   dont and brothers
Question #4
Which sentence is a passive sentence?
A.   The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 destroyed five hundred of the city's square blocks.
B.   The Spanish influenza was brought to America from Europe.
C.   Peter played the piano when he was young.
D.   After he studied, he went outside to play basketball.
Question #5
In this sentence, which word or words need to be followed by a comma? Thomas Jefferson our third president commissioned Lewis and Clark's expedition to the West.
A.   president
B.   Jefferson
C.   Jefferson and president
D.   Jefferson and commissioned
Question #6
In this sentence, after which word or words is there a comma usage error? Before I went home yesterday, I called my friend, because I wanted to meet her for dinner.
A.   yesterday
B.   friend
C.   yesterday and friend
D.   There is no comma usage error in this sentence.
Question #7
In which sentence is the semicolon used incorrectly?
A.   Los Angeles is a large city; it has more people than any other city in the U.S. except New York City.
B.   Cholera is a disease of the small intestines; its symptoms include cramps and vomiting.
C.   The workers stumbled upon the ground; that is why they had to stop digging.
D.   All of the sentences above use the semicolon correctly.

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