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Indicate whether the underlined pronoun is an interrogative, reflexive, relative, indefinite, or a possessive pronoun:

Is anyone going my way?

A.Interrogative Pronoun

B.Reflexive Pronoun

C.Relative Pronoun

D.Possessive Pronoun

E.Indefinite Pronoun

Question 1 of 15

Indicate whether the underlined is a sentence fragment, a complete sentence, or a run on sentence:

I'm heading out to the mall. If you want to come with me.

A.Fragment

B.Complete

C.Run-on

Question 2 of 15

Identify the following as a paradox, equivocation, irony or oxymoron:

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

A.Paradox

B.Equivocation

C.Irony

D.Oxymoron

Question 3 of 15

Indicate whether the following is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence:

Ashish can do mathematics at two grade levels above his age.

A.Simple

B.Compound

C.Complex

D.Compound-Complex

Question 4 of 15

Indicate if the the following sentence has a mixed structure

Although I’m training for the olympics, yet I am not sure I can win a medal.

A.Mixed

B.Correct

Question 5 of 15

Choose whether the following use of a semicolon in the sentence is correct or incorrect:

Ivan was fighting hard; yet it did not look like he would win.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 6 of 15

Before which of the following words would you place a colon to make the sentence grammatically correct?

It is currently 2 00 P.M.

A.00

B.2

C.P.M.

D.currently

Question 7 of 15

Indicate if the following sentence makes correct or incorrect use of commas:

I like jumping up and down for it is fun.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 8 of 15

Indicate whether the underlined word is correct or incorrect in the sentence below:

The team put their gloves on and took the field.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 9 of 15

10.

Indicate whether the underlined pronoun is an interrogative, reflexive, relative, indefinite, or possessive pronoun:

What is the number of stars in the universe and which planet is the third from the sun?

A.Interrogative Pronoun

B.Reflexive Pronoun

C.Relative Pronoun

D.Possessive Pronoun

Question 10 of 15

11.

Choose whether the following use of a semicolon in the sentence is correct or incorrect:

Ivan was fighting hard; however it did not look like he would win.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 11 of 15

12.

Identify the following as a paradox, equivocation, irony or oxymoron:

Men work together whether they work together or apart.

A.Paradox

B.Equivocation

C.Irony

D.Oxymoron

Question 12 of 15

13.

Indicate if the following sentence makes correct or incorrect use of commas:

Maria, though she was excited, wanted to be somewhere else.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 13 of 15

14.

Indicate whether the following is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence:

When carrying his phone with GPS, Dave can hide in the city.

A.Simple

B.Compound

C.Complex

D.Compound-Complex

Question 14 of 15

15.

Identify the meaning of the underlined Greek or Latin affix (prefix added at the beginning and suffix added at the end of the root word) that can be used to identify the correct definition of the following word:

fatter

A.most

B.more

C.having characteristics of

D.state of

Question 15 of 15