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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 1 of 15

Indicate which of the following indicates the simple past tense:

A.I have written many poems.

B.Amy ran around the block.

C.Tanya has a swimming competition in the morning.

D.Dad built that building a long time ago.

Question 2 of 15

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

The dealership tried to sell me a pre-owned car yesterday.

A.Paradox

B.Equivocation

C.Irony

D.Oxymoron

Question 3 of 15

Indicate if the subject-verb agreement is correct or incorrect in the following sentence:

Everybody are going to find out so be careful.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 4 of 15

Meaning is oftentimes inferred from the context of the story. Read the following and infer the best conclusion(s) below:

While walking one evening in the lower east side of Manhattan you see someone wearing all black with tattoos and a nose ring.

A.They are going to a funeral.

B.They wear black because it makes them look skinnier.

C.They are goth.

D.Their favorite color is black.

Question 5 of 15

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

‘Max, is that the suit we purchased?’

A.Interrogative Pronoun

B.Reflexive Pronoun

C.Relative Pronoun

D.Possessive Pronoun

Question 6 of 15

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 7 of 15

Indicate the connotation of the following word or phrase:

Lend me your ears.

A.Cut off your ears.

B.Listen to me.

Question 8 of 15

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

John ran, and he escaped her clutches, but not for long.

A.Simple

B.Compound

C.Complex

D.Compound-Complex

Question 9 of 15

10.

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

The dog worn down by age had trouble walking up the stairs.

A.Correct

B.Incorrect

Question 10 of 15

11.

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

Ryan bought several items at the store fruits, vegetables, meat and juice.

A.at

B.store

C.vegetables

D.fruits

Question 11 of 15

12.

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 12 of 15

13.

Indicate which type of phrase is used in the following sentence:

The senile old man was confused.

A.Verb phrase

B.Gerund phrase

C.Prepositional phrase

D.Noun phrase

Question 13 of 15

14.

Indicate whether the underlined verb is an action verb, linking verb, or auxiliary (helping) verb:

John's ideas expanded the range of option available to us.

A.Action verb

B.Linking verb

C.Auxiliary (Helping) verb

Question 14 of 15

15.

Indicate if the underlined word is adjective, adverb, or neither:

I have traveled some distance to get to this place.

A.Adjective

B.Adverb

C.None of the above

Question 15 of 15