Choose the meaning of the bold word.
He had left school in junior high, ostensibly because his mother was ill. (“Delfino II: Diez in the Desert”)
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Responses
oddly
oddly
surely
surely
fortunately
fortunately
supposedly
supposedly
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
And I throbbed with a burning desire / To travel this immensity. (“Your World”)
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Responses
monstrosity
monstrosity
vastness
vastness
world
world
infinity
vastness
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
[T]he Last Poets embodied black power. (“Hip-Hop Planet")
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Responses
enabled
enabled
exploded
exploded
weakened
weakened
personified
personified
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
What happens to a dream deferred? (“Harlem II")
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Responses
postponed
postponed
hidden
hidden
moved
moved
forgotten
postponed
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined phrase.
The Statue of Liberty has stood for more than 100 years in New York Harbor.
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Responses
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
adjective
adjective
appositive phrase
appositive phrase
adverb
adverb
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined phrase.
Frédéric Bartholdi, the sculptor, came up with the concept of a “mighty woman with a torch” as he sailed into the harbor.
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Responses
infinitive
infinitive
appositive phrase
appositive phrase
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
adjective phrase
appositive phrase
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined phrase.
The huge statue was shipped in 214 separate cases, then assembled in New York.
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Responses
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
adjective
adjective
adjective phrase
adjective phrase
appositive phrase
adjective phrase
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined verb.
Bowling is the top participation sport in the U.S. today, with 53 million players.
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Responses
gerund
gerund
present participle
present participle
participial phrase
participial phrase
infinitive
gerund
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined verbal phrase.
One form of bowling, found in Scotland, involves heaving a ball at the pins and flopping down faceforward.
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Responses
gerund phrase
gerund phrase
participial phrase
participial phrase
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
none of the above
gerund phrase
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined verbal phrase.
To score accurately, bowlers must learn what the terms spare, strike, and split mean.
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Responses
infinitive phrase
infinitive phrase
gerund phrase
gerund phrase
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
none of the above
infinitive phrase
Identify the grammar problem.
A cool, pine-scented breeze.
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Responses
misplaced modifier
misplaced modifier
dangling modifier
dangling modifier
phrase fragment
phrase fragment
none of the above
phrase fragment
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined clause.
Throughout history, birds have been considered important symbols and omens.
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Responses
independent clause
independent clause
adjective clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
adverb clause
noun clause
independent clause
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined clause.
In Europe, where winters are long and hard, cuckoos are considered a sign of spring.
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Responses
independent clause
independent clause
adjective clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
adverb clause
noun clause
adjective clause
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined clause.
Many people believe that storks symbolize good luck and welcome stork nests on their chimneys.
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Responses
independent clause
independent clause
adjective clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
adverb clause
noun clause
noun clause
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined clause.
Doves, which are considered symbols of peace and beauty, are related to plain old pigeons.
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Responses
independent clause
independent clause
adjective clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
adverb clause
noun clause
adjective clause
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
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Responses
Were you aware, that Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow?
Were you aware, that Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow?
What most people do, is change their clocks in the morning, not the night before.
What most people do, is change their clocks in the morning, not the night before.
How you choose to wake up tomorrow, is up to you.
How you choose to wake up tomorrow, is up to you.
I hope that you do not oversleep, or we will be late for school.
I hope that you do not oversleep, or we will be late for school.
I hope that you do not oversleep, or we will be late for school.
Identify the choice that best describes the sentences.
Even before telescopes were invented, humans were interested in astronomy.
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Responses
simple
simple
compound
compound
complex
complex
compound-complex
compound-complex
simple
Identify the choice that best describes the sentences.
Halley’s comet should return in the year 2061.
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Responses
simple
simple
compound
compound
complex
complex
compound-complex