Language and Literature Review

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Language and Literature Review

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• Correctly answer the question in the allotted
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• The team with the most points is the winner!
• Each member of the winning team will receive a
  Jessie dollar!

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Question 1

• That paper feels smooth.
• Smooth is a
• A. Predicate noun
• B. Predicate adjective
• C. Adverb
• D. Verb

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Answer to 1

• That paper feels smooth.
• Smooth is a predicate adjective.
• A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and
  describes a quality of the subject.

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Question 2

• Jesse told his little cousins the story.
• Cousins is the
• Subject
• Simple predicate
• Direct object
• Indirect object

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Answer to question 2.

• Jesse told his little cousins the story.
• Cousins is the indirect object.
• An indirect object is a word or group of words
  that tells to whom or what (or for whom or what)
  an action is performed.

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Question 3

• Jack climbed the beanstalk.
• Beanstalk is the
• Subject
• Verb
• Direct object
• Indirect object

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Answer to question 3.

• Jack climbed the beanstalk.
• Beanstalk is the direct object.
• A direct object is a word or group of words that
  names the receiver of the action.

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Question 4

• The thousands of details within the tapestry.
• The above item is a
• Complete Sentence
• Fragment
• Run-on sentence
• Interrogative sentence

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Answer to question 4

• The thousands of details within the tapestry.
• This item is a fragment.
• A sentence fragment is a part of a sentence that
  is written as if it were a complete sentence.
  (Note the sentence above does not have a verb!)

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Question 5

• In those days, Normandy was a small dukedom,
  today it is a region of France.
• The above item is a
• Complete sentence
• Run-on sentence
• Sentence fragment
• Exclamatory sentence

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Answer to question 5

• In those days, Normandy was a small dukedom,
  today it is a region of France.
• The above item is a run-on sentence.
• A run-on sentence is two or more sentences
  written as though they were a single sentence.

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Question 6

• Some poems are sad.
• Sad is a
• Predicate noun
• Adverb
• Predicate adjective
• preposition

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Answer to question 6.

• Some poems are sad.
• Sad is a predicate adjective.
• A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and
  describes a quality of the subject.

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Question 7

• Jacks mother tossed the beans away.
• Beans is a
• Preposition
• Direct object
• Indirect object
• Predicate adjective

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Answer to question 7

• Jacks mother tossed the beans away.
• Beans is a direct object.
• A direct object is a word or group of words that
  names the receiver of the action.

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Question 8

• In the last few minutes, our team won the game.
• Which words form the prepositional phrase?
• A. Our team won
• B. Our team won the game
• C. In the last few minutes
• D. Our team

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Answer to question 8

• In the last few minutes, our team won the game.
• In the last few minutes forms the prepositional
  phrase.
• A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition,
  its object, and any modifiers of the object.

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Question 9

• The knight is under the dragon.
• Which word is the preposition?
• A. Knight
• B. Is
• C. Under
• D. dragon

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Answer to question 9

• The knight is under the dragon.
• Under is the preposition.
• A preposition is a word that shows a relationship
  between a noun or pronoun and some other word in
  the sentence.

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Question 10

• Identify the complete verb in the following
  sentence.
• The dog ran beside the bicycle.
• A. Dog
• B. Ran
• C. Beside
• D. bicycle

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Answer to question 10

• The dog ran beside the bicycle.
• Ran is the verb. It shows action the action in
  the sentence!

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Question 11

• Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
• A. Order the chicken sandwich the fish is not
  very good.
• B. Order the chicken sandwich the fish is not
  very good.
• C. Order the chicken sandwich, and the fish is
  not very good.
• D. Order the chicken sandwich. the fish is not
  very good.

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Answer to question 11

• Choice B
• Order the chicken sandwich the fish is not very
  good.

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Question 12

• Read the sentences below.
• There is a trunk in our attic.
• The trunk is filled with family heirlooms.
• Which is the BEST combination of the two
  sentences?
• A. Our attic is filled with family heirlooms
  like trunks.
• B. The trunk in our familys attic is filled
  with heirlooms.
• C. There is a trunk with family heirlooms filled
  in our attic,
• D. Our trunk is filled with family heirlooms,
  which are in the attic.

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Answer to question 12.

• Choice B is the correct answer!
• B. The trunk in our familys attic is filled
  with heirlooms.

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Question 13

• Which of the following is a compound sentence?
• A. Alexander plays trombone.
• B. After listening to a demonstration of
  instruments, Alexander decided he liked the
  trombone the best.
• C. Alexander plays the trombone, and his twin
  brother plays the clarinet.
• D. Alexanders mother said that he could have
  trombone lessons, but not until he promised that
  he would practice every night and would go to
  every lesson.

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Answer to question 13

• C. Alexander plays the trombone, and his twin
  brother plays the clarinet.
• A compound sentence is formed by two independent
  clauses joined by a connecting word.

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Question 14

• Read the sentence.
• After Tom and Ed found their fishing poles, they
  headed to the pond.
• The pronoun they refers to
• The fishing poles
• B. Tom and Ed
• C. The pond
• D. Tom

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Answer to question 14

• After Tom and Ed found their fishing poles, they
  headed to the pond.
• They refers to Tom and Ed.