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AP English Language and Composition Unit 7B: Verb Tense Consistency and Agreement Rules — practice questions — page 3

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A clause with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →In a complex sentence, the less important idea is carried by the:Read the answer and worked solution →A pupil punctuates a subordinate clause as if it were a whole sentence. He has written a:Read the answer and worked solution →Three or more ideas packed into one sentence with several clauses form a:Read the answer and worked solution →A student joins two complete sentences with only a comma. This error is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Two complete sentences written with no punctuation between them make a:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The board voted; they explained their reasoning', the noun that 'they' refers to is its:Read the answer and worked solution →A marker warns that a pronoun in an essay is vague. Every pronoun needs an antecedent that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The pronouns it, they and you cause trouble in an essay unless each has a definite:Read the answer and worked solution →A student must write the possessive form of 'who' in a sentence. She writes:Read the answer and worked solution →An advertisement uses short deliberate fragments for punch. Such fragments are common in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the sentence errorsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the grammar gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the sentence faultsRead the answer and worked solution →Stands alone or notRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the writing termsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Grammar bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the sentence: There were ___ visitors at the fair this year than last year.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct word: The soup needs ___ salt than the curry does.Read the answer and worked solution →Select the best word: He lost the election by ___ than five votes.Read the answer and worked solution →A strict grammarian would correct a shop sign reading 'Ten items or less' to:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct word: The recipe asks for ___ than a litre of milk.Read the answer and worked solution →A modifier that may be wrongly attached to a word other than the one intended is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A clause with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone is called a:

  1. Substitute clause
  2. Subordinate clause
  3. Coordinate clause
  4. Independent clause
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Correct answer: B. Subordinate clause

1. Like a main clause it has a subject and a verb. 2. Unlike a main clause it cannot stand on its own. 3. So it is a subordinate clause. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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In a complex sentence, the less important idea is carried by the:

  1. Independent clause
  2. Substitute clause
  3. Subordinate clause
  4. Coordinate clause
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Correct answer: C. Subordinate clause

1. The main clause carries the central idea. 2. The attached clause carries the lesser idea. 3. So the less important idea sits in the subordinate clause. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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A pupil punctuates a subordinate clause as if it were a whole sentence. He has written a:

  1. Sentence quotation
  2. Sentence inversion
  3. Sentence agreement
  4. Sentence fragment
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Correct answer: D. Sentence fragment

1. A subordinate clause cannot stand alone. 2. Ending it with a full stop leaves it incomplete. 3. So he has written a sentence fragment. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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