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45 Cards in this Set
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Please "give" me the patience to make it through this exercise!
(A) subject (b) verb (c) indirect object (d) direct object |
(b) verb
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So, what's the purpose of this "exercise"?
(a) subject (b) direct object (c) object of preposition (d) predicate nominative |
(c) object of preposition
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"Is" this test going to be graded?
(a) linking verb (b) transitive verb (c) intransitive verb (d) gerund |
(b) transative verb
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Do you really use "bacon grease" on your hair?
(a) subject (b) object of preposition (c) direct object (d) indirect object |
(d) direct object
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This contract offer is an "insult" to us workers.
(a) subject (b) predicate nominative (c) object of preposition (d) appositive |
(b) predicate nominative
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"Bonds" drilled two more homers into the center field bleachers.
(a) subject (b) indirect object (c) object of preposition (d) predicate nominative |
(a) subject
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Among the many reasons for learning grammar is "its ability to make you a stronger writer".
(a) direct object (b) gerund phrase (c) subject (d) none is correct |
(c) subject
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Energy blast, a tofu supplement, takes "terrible".
(a) simple adverb (b) predicate adjective (c) appositive (d) predicate nominative |
(d) predicate nominative
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"Building cabinets" gives one a great sense of accomplishment.
(a) subject (b) verb (c) predicate adjective (d) appositive |
(a) subject
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Twenty executives "have been indicted" for grand theft.
(a) subject (b) intransitive verb (c) prepositional phrase (D) transitive verb |
(b) intransitive verb
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"This" was the most ludicrious thing I've ever heard.
(a) subject (b) appositive (c) pronoun (d) both A and C are correct |
(d) both A and C are correct
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Rebecca Jenkins, the "party's nominee", will speak tonight at 8.
(a) subject (b) appositive of subject (c) predicate nominative (d) direct object |
(b) apposotive of subject
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This had been the biggest waste "of time" I've had in years.
(a) direct object (b) gerund phrase (c) prepositional phrase (d) adverb |
(c) prepostional phrase
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"Who's" coming for dinner?
(a) subject (b) subject-verb contraction (c) personal pronoun (d) false subject |
(d) subject-verb agreement
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The gunmen "forced" the customers to lie down.
(a) transitive verb (b) linking verb (c) intransitive verb (d) gerund |
(b) linking verb
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Please "give" me the patience to make it through this exercise!
(A) subject (b) verb (c) indirect object (d) direct object |
(b) verb
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So, what's the purpose of this "exercise"?
(a) subject (b) direct object (c) object of preposition (d) predicate nominative |
(c) object of preposition
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"Is" this test going to be graded?
(a) linking verb (b) transitive verb (c) intransitive verb (d) gerund |
(b) transative verb
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Do you really use "bacon grease" on your hair?
(a) subject (b) object of preposition (c) direct object (d) indirect object |
(d) direct object
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This contract offer is an "insult" to us workers.
(a) subject (b) predicate nominative (c) object of preposition (d) appositive |
(b) predicate nominative
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"Bonds" drilled two more homers into the center field bleachers.
(a) subject (b) indirect object (c) object of preposition (d) predicate nominative |
(a) subject
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Among the many reasons for learning grammar is "its ability to make you a stronger writer".
(a) direct object (b) gerund phrase (c) subject (d) none is correct |
(c) subject
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Energy blast, a tofu supplement, takes "terrible".
(a) simple adverb (b) predicate adjective (c) appositive (d) predicate nominative |
(d) predicate nominative
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"Building cabinets" gives one a great sense of accomplishment.
(a) subject (b) verb (c) predicate adjective (d) appositive |
(a) subject
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Twenty executives "have been indicted" for grand theft.
(a) subject (b) intransitive verb (c) prepositional phrase (D) transitive verb |
(b) intransitive verb
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"This" was the most ludicrious thing I've ever heard.
(a) subject (b) appositive (c) pronoun (d) both A and C are correct |
(d) both A and C are correct
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Rebecca Jenkins, the "party's nominee", will speak tonight at 8.
(a) subject (b) appositive of subject (c) predicate nominative (d) direct object |
(b) apposotive of subject
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This had been the biggest waste "of time" I've had in years.
(a) direct object (b) gerund phrase (c) prepositional phrase (d) adverb |
(c) prepostional phrase
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"Who's" coming for dinner?
(a) subject (b) subject-verb contraction (c) personal pronoun (d) false subject |
(d) subject-verb agreement
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The gunmen "forced" the customers to lie down.
(a) transitive verb (b) linking verb (c) intransitive verb (d) gerund |
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Martha "feels" bad about the stock transaction.
(a) transitive verb (b) linking verb (c) intransitive verb (d) verbal |
(b) linking verb
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"Won't" you please "make" yourself comfortable?
(a) linking verb (b) transitive verb (c) intransitive verb (d) participial phrase |
(c) intranstive verb
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"Whom" did you select as a first-place winner?
(a) subject (b) object of prepositon (c) direct object (d) none is correct |
(d) direct object
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Between you and "me", this won't work.
(a) indirect object (b) direct object (c) object of prepostion (d) appositive |
(c) object of preposition
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"Does" this pizza "smell" funny to you?
(a) gerund clause (b) linking verb (c) trnasitive verb (d) intransitive verb |
(b) linking verb
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Never bother Bluto "when" he's eating!
(a) preposition (b) adverb (c) conjunction to introduce independent clause (d) conjunction to link dependent clause |
(d) conjunction to link dependent clause
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Is this suit of armor "yours"?
(a) pronoun (b) direct object (c) predicate nominative (d) both A and C are correct |
(d) both A and (c) are correct
(a) pronoun (c) predicate nominative |
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Her biggest ambition is "to learn how to snowboard".
(a) object of gerund phrase (b) adverbial clause (c) indirect object (d) predicate nominative |
(d) predicate nominative
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Running an "election campaign" takes a financial and spirtual toll.
(a) complete subject (b) object of preposition (c) indirect object (d) object of gerund phrase, the true subject |
(d) object of gerund phrase, the true subject
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As a menu item, grits and gravy "is" low on the hog.
(a) transitive verb (b) linking verb (c) intranstive verb |
(b) linking verb
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"This" exercise is starting to make sense.
(a) personal pronoun (b) complete subject (C) demonstrative adjective (d) appositive |
(c) demonastrative adjective
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I will "rise" early tomorrow.
(a) complete the linking verb (b) part of linking verb (c) complete intranstive verb (d) part of intransitive verb |
(d) part of intransitive verb
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Bill's sister "Angela" thinks her brother Tom is a moron.
(a) predicate nominatve (b) appositive (c) noun clause (d) relflexive pronoun |
(d) reflexive pronoun
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"Signaling for help with all of his might."
(a) sentence fragment (b) run-on sentence (c) noun clause (d) simple sentence |
(a) sentence fragment
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"Stymied by the puzzle", Jimmy turned on the television.
(a) adverbial phrase (b) present participial phrase (c) gerund phrase (d) past participial phrase |
(d) past participial phrase
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