English I Final Exam 2018 Review

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

• Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

• Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

• Jake my black, and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is written correctly?

• As, I rode my bike down the street I saw my friend riding her scooter.

• As I rode my bike down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter.

• As I rode my bike down the street I saw, my friend riding her scooter.

• As I rode my bike, down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is written correctly?

• You may have, hot chocolate, hot tea, or coffee to drink.

• You may have hot chocolate; hot tea; or coffee to drink.

• You may have hot chocolate, hot tea, or coffee to drink.

• You may have hot chocolate or hot tea or coffee, to drink.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

How should the following sentence be corrected?

Nobody knows Harold can dance because he refuses to dance in public.

• Insert comma before "because" (comma is needed to separate two independent clauses)

• Insert comma after "refuses" (comma is needed to set off a non-essential clause at the end of a sentence)

• Insert comma after because (comma is needed to separate two independent clauses)

• Correct as is; no changes needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How should the following sentence be corrected?

The hill was covered with wildflowers it was a beautiful sight.

• comma before "was" and after "it" (pair of commas needed to set off a non-essential phrase)

• comma after "wildflowers" (comma needed to separate two independent clauses)

• semicolon after "wildflowers" (semicolon needed to separate two independent clauses)

• comma after "beautiful" (comma needed to separate coordinate adjectives)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How should the following sentence be corrected?

Harold is going to the prom with Kendra or Olivia.

• Comma after "Kendra" (comma needed because there's a conjunction)

• Comma after "prom" (comma needed to because there's a non-essential clause at the end of the sentence)

• Comma after "going" (comma needed because there is an introductory clause)

• Correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How should the following sentence be corrected?

Many students will choose to not study for the final exam which is a very bad idea.

• comma after "exam" (comma needed to set off a essential phrase at the end of a sentence)

• Comma after "very" (comma needed to separate coordinate adjectives)

• Semicolon after "exam" (semicolon needed to separate two independent clauses)

• Correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

How should the following sentence be corrected?

The papers were checked grades entered and averages posted.

• comma after "and" (comma needed to separate two independent clauses)

• comma after "checked" and comma after "entered" (commas needed to separate words, clauses, or items in a series)

• semicolon after "checked" (semicolon needed to separate two independent clauses)

• Correct as is.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B

In MLA format, what would the in-text citation look like for the following book source (page 13)?

Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge UP, 2003.

• (Uzawa 2003)

• (Uzawa p. 13)

• (Uzawa 13, 2003)

• (Uzawa 13)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In MLA format, what would an in-text citation look like for the following article source?

"Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." The New York Times, 22 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/earth/22ander.html?_r=0. Accessed 12 May 2016.

• (2007)

• (Anonymous)

• (2016)

• ("Executive on a Mission")

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9