English 11 - Grammar Midterm

What type of sentence consists of two independent clauses?

• Compound-Complex

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

An infinitive is defined as what?

• A past tense action verb

• To plus the verb(s)

• A first person objective pronoun

• A helping verb plus a linking verb

A declarative sentence does what?

• Expresses emotion.

• Asks a question.

• Provides a statement.

• Gives a command.

What is the direct object of the following sentence?

Hailey gave me her pencil after mine ran out of lead.

• pencil

• me

• lead

• after

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

I went down to the store to buy some chips and jalapeño dip.

• to buy some

• chips and jalapeno dip

• to the store

• down to the store

What is the adverb in the following sentence?

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

• thy

• unused

• for

• often

What is a transitive verb?

• A linking verb

• A verb that has a direct object

• A verb that does not have a direct object

• A verb that has an adverb with it

What is a gerund?

• A verb in place of a noun ending in ing

• A verb in place of an adjective ending in ing or ed

• A preposition in place of a noun ending in ing

• A preposition in place of an adjective ending in ing or ed

Which of the following sentences is utilizes correct punctuation and capitalization?

• Oh-what have I done to be blessed with such friends?

• Oh what have I done to be blessed with such friends?

• Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends.

• Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends?

In the sentence "Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends?" what is the infinitive?

• to be

• to be blessed

• with such friends

• what have I done