Grammar Unit 3 Review

The underlined portions in sentence #1 follow what pattern? 

• participial phrase, subordinate clause, prepositional phrase

• participial phrase, appositive, prepostional phrase

• subordinate clause, prepositional phrase, participial phrase

• subordinate clause, participial phrase, prepositional phrase

Question 2: What is the verb/verb phrase in the underlined portion of sentence #2? 

• doesn't extend to

• doesn't extend

• does extend

• does

Question 3: The commas in sentence #3 follow what comma rule? 

• noun of direct address

• items in a series

• compound sentence

• appositive

Determine the sentence type for sentence #4. 

• interrogative

• imperative

• declarative

• exclamatory

Select the form of sentence #5 that shows BOTH possessives correctly. 

• He may snuggle up against a visitor’s ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a dog and nip at someones’ ankles. 

• He may snuggle up against a visitors’ ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a dog and nip at someones’ ankles. 

• He may snuggle up against a visitor’s ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a dog and nip at someone’s ankles. 

• He may snuggle up against a visitors’ ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a dog and nip at someone’s ankles. 

_____ Question 6: After my guests have fled (in sentence #6) is an example of what?

• subordinate clause

• prepositional phrase

• participial phrase

• appositive phrase

Sentence #6 is an example of what type of sentence? 

• compound

• complex

• simple

The underlined phrases in sentence #7 follow what pattern? 

• Participial phrase, verb phrase, infinitive

• Infinitive, verb phrase, prepositional phrase

• Verb phrase, infinitive, participial phrase

• Verb phrase, infinitive, prepositional phrase

As used in sentence #7, the word love is what type of noun? 

• possessive noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

• plural noun

What is the subordinate clause in the following sentence? If the fisherman wanted to catch some fish, he needed to get up before sunrise.

• If the fisherman wanted to catch some fish

• if the fisherman

• he needed to get up

• before sunrise