Pre-AP 1.4 Grammar Quiz: Syntax

What type of punctuation is used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation?

• A comma ( , )

• A semicolon ( ; )

• A colon ( : )

• A period ( . )

What is an independent clause?

• A subject and a verb

• A subject and a predicate

• A subject and a predicate that forms a complete thought

• A complete thought

What is a simple sentence?

• a dependent clause

• an independent clause

• two or more independent clauses

• an independent clause with at least dependent clause

Identify the simple sentence

• It was the girl's first day at school, and she was dressed in all new clothes.

• It was the girl's first day of school, though her mother took her to the wrong school.

• The girl's first day of school.

• It was the girl's first day of school, on that unremarkable September morning.

Which of the following is correct, regarding dependent clauses? (There are multiple correct answers.)

• A clause that cannot stand on its own

• A clause that starts with a subordinating conjunction

• A fragment

• A sentence

Identify the dependent clause.

• though she was wearing all new clothes

• and she was wearing all new clothes

• she was wearing all new clothes

• but she was wearing all new clothes

Identify the simple sentence.

• though she was wearing all new clothes

• and she was wearing all new clothes

• she was wearing all new clothes

• but she was wearing all new clothes

Identify the complex sentence.

• Though she was wearing all new clothes, she was nervous.

• She was wearing all new clothes, but she was nervous.

• She was wearing all new clothes, on that fine September morning.

• But she was wearing all new clothes.

What is a prepositional phrase? (There are multiple correct answers.)

• A clause that starts with a preposition

• A phrase that starts with a word describing the relationship between two things

• A group of words missing either a subject or a predicate

• A phrase that starts with a preposition

Which of these is NOT a prepositional phrase?

• for she was illiterate

• for the last time

• on her first day of school

• between you and me