English 1st PT Practice Set

A compound sentence consists of only one independent clause joined by a conjunction (FANBOYS) or semicolon.

• True

• False

1. It is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Identify the Basic Pattern in this sentence. “Ms. Maria gave us the pointers for Math.”

• S-IV

• S-LV-C

• S-TV-DO

• S-TV-IO-DO

Answer explanation

Ms. Maria(Subject); gave(Transitive Verb); us(Indirect Object); the pointers for Math (Direct Object) - S–TV–IO–DO Pattern

1. Identify the Independent clause in this sentence. “I like you because you like me.”

It is a short tale that teaches a moral often with animals as characters.

At the Tabard Inn, a tavern in Southwark , near London, the narrator joins a company of __ pilgrims.

• 28

• 27

• 29

• 26

1. Ballad is a poem that tells a story (often about love); may be performed as a song.

• True

• False

1. He invented the printing press in the early 1400s and made everything much easier.

• Mike Prinpres

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Johannes Gutenburg

• Thomas Becket

1. Identify the Basic Pattern in this sentence. “The Whole class greets her.”

• S-LV-C

• S-TV-DO

• S-IV

• S-TV-IO-DO

Answer explanation

The Whole class(Subject); greets(Transitive Verb); her(Direct Object) - S–TV–DO

1. Identify the form of this sentence (kinds of sentences). “I go to the grocery store to buy what I need, and I sometimes go for walks after grocery shopping.”

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Answer explanation

1. I go to the grocery store(Independent Clause 1) to buy what I need(Dependent Clause 1), and I sometimes go for walks(Independent Clause 2); after grocery shopping(Dependent Clause 2) - Compound-Complex Sentence