Warm Up Quiz Practice

Select the best way to combine the three sentences below. Ten new mummies were discovered. They were discovered in 2016. They were discovered in Egypt.

• A. Ten new mummies were discovered in Egypt, they were discovered in 2016.
• B. In 2016, ten new mummies were discovered in Egypt.
• C. In 2016, ten new mummies were discovered by Egypt.
• D. In Egypt ten new mummies were discovered from 2016.

Identify the type of verbal used below. We waited for over an hour to ride the roller-coaster.

• A. Gerund
• B. Participle
• C. Infinitive

Identify if the sentence below is active or passive. He said that his room would be cleaned by 5:00 p.m.

• A. Active Voice
• B. Passive Voice

Choose the matching analogy. cobra : venomous

• A. prisoner : captive
• B. inventor : anxious
• C. visionary : trivial
• D. trinket : rare

Identify the verb mood in the sentence below. Will you lock the doors and windows?

• A. Imperative
• B. Indicative
• C. Interrogative
• D. Subjunctive
• E. Conditional

If you are obliged to do something...

• A. it is optional.
• B. you are excited to do it.
• C. you are required to do it.
• D. it is expensive.

Choose the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below. As a fledgling just out of college, you should look for an internship.

• A. n. A young bird just learning to fly
• B. n. A young and inexperienced person
• C. adj. New and untested

Select the best way to combine the sentences below. Bats can hunt prey in the dark. They use echolocation to find their prey.

• A. Bats can hunt prey in the dark because they use echolocation to find their prey in the dark.
• B. Bats can hunt prey in the dark using echolocation.
• C. Bats can hunt prey in the dark; they use echolocation to help them find their prey while hunting.
• D. Bats can hunt prey in the dark; they are using echolocation to find their prey.

Identify the type of verbal used below. The laughing children made me smile.

• A. Gerund
• B. Participle
• C. Infinitive

Identify the function of verbal used below. The laughing children made me smile.

• A. Noun
• B. Adjective
• C. Adverb