Matthews Q3: Week 2 Quiz

What is one goal that you have for yourself this quarter?

At the next stop, we have to _____ buses if we want to go uptown.

• transfer
• temporary
• transcript
• temporal

Jonathan received a ______ parking pass when he visited the University of Colorado.

• transfer
• temporary
• transcript
• temporal

Identify the sentence in which a phrase functions as a direct object.

• A. Stella hates talking to strangers.
• B. After breakfast, James brushed his teeth.
• C. Climbing trees in the spring is fun!

Identify the sentence by type: The long, winding road weaves through the mountains.

• simple
• compound
• complex
• compound complex

Identify the dangling participle: Waiting anxiously for the test results, my nails were bitten to the quick.

• Waiting anxiously for the test results
• my nails
• were bitten
• to the quick

Correct the dangling participle: Waiting anxiously for the test results, my nails were bitten to the quick.

Identify the sentence with cumulative adjectives.

• A. The faded floral sofa sagged sadly in the middle.
• B. A coiled spring poked through the thin material.
• C. We carried the shabby, old piece of furniture to the curb.

Replace the 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 verb with a verb that shows more action: “No, Kevin!” Kyle 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 as his two-year-old brother reached for the steaming mug of chocolate.

Identify the allusion in the sentence: Lauren felt like Cinderella as she picked up the dresses her sister cast aside while trying to decide what to wear to the dance tonight.

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