Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Basic Sentence Patterns--RIT 231-240
Which is NOT a complex sentence?
a. | After the bell, we handed in our
exam. | c. | We took the exam, but our teacher
hasn’t graded it. | b. | After we completed reading the novel, we were given an
exam. | d. | Students may need help when the writing becomes
difficult. |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Negative Forms Correctly--RIT 231-240
Which of the following is
correct.
a. | The sound of the bell was not hardly audible above the
band. | c. | Hardly in the door, I could not smell the baking
bread. | b. | The stain on my coat wasn’t barely
noticeable. | d. | Harold was barely able to complete his paper
route. |
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Which sentence is not
correct?
a. | Spelling has nothing to do with
intelligence. | c. | Hasn’t he ever been to Los
Angeles? | b. | She has been here for days and hasn’t hardly seen
the sights. | d. | There isn’t any reason to worry about the
weather. |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Noun Forms--RIT 231-240
Which pair is correct?
a. | valley – valleys | c. | try – trys | b. | monkey –
monkies | d. | salary – salarys |
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Which pair is not
correct?
a. | ox – oxen | c. | analysis – analyses | b. | alumnus – alumni | d. | data –
datas |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement--RIT 231-240
Which sentence shows clear
pronoun-antecedent agreement?
a. | We unpacked our books from the boxes and then returned
them to the office. | c. | Right after the principal sent letters
to the teachers, she became alarmed. | b. | As soon as the
monkeys left their cages, the janitors cleaned them. | d. | The students and
teachers left the building when the fire alarm sounded in her
ears. |
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Basic Grammar and
Usage—Use Types of Phrases--RIT 231-240
Which sentence contains a prepositional
phrase?
a. | The citizens tried mediation, but it did not
succeed. | c. | Time and George, two soldiers, fought
bravely. | b. | The civil war occurred within the country’s
borders. | d. | When the battle ended, the new government took
control. |
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Which sentence contains both an adverb and
adjective prepositional phrase?
a. | The employees from the bank donated the supplies to
build a new home. | c. | After the house is finished, a young
family will move in. | b. | The house near the
river is similar to the one they are building next week. | d. | They are excited
to have a home of their own. |
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Composing and Writing
Process—Drafting and Revising Skills—RIT 231-240
Identify the sentence with a
metaphor.
a. | The sun gives light to my
day. | c. | The sun is the light of my
life. | b. | The sun shines her light on me. | d. | The sun is like joy to me. |
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Composing and Writing
Process—Use Editing and Proofreading Processes—RIT 231-240
On a very cold night, Jack clumsily walked down the
heavily snow-packed street.
Which of the underlined words is NOT an adverb?
a. | very | c. | snow-packed | b. | clumsily | d. | heavily |
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Which is NOT an indefinite
pronoun?
a. | myself | c. | everyone | b. | all | d. | few |
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Which sentence contains a
metaphor?
a. | The empty blanks reminded me that I
did not know any answers. | c. | He eats like a wild horse. | b. | Her complexion was leather after years of
suntanning. | d. | The room was beautifully decorated
with red roses. |
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Identify the incorrect
tense.
a. | will have
eaten | c. | have
eaten | b. | had eaten | d. | would eaten |
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Composition
Structure—Use Appropriate Format—RIT 231-240
Read the following paragraph.
Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph?
a. | Dogs are rumored to have evolved
from wolves. | c. | He stopped and
looked toward the mountain. | b. | The wolf picked up the sweet smell of a spruce tree and an arctic
fox. | d. | He joined the other wolves in a sad, eerie
call. |
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Composition
Structure—Use Sentence Forms Appropriate to Purpose—RIT 231-240
Read the
following paragraph, noting sentence types.
 Identify the
sentence types in order.
a. | exclamatory, imperative,
declarative, interrogative | c. | interrogative, imperative, exclamatory,
declarative | b. | exclamatory, declarative, imperative,
interrogative | d. | interrogative, exclamatory,
declarative, interrogative |
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