English 24 Practice Final

Joyce Cheney

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  1. Identify the parts of speech of the words in the sentence: Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Preposition

    Everybody knows that walking is one of the best forms of exercise and pleasure.

    2. Links to reference material:
    English 24 website
    Grammar site

    Your answer:

  2. Identify the sentence parts of the words in the sentence: subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, subject complement. Also, put ( ) around prepositional phrases and [ ] around infinitive phrases.

    The supervisor decided to give his employees a raise for their effort and performance.

    3. Links to reference material:
    English 24 website
    Grammar site

    Your answer:

  3. Choose the correct verb to go with the subject:

    The trip to Magic Mountain and Valencia (was/were) cancelled.

    4. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:
    was
    were

  4. Choose the correct verb to go with the subject:

    A small army of auditors (has, have) the job of figuring out the Enron debacle.

    5. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:

  5. What the auditors have discovered (is, are) a mess beyond belief!

    6. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:

  6. When 3,000 lives, four jumbo jets and the twin towers of the World Trade Center (was, were) lost on Sept. 11, alarms went off in Tokyo.

    7. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:

  7. The study of politics (is, are) confusing to most English majors.

    8. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:

  8. High on the hill (is, are) built million-dollar mansions.

    9. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:
    are
    is

  9. Everybody except (he, him) had a paper to submit for the competition.

    10. Your answer:
    he
    him

  10. Robert plays the violin, and (him, his) playing can soothe anyone's nerves.

    11. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:
    him
    his

  11. (Who, Whom) of you is coming to the graduation ceremony?

    12. Links to reference material:
    English 24 site
    Daily Grammar site

    Your answer:
    Who
    Whom

  12. Identify the phrase, its kind--infinitive, gerund or participial--and its function in the sentence (subject, object, adjective, or adverb).

    Spending $40 for a lunch is extravagant.

    13. Your answer:

  13. Identify the phrase,its kind--infinitive, gerund or participial--and its function in the sentence (subject, object, adjective, or adverb).

    Having spent $40 for lunch, the couple went home and destroyed their credit cards.

    14. Your answer:

  14. Identify the phrase,its kind--infinitive, gerund or participial--and its function in the sentence (subject, object, adjective, or adverb).

    To err is human.

    15. Your answer:

  15. Identify the phrase,its kind--infinitive, gerund or participial--and its function in the sentence (subject, object, adjective, or adverb).

    Mary's decision to quit her job was not made hastily.

    16. Your answer:

  16. Identify the phrase, its kind--infinitive, gerund or participial--and its function in the sentence (subject, object, adjective, or adverb).

    My only hobby was reading romance novels.

    17. Your answer:

  17. Write in the correct form/tense of the verb:

    Whenever it (to rain), the streets become wet.

    18. Your answer:

  18. Write in the correct form/tense of the verb:

    We (to study) grammar since the beginning of the term.

    19. Your answer:

  19. Write in the correct form/tense of the verb: Last year the doctor (to give) his patient an ultimatum: diet or die.

    20. Your answer:

  20. Which sentence is more clear?

    21. Your answer:
    Mark told Barry, "You need a haircut."
    Mark told Barry that he needed a haircut.

  21. Which sentence is more clear?

    22. Your answer:
    Teachers say that reading novels is a good way to understand the human condition.
    They say that reading novels is a good way to understand the human condition.

  22. Between you and (I, me), I hope John wins the race.

    23. Your answer:
    me
    I

  23. Anyone (who, whom) has done his work is free to leave.

    24. Your answer:
    who
    whom

  24. Identify the present, past and participle verb parts of the verb "to eat."

    25. Your answer:

  25. Identify the present, past and participle verb parts of the verb "to lie" (as in to recline)

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