Transcript Engl 101 mid-term review

What is the complete subject of
the following sentence:
Opinions changed in the 1980s.
Answer
Opinions changed in the 1980s.
What is the simple subject of the
following sentence:
They and their students enjoy discussing current
trends.
Answer
They and their students enjoy discussing current
trends.
What is the prepositional phrase in the
following sentence:
For several years, the company expanded.
Answer
For several years, the company expanded.
What is the prepositional phrase in the
following sentence:
At the end of the auction, an eBay employee
contacts the buyer and seller.
Answer
At the end of the auction, an eBay employee
contacts the buyer and seller.
Identify the verb or verbs in the
following sentence:
Some companies hire students to chat about a
particular brand of clothing in online forums.
Answer
Some companies hire students to chat about a
particular brand of clothing in online forums.
Identify the verb or verbs in the
following sentence:
The network asked the girls to invite four friends
to their homes to watch the series.
Answer
The network asked the girls to invite four friends
to their homes to watch the series.
Identify both the helping verbs and the
main verbs in the following sentence:
Businesses must provide consumers with honest
information.
Answer
Businesses must provide consumers with honest
information.
What are the seven coordinating
conjunctions?
Answer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Indicate whether the following
sentence is simple or compound:
Today, some people want to improve their
physical appearance, so they sculpt their
bodies with cosmetic surgery.
Answer
Compound
Today, some people want to improve their
physical appearance, so they sculpt their
bodies with cosmetic surgery.
Make the following simple sentences a
compound sentence:
Body altering can be painful. People do it
anyway.
Answer
Body altering can be painful, but people do it
anyway.
Add punctuation to the following
transitional expression:
The wigs required constant care in fact they
needed to be cleaned, powdered, and curled.
Answer
The wigs required constant care; in fact, they
needed to be cleaned, powdered, and curled.
Create a compound sentence using the
clause below and a transitional
expression:
Many people like to wear fashionable
clothing;___________________________.
Possible Answer
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Many people like to wear fashionable clothing;
however it can be very expensive.
Identify the subordinating conjunction
and the dependent clause.
Spectator sports evolved when societies had
more leisure time.
Answer
Spectator sports evolved when societies had
more leisure time.
Identify the subordinating conjunction
and the dependent clause.
Whenever early humans played sports or games,
they tested their physical, intellectual, and
social skills.
Answer
Whenever early humans played sports or
games, they tested their physical, intellectual,
and social skills.
On the board, rewrite the following
sentence using a prepositional phrase
at the beginning. (Do not add any new
parts).
A group of French intellectuals, in 1865, met in a
restaurant and discussed the USA.
Possible Answer
In 1865, a group of French intellectuals met in a
restaurant and discussed the USA.
Combine the sentences by changing
one of the verbs to an –ing modifier.
He used a unique boxing method. Clay won
many fights.
Possible Answer
Using a unique boxing technique, Clay won
many fights.
Use your five senses to describe the
following image.
Correct the following sentence
fragment:
I will not walk under the ladder. That is leaning
against the wall.
Possible Answer
I will not walk under the ladder that is leaning
against the wall.
On the board, correct the following
run-on sentence:
Psychologists study human behavior, researchers
have developed many theories on human
nature.
Possible Answer
Psychologists study human behavior;
researchers have developed many theories on
human nature.
Correct the items in the sentence that
are not parallel.
Ivan Pavlov worked quickly and was very
efficient.
Answer
Ivan Pavlov worked quickly and efficiently.
Correct the double negative in the
following sentence:
The man doesn’t have no children.
Answer
The man doesn’t have any children.
Final Question
Wager your points.
Topic: Creating compound and complex
sentences.
Create a complex sentence and a
compound sentence using the
following words (punctuation counts):
•
•
•
•
•
Eating
Children
Rabbits
Although
Quickly