Chapter 04 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

. The word in a sentence that conveys action is the

noun.

verb.

adverb.

conjunction.

. The antecedent of a pronoun usually is

an adjective that precedes it.

a prepositional phrase that follows it.

the proper or common noun it replaces.

the indirect object of the main verb.

. The words "that" and "which" are called

conjunctions.

adjectives.

confusing.

relative pronouns.

. The tense of a verb indicates

when an action occurred.

where an action occurred.

who engaged in an action.

what the result of an action was.

. Which of the following is NOT an adverb?

quickly.

heavy.

backward.

fully.

. The organization of a basic sentence is

object-subject-verb.

time-action-consequence.

subject-verb-object.

actor-action-consequence.

. The general practice in American English is to treat collective nouns as

singular.

plural.

humans.

inanimate objects.

. What is the problem with the following sentence? "General Motors is expanding their production line."

"General Motors" is singular but the pronoun is plural.

"General Motors" is plural but the verb is singular.

Everyone knows General Motors is downsizing.

The gender of the pronoun is incorrect.

. The rule for when to use "who" and when to use "whom" is that

"whom" refers to the subject of a clause and "who" refers to the object of a verb or preposition.

"who" is acceptable in spoken language but "whom" is preferred in written language.

"whom" is used only in scholarly writing and "who" is used in more informal writing.

"who" refers to the subject of a clause and "whom" refers to the object of a verb or preposition.

. In order to avoid confusion, a modifier should be placed

as far as possible from the word or phrase it is modifying.

as close to the end of the sentence as possible, no matter where the word or phrase being modified is.

as close as possible to the word or phrase it is modifying.

as close to the beginning of the sentence as possible, no matter where the word or phrase being modified is.

. What is the problem with the following sentence: Jim should be back from the store in a hour.

The verb is in the passive voice.

Because "hour" starts with a verb sound, the article before it should be "an."

"Jim" should be replaced with a pronoun.

The store is not identified.

. Which of the following best describes why good writers avoid passive-voice sentences?

Passive-voice sentences have more words than active-voice sentences.

Passive-voice sentences have fewer words than active-voice sentence.

Passive-voice sentences use verbs that are too colorful for ordinary writing.

Native speakers of English rarely use passive-voice sentences.

. The subject of the passive-voice sentence is usually

the direct object of the active-voice sentence.

the subject of the active-voice sentence.

the longest prepositional phrase from the active-voice sentence.

the adjectival phrase that modifies the subject of the active-voice sentence.

. When a sentence has several elements in a series, all of the elements should

refer to concrete objects.

have more than three words.

have the same subject.

be in grammatically parallel form.

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