ALLIED ENG105 MODULE 5 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Question Points
1. Pronouns
must agree in person and __________ with their antecedents.
a. case
b. subject
c. object
d. number
2. Most
process paragraphs use which organizational strategy?
a. Time order
b. Space order
c. Emphatic order
d. Alphabetical
order
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3. Words
that help to determine or figure out whether a noun is specific or general are:
a. adverbs.
b. nouns.
c. determiners.
d. helping verbs.
4. The topic
sentence for a process paragraph should state what process you will be
explaining and:
a. the dominant mood
or impression.
b. the basis for
your comparison.
c. all supporting
details.
d. what readers will
be able to do or understand after reading the paragraph.
5. A series
of steps done in chronological order is known as a(n):
a. process.
b. description.
c. illustration.
d. argument.
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6. Which of
the following words is not a determiner?
a. Every
b. The
c. This
d. But
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7. When
writing a process paragraph, choose a topic that:
a. takes several
detailed steps to accomplish.
b. requires
supplemental diagrams to fully explain.
c. can be easily
covered in a single paragraph.
d. All of the
choices apply
8. Use
__________ pronouns to refer to people or things whose identity is not known.
a. demonstrative
b. reflexive
c. relative
d. indefinite
9. When you
write to explain how to do something, how an incident took place, or how
something works, you will write a(n) __________ paragraph or essay.
a. illustration
b. description
c. process
d. narration
10. When you
write your paragraph plan, which questions should you ask yourself?
a. What is the
difference between these two things?
b. Who? What? When? Where?
Why? How?
c. What is the
definition of this topic?
d. How can these
things be classified?
11. Which of
the following prepositional expressions is correctly used?
a. Acquainted to
b. Acquainted with
c. Acquainted for
d. Acquainted at
12. Which type
of pronoun is used to emphasize that the subject does an action to himself or
herself?
a. Relative pronoun
b. Subjective
pronoun
c. Reflexive pronoun
d. Demonstrative
pronoun
13. What type
of pronoun error occurs in the following sentence? Wayne told Kevin that he
needed a new car.
a. Incorrect pronoun
case
b. Vague pronoun
c. Faulty
pronoun-antecedent agreement
d. Shift in pronoun
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14. Which
organizational pattern is normally used for narration?
a. Time order
b. Emphatic order
c. Space order
d. Random order
15. Which of
the following transitions is most likely to be used in a narration paragraph?
a. Afterward
b. For example
c. Similarly
d. For instance
16. When you
describe a personal experience from your own point of view, you will use:
a. third person
narration.
b. second person
narration.
c. first person
narration.
d. None of the
choices apply
17. If you are
unsure whether to use who or whom:
a. choose the
pronoun that sounds right to your ear.
b. replace who or
whom with another pronoun, such as he or him, to help determine the case.
c. choose the
opposite of the pronoun that sounds right to your ear.
d. say the sentence
using just one pronoun at a time.
18. Which of
the following topics would best lend itself to a narrative paragraph?
a. Ways to reduce
school-related stress
b. A dating mistake
I will never make again
c. The difference
between dolphins and porpoises
d. How to clean an
oven
19. Nouns that
refer to general people, places, or things and begin with a lower case letter
are:
a. proper nouns.
b. common nouns.
c. action verbs.
d. linking verbs.
20. In which
of the following instances is capitalization not required?
a. The pronoun
“I”
b. The first word of
every sentence
c. The first word of
a full quoted sentence
d. Names of seasons
21. Nouns that
do not use -s or -es in their plural forms are called:
a. regular nouns.
b. irregular nouns.
c. proper nouns.
d. common nouns.
22. When you
write a narration paragraph, you:
a. use a series of
examples.
b. tell a story.
c. compare or
contrast two things.
d. define a concept.
23. The
concluding sentence for a process paragraph may end with a:
a. prediction.
b. suggestion.
c. quotation.
d. All of the
choices apply
24. The
antecedent of a pronoun is:
a. the word to which
the pronoun refers.
b. the subjective
form of the pronoun.
c. the objective
form of the pronoun.
d. the case of the
pronoun.
25. When using
compound pronouns, an easy way to determine which case to use is to:
a. mentally add
missing words at the end of the comparison.
b. use the pronoun
that sounds right.
c. use the opposite
of the pronoun that sounds right.
d. say the sentence
using just one pronoun at a time.