Saturday, July 2, 2011

Grammar Questions or What Geeks do for Entertainment During Summer Vacation

Every week I have to take two or three quizzes for my advanced English class. I have to submit all of these quizzes along with a book report on the first day of school. Here are some of the hard-ish questions:
Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
 Which one is it?
Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
Confused yet?
Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
These questions are not in any particular order.
If you want to challenge yourself and take more of these quizzes the adress is grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
good luck!.
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7 comments:

  1. samJuly 2, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Each question comes with a short explanation, the answers and explanations are:
    C-The independent clause is "Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer; the dependent clause is "where they should spend their summer vacation." (The dependent clause is a noun clause, the object of the preposition "over.")
    D-There are two independent clauses here -- "Bruno likes the view" and "he enjoys hiking. . ." -- and one dependent clause -- "that he gets . . . ."
    C-This sentence comprises one independent clause -- "they keep in constant contact. . ." -- and one dependent clause -- "Although they are 250 miles apart."

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  2. tessaJuly 2, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    So glad I'm not taking advanced English right now. Brains shouldn't have to work that hard in the summer:)

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  3. ArnonJuly 2, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    That was so hard! This old geek brain cannot work very well in the heat. I only had two correct answers. By the end of the summer you will be even smarter than you already are!

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  4. AlliJuly 3, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    I only got two right also. I'm glad I'm as smart as Arnon, although I wish it would have been a Grandma quiz like I heard at first, because I would've rocked one of those. . .

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  5. ArnonJuly 3, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Maybe we could start a blog called "Are You as Smart as Your Grammar?" I would also like an update on how Pauline and Bruno are doing... I'm concerned about them....

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  6. samJuly 4, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Hahahahahaha

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  7. mitch&JessJuly 17, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    I only got two right as well. But I still think that I don't need no help on my grammar.

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