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Which phrase includes a correct possessive noun?
a) Phyllises list of last-minute errands
b) Phyllis' list of last-minute errands
c) Phyllis's list of last-minute errands
d) Phyllises's list of last-minute errands

Which set of words includes a common noun?
a) San Antonio, Dallas, El Paso
b) Saturn, Mars, galaxy, Hale-Bopp
c) Globe Theatre, William Shakespeare, London
d) President Wilson, Captain Smith, Dr. Garcia

Which sentence has an incorrect compound noun?
a) A new highschool is being built near the town hall.
b) Fans of football and baseball are happy about the large field for sports.
c) The vice president of Penny Pincher Bank will dedicate the field.
d) Playing sports can build self-respect and improve teamwork.

Which sentence has an error in possessive or plural noun forms?
a) The jar of pennies' is on Jenny's desk.
b) Jeremy's uncle from Laramie owns two peppy puppies.
c) Those toffees on Tessa's table look very tempting.
d) Which of these tools can fix Rick's mixer?

Which sentence has an incorrect plural noun?
a) Members of the math club are budgeting their expensses.
b) Those mathematics whizzes should find the job easy!
c) Luckily they don't have to pay taxes or buy tuxes for math events.
d) Those math heroes are making careful analyses

Which of the following is a correctly formed possessive plural noun?
a) California's
b) gooses'
c) children's
d) owls'

Which sentence includes a collective noun?
a) Carita is learning to play the marimba.
b) The marimba is like a xylophone made from wood.
c) Someday she would like to play in an orchestra.
d) First she must learn to play the right notes.

Which set of words contains an abstract noun?
a) snow, slush, mud, gravel
b) saddle, rein, spur, swiftness
c) cashew, celery, cheese, cherry
d) ant, spider, wasp, bee

Which sentence has an incorrect proper noun?
a) Does Lia live on Woodberry Avenue or Carroll Drive?
b) I want to borrow her book on Ulysses S. Grant and the Civil War.
c) General Grant became U.S. President and lived in the White House.
d) Our english teacher, Mr. Chen, wants us to write about history.

Which sentence has an incorrect plural noun?
a) Jeff likes anchovies, tomatoes, and bananas on pizza.
b) At least he doesn't add peachs or potatoes.
c) Strange mixes of fruits and vegetables taste good to him.
d) Jeff made a series of kitchen messes as he perfected his pizza.

Which is the dependent clause?
a) before the next day
b) and he whistled the tune brilliantly
c) while Felicia improved her computer skills
d) if I

Choose the interrogative sentence.
a) Why does my collie dog shed so much fur?
b) She's the furriest dog I've ever known.
c) What a job it is to brush her every day!
d) Look at her shiny coat.

Which of these sentences has a compound subject?
a) We are having a progressive dinner with friends and neighbors
b) Different people will make salads, main dishes, and desserts.
c) Then we will go from one home to the next and eat lots of food.
d) The Scotts, the Ittens, and the Alaras have planned the evening.

What is the complete subject: MY FRIENDS ZACK AND ZEKE ARE THE ONLY TWINS IN TOWN.
a) My friends
b) My friends Zack and Zeke
c) the only twins
d) the only twins in town

After we bought a computer, I taught my mom how to surf the Internet.
a) simple sentence
b) complex sentence
c) compound sentence
d) compound-complex sentence

Simple Subject in: HERE ARE PICTURES OF PORCUPINES, PARTRIDGES, AND POODLES.
a) here
b) pictures
c) pictures of porcupines, partridges, and poodles
d) porcupines, partridges, and poodles

Choose the subordinating conjunction
a) unless
b) over
c) besides
d) consequently

Choose the compound sentence.
a) I like bottled water, but Tim prefers fruit juice.
b) My favorite spring water is flavored with real lemon and lime.
c) Pretty bottles and fancy names make some water quite expensive.
d) When I run, I drink buckets of clear, cool water.

I don't know ____ Juan will sing jazz ____ rock-and-roll.
a) either, or
b) both, and
c) neither, nor
d) whether, or

What is the simple predicate in: MARIE SKATES WITH AMAZING PRECISION.
a) Marie
b) precision
c) skates
d) amazing

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