Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements

Question 1

Read the sentence.The pirate who sailed his ship in the Atlantic Ocean pilfering from British naval ships and irritating the British navy.

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The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete predicate.

Question 2

Read the list of verbs.foretold, overtook, will inflict, will petition

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the future and past tenses.

Question 3

receivingsentworriedaccepted

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worried

Question 4

Read the paragraph.(1) After our trip, the skyscraper visit was unanimously voted as our favorite. (2) The museum was supposed to be the highlight of the trip. (3) But those works of art were completed a long time ago. (4) At the skyscraper, we watched them in action building their masterpiece.

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Sentence 4

Question 5

Read the sentence.Tomorrow night when we take the ghost tour of the city, I ________ in my boots, hoping we don’t actually see anything too spooky!

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will be quaking

Question 6

active voicefuture tensepassive voicepresent tense

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active voice

Question 7

Read the sentence.Before the main performance, the audience was entertained by a comedian.

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Before the main performance, the comedian entertained the audience.

Question 8

The predicate of a sentence is

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what is said about the subject or what the subject does.

Question 9

Read the sentence.During these seemingly endless winter days, as we’re bombarded with frigid winds, I ________ for the arrival of balmy spring days.

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yearn

Question 10

Read the sentence.As part of my presentation, I read my class the final stanza of the poem and then performed a critique.

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class

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