AnswersTRECA Applied English 9-221Summarizing Central Ideas and Purpose: The Hot Zone

Simple Sentences: Sentence Parts, Verb Tense, and Verb Voice Answers

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Read the paragraph.(1) Last week, our English class watched a hilarious movie based on a novel. (2) In it, a couple of incompetent thieves bungle their way through a heist. (3) After several escapades, a priceless painting is stolen by the thieves. (4) But then, the thieves make an impressive blunder and accidentally return it.

A
Sentence 1
B
Sentence 2
C
Sentence 3
D
Sentence 4
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A
receiving
B
sent
C
worried
D
accepted
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Read the sentence.The dusk was filled by the coyote's eerie howl.

A
The coyote’s eerie howl filled the dusk.
B
The coyote’s dusk was filled by the coyote's eerie howl.
C
The coyote’s howl was filling the eerie dusk.
D
The coyote's howl was filling the dusk eerily.
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The predicate of a sentence is

A
a group of words that is acted upon by the subject.
B
what is said about the subject or what the subject does.
C
the form of a verb used to show when an action happened.
D
a verb quality that tells if its subject performs or receives action.
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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.

A
Sentence 1
B
Sentence 2
C
Sentence 3
D
Sentence 4
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A
active voice
B
future tense
C
passive voice
D
present tense
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Read the sentence.The pirate who sailed his ship in the Atlantic Ocean pilfering from British naval ships and irritating the British navy.

A
The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete subject.
B
The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete predicate.
C
The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a direct object.
D
The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a indirect object.
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A
flooded
B
flooding
C
will flood
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Which verbs would be appropriate to use in an essay that is written in the past tense? Choose three answers.

A
arose
B
dealt
C
misled
D
exclude
E
overpower
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Read the sentence.As part of my presentation, I read my class the final stanza of the poem and then performed a critique.

A
class
B
stanza
C
poem
D
critique

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