Chapter Exercises

Chapter Exercises

This activity contains 20 questions.

Independent clauses are joined together by what?

coordinators and appropriate punctuation indirect discourseexcessive coordinationsubordinators

What is inappropriate coordination?

when two clauses that are unequal in importance are joined together as independent clauses when one clause is independentwhen two subordinate clauses are joined togetherwhen two clauses equal in importance are joined together as independent clauses

After , before , and once are what?

inappropriate coordinationhelping verbssubordinating conjunctions excessive coordinates

Which of the following is a coordinating conjunction?

andwellalthoughnever

When does inappropriate subordination occur?

when the less important clause is placed in the independent position and has less emphasiswhen the more important clause is placed in the independent position and has more emphasiswhen the more important clause is placed in the dependent position and has less emphasis when the less important clause is placed in the dependent position and has less emphasis

James is feeling ill; _________, he still made it to work.

thenifnorhowever

_________ I was hungry, I ate a sandwich.

UntilWhetherBecause Even

_________ she was tired, Mary ran two miles in the rain.

Although ButAndSince

To revise a sentence with excessive subordination, _________.

break the sentence into shorter sentences add more inappropriate subordinates to the sentenceadd more dependent clauses to the sentenceadd more subordinate clauses to the sentence

_________ occurs when the more important clause has less emphasis.

Inappropriate subordination Passive voiceAppropriate subordinationActive voice

Because, since, and while are common marker words of _________.

inappropriate insubordinationsubordinate clauses inappropriate coordinationappropriate insubordination

Independent clauses are joined together by _________.

subordinators and appropriate punctuationcoordinators and nounscoordinators and appropriate punctuation insubordinators and verbs

When a/an _________ clause is added to an independent clause to form a sentence, both clauses are described as coordinate.

coordinateindependent dependentsubordinate

_________ occurs when too many equal clauses are strung together with coordinators.

Inappropriate subordinationExcessive subordinationAppropriate coordinationExcessive coordination

"These cars should not be driven off-road because when they do they have a tendency to roll over, and if they roll over then the driver can sue the automobile manufacturer." This problematic sentence is an example of _________.

excessive subordination inappropriate subordinationappropriate coordinationappropriate subordination

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

________ join two ideas by making one dependent on the other.

InterjectionsSubordinating conjunctionsCoordinating conjunctions Adjectives

Which of the following is not a coordinating conjunction?

is but yet and

Which of the following surbordinating conjunctions conveys reason or cause?

is but asso

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