Click within the small circle to the left of your choice for each answer. A javascript box will appear to tell you that your choice is correct or incorrect. After clicking "OK" within the javascript alert, you may try another answer or proceed to the next question if your first choice was correct. The phrase "prescriptively correct" means that other possibilities might be acceptable in informal writing or speech, but the prescriptively correct option would be most recommended for formal, academic writing. If you would like to review definitions of the basic parts of speech before taking this quiz (or at any time during it), click HERE. 1. In the sentence "John likes exercising at the YMCA," the underlined word is correctly classified as which of the following? A. participle B. gerund C. main verb D. infinitive E. auxiliary verb 2. In the sentence "Waiting for the late bus, I decided finally to learn how to drive," the underlined word is correctly classified as which of the following? A. participle B. gerund C. main verb D. infinitive E. auxiliary verb 3. In the sentence "He was eager to leave for vacation," which of the following is true? A. A participle serves as an adverb. B. An infinitive serves as an adjective. C. An infinitive serves as a direct object. D. A participle serves as an adjective. E. An infinitive serves as an adverb. 4. In the sentence "I hope to vacation in Canada next year," which of the following is true? A. A participle serves as an adverb. B. An infinitive serves as an adverb. C. An infinitive serves as a direct object. D. A participle serves as an indirect object. E. An infinitive serves as an indirect object. 5. What is true of the following example? "She reads the journals to watch professional trends." A. It contains a participial phrase functioning as an adjective. B. It contains a prepositional phrase functioning as an adjective. C. It contains a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb. D. It contains an infinitive phrase functioning as an adverb. E. It contains an infinitive phrase functioning as an adjective. 6. Which of the following sentences is prescriptively correct? A. I appreciate your taking the time to talk with me. B. I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me. C. Both of the above D. Neither of the above 7. In the sentence "John, who was hired to deal with such problems, was intending to work on the project today," the underlined element is correctly classified as which of the following? A. A clause B. A phrase C. Both of the above D. Neither of the above 8. In the sentence "Mary, the latest person to be hired, will probably be the first person to be fired," the underlined element is correctly classified as which of the following? A. A prepositional phrase B. A participial phase C. An appositive phrase D. All of the above E. None of the above 9. In the sentence "My father, refusing to believe that someone had stolen his truck from our driveway, rushed out the front door to check for himself," the underlined element is correctly classified as which of the following? A. A prepositional phrase B. A participial phase C. An appositive phrase D. All of the above E. None of the above 10. In the sentence "The boy on the bicycle rode through my wife's perennial garden," which of the following is true? A. A prepositional phase functions adjectivally. B. A prepositional phrase functions adverbially C. Both of the above D. Neither of the above Phrases Quiz List Guide to Grammar and Writing
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1. In the sentence "John likes exercising at the YMCA," the underlined word is correctly classified as which of the following? A. participle B. gerund C. main verb D. infinitive E. auxiliary verb
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