Practice: Drawing Inferences and Identifying Relationships in Scientific and Technical Texts

Question 1

What is one way to remember coordinating conjunctions (2 or more independent clauses that share equal importance)

Accepted Answer

FANBOYS

Question 2

This part of speech connects words, phrases, clauses or sentences.

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conjunctions

Question 3

Dependent clauses can stand alone

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False

Question 4

Simple sentences contain:

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1 independent clause

Question 5

This type of literary device shows/expresses strong emotion

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interjection

Question 6

Either I will go to the movies first or after I go to the mall. What are the bold words?

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correlative conjunctions

Question 7

compound complex sentences contain:

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2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent

Question 8

In FANBOYS, "O" means Or. Or provides alternate options

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Identify the simple sentence below.

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Triscuit played.

Question 10

compound sentences contain:

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2 independent clauses

Question 11

The song, "Over the river and through the woods to Grandmothers house we go," has prepositions. Identify them.

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over, through

Question 12

Independent clauses can stand alone

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True

Question 13

Not only will you have the assignments for this week but also the ones not completed last week. What are the bold words

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correlative conjunctions

Question 14

A part of speech that that shows direction, time, place, location (Clue: Anything a plane can do to a cloud)

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preposition

Question 15

The following are what part of speech: over, across, in, under, through, beneath, between

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preposition

Question 16

The following are examples of what part of speech: either/or, neither/nor, whether/or, both/and, not only/but also

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correlative conjunctions

Question 17

In FANBOYS, "N" means Nor. Nor means agreement

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

The following are examples of what type of speech: Wow!, Oh no!, Huh!, Yeah!, Phew!, Ouch!

Accepted Answer

interjection

Questions 18