Chapter 6

Question 1

ID the interjection. Oops! I missed it again.

Accepted Answer

Oops

Question 2

ID the conjunction. To magnify things, optical microscopes make use of lenses and light waves.

Accepted Answer

and

Question 3

ID the prep. The library will hold the book until tomorrow.

Accepted Answer

until

Question 4

ID the bold word. I have spoken to you before, haven’t I?

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 5

ID the object of the prep. The elephants lumbered past us toward the water hole.

Accepted Answer

hole

Question 6

ID the interjection. No! Don’t touch that!

Accepted Answer

No

Question 7

ID the object of the prep. A plane made an emergency landing in a cornfield.

Accepted Answer

cornfield

Question 8

ID the bold word. The train continued down.

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 9

ID the conjunction. Electron microscopes open new worlds.

Accepted Answer

none

Question 10

ID the bold word. Get your words down on paper before you forget them.

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 11

ID the prep. People enjoy talking with one another.

Accepted Answer

with

Question 12

ID the prep. The city was without power for several hours.

Accepted Answer

for

Question 13

ID the prep. Communication methods have changed over the centuries.

Accepted Answer

over

Question 14

ID the conjunction. Electron microscopes can be scanning or transmission microscopes.

Accepted Answer

or

Question 15

ID the bold word. Before the speech, the audience was restless.

Accepted Answer

preposition

Question 16

ID the interjection. I haven’t seen my brother since he left for college.

Accepted Answer

none

Questions 16