Student Resources

Chapter 2: Overview of Parts of Speech

	1.	The term modify means action

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	2.	An adverb may modify an adjective.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	3.	Questions used with adjectives include how many? and to what extent?

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	Identify the italicized verb as an action verb, linking verb, or helping verb. We recently revised our Website.

		a.	action verb
		b.	linking verb
		c.	helping verb

	5.	Pronouns are often substituted for prepositions.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	6.	You may find more than one prepositional phrase in a sentence.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	7.	The words and and or are coordinate conjunctions.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	Identify the correct part of speech for the italicized word. We were excited by the Web design but disappointed by the high development cost.

		a.	n.
		b.	interj.
		c.	conj.
		d.	prep.

	9.	Identify the correct part of speech for the italicized word. Remarkable! Most consumers had no contact with the Internet until after 1995.

		a.	n.
		b.	interj.
		c.	conj.
		d.	adj.

	10.	You use at least one verb in every sentence that you write.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE