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Chapter 3: Sentence Development

	1.	A clause is a group of words that cannot stand alone.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	2.	A sentence is a group of words that makes sense and represents a complete thought.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	3.	Inverted order sentence patterns have the predicate appearing before the subject.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	The subject is You in the following sentence: Order five boxes of disks.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	5.	The predicate of a sentence shows who is doing the action.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	6.	Select the item that identifies the italicized word or words. Cynthia balances the cash at the end of the day.

		a.	simple sentence
		b.	dependent clause
		c.	inverted sentence order
		d.	compound sentence

	7.	A dependent clause must appear after an independent clause in a complex sentence.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	Select the item that identifies the italicized word or words. Our customers live throughout the United States, but Texans purchase more than 50 percent of our products.

		a.	simple sentence
		b.	compound sentence
		c.	complex sentence
		d.	compound-complex sentence

	9.	Normal order sentence patterns have the verb appearing before the subject.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	10.	Complements are another term for indirect objects.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE