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1. Read this
sentence.
5. Read this sentence'
The ruins of the ancient city of Machu
Picchu attiact many visitors to Peru
each year.
What is the complete predicate of the sentence?
The ancient lnca built roads through
the mountains and bridges across
rivers.
Which nouns are the direct objects in this
sentence?
@ ,h. ruins of the ancient city of Machu Picchu
@ the ancient ciry of Machu Picchu
@
@
attract many visitors
atttact many visitors to Peru each year
@ roads, mountains
@ mountains, bridges
@ roads, bridges
@ bridges, rivers
2. Read this sentence.
6. Read the sentences.
A wall of stones surrounds this city in
the clouds.
What are the simple subject and the simple
predicate of the sentence?
@ wall; stones
@ wall; surrounds
@ stones; surrounds
@ surrounds; city
3.
The lnca empire was large and
powerful at its height. lts fine system
of roads was a key to the control of
other Andes peoples.
Wh,ich statement tells about the sentences?
'SThich of the following sentences has a compound
@
subject?
@
People of the Inca empire'began the construction
of Machu Picchu about 600 years ago.
@ Th.y built
adjective.
@ Th. first sentence contains a compound
predicate noun. The second contains a predicate
palaces for royal family members and
adjective.
houseS for workers and servants.
@
Farmers and weavers produced goods for the
@
rcyalty.
Th. combination of steep cliffs and remote
location protected the city from invaders.
The high altitude of Machu Picchu can
give visitors headaches for daYs.
Vhat
is the indirect object of this sentence?
@ Machu
@ visitors
Picchu
@
lh.
first sentence contains a,compound
predicate adjective. The second contains
predicate noun.
a
7. Which sentence has a prepositional phrase
underlined?
4. Read this sentence.
-
sentences contain predicate nouns. The
first sentence contains a compound predicate
noun.
Both sentences contain predicate adjectives. The
first sentence contains a compound predicate
@ Both
@
@
headaches
days
@ Th. Inca did not use wheeled vehicles.
@ Th.y did not write and solve mathematical
@
@
problems.
They did not develop a written language'
Nevertheless, the Inca ruled the largest empire
in the pre-Columbian Americas.
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in the circle next to the best answer'
8. Read this sentence'
the
11. Read each sentence' Which sentence provides
most usefrrl information?
about words'
@ Dictionaries give information
on what
@ Di.tion"ries help people agree
adjectival
SouP of words is an
prepositlonal Phrase?
\Which
@ ofcarvedstone
@ h"u. withstood earthquakes
@ fot five centuries
@ remain intact todaY
9. Read this sentence'
@
-
particular words mean'
i" about 600 B'C' bothAkkadian and Greek
lingrrirt began compiling dictionaries to help
*'itt" of the language use words
,p.""k r,
"nf,
in consistent
@
waYS'
to be
Languages change, so dictionaries have
revised'
12. Read this sentence'
'What g9e of sentence is this?
Vhich
grouP of words is an adverbial
prepositlonal Phrase?
@ of stone haulers
@ moved blocks
@ of tremendous weight
@ to construction sites
underlined?
10. \7hich sentence has an appositive
250
Teams of stone haulers may have included
@
oeoole or more'
toad, a path w-ith a surface of
small rocks, made movement easier'
A *-.d ttck of 15 tons could.have been
6l i-.luur*r-tt
e-
-o,,.d
team.
@
-
along a cobblestone pat}r by a large
the Inca
Carefully, in a short period of tilng'
stone
huge
with
b.iil, h,rttdt.dt of structures
blocls.
@ declarative
@ inrerrogative
@ imperative
@ exclamatory
13. Read this sentence'
W"t" Uitingual dictionaries commonly
used in EuroPe during the Middle
Ages?
What type of sentence is this?
@ declarative
@ interrogative
@ imperative
@ exclamatory
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18. Read this sentence.
14. Read this sentence.
Ancient settlements of the Anasazi
-peoples fascinate both researchers and
tourists.
'What
is the complete predicate of the sentence?
@
@
Anci.nt settlements of the Anasazi peoples
of the Anasazi peoples fascinate both researchers
@
@
and tourists
fascinate both researchers and tourists
both researchers and tourists
Visitors to Mesa Verde National Park
see remarkable cliff dwellings.
are the simple subject and the simple
predicate of the sentence?
@ Visitors; see
@ M.s* Verde National
@ s..; remarkable
@ Mesa Verde National
What is the infirect object of this sentence?
@ su--er
@ farmers
@ water
@ y.*
19. Read these sentences.
the Anasazi villages looked
impressive and quite different from
the first settlements. Houses were
small aboveground structures.
By n.o. 800
15. Read this sentence.
'What
Late summer rainstorms brought
Anasazi farmers water every year.
'Which statement tells about the sentences?
@ Both
Park; see
@
Park; dwellings
sentences contain predicate nouns. The
first sentence contains a compound predicate
noun,
Both sentences contain predicate adjectives. The
first sentence contains a compound predicate
adjective.
16.
V/hich of the following sentences has a compound
subject?
@
T"1l mesas are separated
@
lh.
@
and raised beans and grain.
Roots, nuts, berries, and wild game were also
first group of setders established homes and
farms on these flat-topped hills about e'o. 600'
@ The3e first residents builr underground homes
important foods.
17. Read this sentence.
The settlers on the mesas built dams
and reservoirs for water collection and
storage.
nouns are the direct objects in this
sentence?
@ settlers, mesas
@ dams, reservoirs
@ reservoirs, water
@ collection, storage
sentence contains a compound
predicate noun. The second contains a predicate
by narrow canyons in
Mesa Verde.
'Which
@ Th. first
adjective.
@ Th. first sentence contains a compound
predicate adjective. The second contains a
predicate noun.
Narne
and
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fill in the circle on the answer sheet below'
20. \Vhich sentence has a prepositional phrase
underlined?
@
lh.
bow and arrow had replaced the spear as a
hunting device.
and melons'
@ Frrrrr.tt now planted squash, corn,
@ Farmers kept dogs as lookouts'
sense
@ Dogt typically bark furiously when they
human or animal intruders.
21. Read this sentence.
ln time, the Anasazi homes atoP the
mesas became taller and grander.
'Which group of words is an adjectival
prepositional phrase?
At a later time, some kind of grave
difficulty caused dramatic changes in
these Anasazi communities.
\7hich grouP of words is an adverbial
prepositional Phrase?
@ At a later time
@ of grave difficultY
@ cdused dramatic changes
@ in th.se Anasazi communities
23. W'hich sentence has an appositive underlined?
deserted the mesas and built new
homes on the steep canyon walls'
Peth"pi winter weather atop the mesas had
@ fb. villagers
become too cold.
@
drought,
a lack
of rainfall, had made
farming atoP the mesas difficult'
Mort likely, enemies had threatened, and the
Anasazi
built the cliffdwellings
@ Native peoples in the Americas grew
pineaPPles.
this tasty fruit in
@.Europe"ns first encountered
t493; inthat year Spanish explorers visited the
island of Guadeloupe and found the residents
cultivating it.
@ Th. people of Guadeloupe made decorations
out of pineaPPle Plants.
"one of t-he
A
@ European called the pineapple
best fruits in the world."
25. Read this sentence.
Be
careful of the prickly knobs as you
'What type of sentence is this?
Read this sentence.
€) P.th"Pt
-Vhich sentence provides the
sentence.
most r.lsefirl information?
peel that PineaPPle.
@ in time
@ the Anasazi homes
@ arop the mesas
@ becarrie taller and grander
@
24. Retdeach
as a refuge'
@ declarative
@ interrogative
@ imperative
@ exclamatory