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English, Professional Development
11th -
Professional Development
Conjunctions and interjections
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Conjunctions are words that are used to
connect or join words or groups of words.
express emotion such as fear or surprise.
relate a noun or pronoun to another word or group of words.
expand on the meaning of a sentence by describing something.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a kind of conjunction?
subordinating
coordinating
compound
correlative
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which conjunction is missing from this list? for, and, nor, but, or, yet...
as
because
so
either
- 4. Multiple Choice
What part of speech are (1) and (2) in the following sentence? Eddy bought some flowers and chocolates (1) for Beatrice, (2) for he his completely head over heals in love with her.
(1) preposition (2) conjunction
(1) preposition (2) preposition
(1) conjunction (2) conjunction
(1) conjunction (2) preposition
- 5. Multiple Choice
What type of conjunction always appear in pairs, such as "either...or..."?
compound
correlative
subordinating
coordinating
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following sentences is correct and appropriate?
Grandpa walked carefully and in a slow way.
Grandpa walked carefully and slowly.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which are the conjunctions that connect two complete ideas by making one of them dependent on the other?
compound
correlative
subordinating
coordinating
- 8. Multiple Choice
What words are being connected by the conjunction? The policeman signaled and whistled for the traffic to stop.
policeman; stop
signaled; whistled
whsitled; traffic
signaled; whistled; traffic; stop
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which conjunction best fits in the blank? Maria spent too much money at the mall. She bought _____ a sweater _____ a dress.
not only - but also
neither - nor
whether - or
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which sentence is correct and appropriate?
To my amazement, my wedding dress neither looked stained not wrinkled.
To my amazement, neither my wedding dress looked stained nor wrinkled.
To my amazement, my wedding dress looked neither stained nor wrinkled.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a subordinating conjunction?
so
because
if
so that
- 12. Multiple Choice
What part of speech are the underlined words (1), (2), and (3)? I called John (1) before lunch, and he didn't answer. I was worried because this hadn't happened (2) before. I tried calling again (3) before I drove over to his house. It turns out his phone was off!
(1) adverb (2) conjunction (3) preposition
(1) preposition (2) adverb (3) conjunction
(1) conjunction (2) preposition (3) adverb
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which word is an interjection? Shoot! You made me almost drop my croissant!
croissant
almost
made
shoot
- 14. Multiple Choice
In the sentence below, choose the word that is an interjection.
"I don't give a darn if you shoot for the stars or shoot for, um, a little closer to earth".
darn
shoot
um
a
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following words or phrases can be used as an interjection?
woman
Donald Trump is long gone.
man
camera
- 16. Multiple Choice
The main function of an interjection is to
describe a verb
make your voice more academic
express emotion or a feeling
All of the above
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