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HEL MEEE PLEASEEE What is a phrase?

Question 1 options:

A verb + adjective

A group of words that function together

A list

None of the above

Question 2 (1 point)
What is the noun phrase in the sentence below:

Dried husks of corn had been transformed into cheerful autumn wreaths.

Question 2 options:

Dried husks of corn

Had been transformed

Into cheerful autumn

None of the above

Question 3 (1 point)
What can you use to check if a phrase is a noun phrase?

Question 3 options:

The pronoun it

The pronoun Bob

The adjective small

The verb run

Question 4 (1 point)
Which of the following is NOT a modal helping verb?

Question 4 options:

May

Might

Must

Mode

Question 5 (1 point)
Read the passage below:

Did Edgar Allan Poe’s parents name their son after a character in a play? Poe’s parents, both travel actors, were performing in Shakespeare’s King Lear the year of their son’s birth.

Explain why the appositive phrase “both traveling actors” is enclosed in commas

Question 5 options:

The phrase is a fragment

The phrase is not essential to the meaning of the sentence

The writer likes commas

It is written incorrectly

Question 6 (1 point)
Which of the following is NOT a pronoun?

Question 6 options:

You

He

We

Moose

Question 7 (1 point)
Which of the underlined group of words are noun phrases?

Question 7 options:

Elise picked a lovely bouquet of flowers.

The paint on the walls of this room is terrible.

Desmond finished packing his lunch very quickly.

While yawning, Davion asked to be excused from dinner.

Question 8 (1 point)
Read this paragraph from a student's essay.

Edgar Poe was born January 19, 1809, to traveling actors in Boston. By the time Poe was a toddler, his father had left the family, and his mother had died. Poe was sent to live with the wealthy Allan family in Richmond, Virginia. John Allan wanted Poe to become a businessman, but Poe had other plans. On the backs of business papers, Poe wrote poetry. When Poe was thirteen years old, he had already written enough poetry to publish a book. John Allan, however, didn’t support that idea.

Choose one of the bolded nouns, pronouns or noun phrases. Replace your choices with a noun phrase that provides more detail. These details do not need to factually accurate, they just need to be in the form of noun phrases.

Question 8 options:
Question 9 (1 point)
Rewrite this sentence correctly, placing the commas in the correct spots.

Raul’s new car the color of a ripe tomato sat in the driveway.

Question 9 options:
Question 10 (1 point)
Why do writers use verb and noun phrases?

Question 10 options:

Answers: 3

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HEL MEEE PLEASEEE What is a phrase?

Question 1 options:

A verb + adjective...

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