Identifying English Grammar Patterns & Tenses Quiz (Spring 2003), Quizzes of English Language

Download Identifying English Grammar Patterns & Tenses Quiz (Spring 2003) and more Quizzes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! English 201 – English Grammar: Key Concepts and Terms – Quiz 1 (Spring 2003) I. Identify the pattern of the following sentences (Pattern I, II, III, etc., 1 point each, 10 points total): ______ 1. Norway is the world’s largest exporter of seafood. ______ 2. We left the waiter a generous tip for his splendid service. ______ 3. Our art class was at the museum on Tuesday afternoon. ______ 4. Some people find the imminent prospect of war depressing. ______ 5. The scientists announced an important breakthrough in their investigation. ______ 6. Ralph became the Webmaster for the new dot.com company. ______ 7. My parents live in Washington, D. C. ______ 8. The long essay seemed very well researched. ______ 9. My German sherpherd is very anxious. ______ 10. The committee members appointed Jim secretary of the group. II. Identify the verb tense, the aspect, and the voice for each verb underlined in the following sentences. Each sentence is worth from 1½ to 4½ points, depending on how many verbs are underlined. (½ point each, 22 points total) 1. A Saudi Arabian man is accused of establishing Internet sites promoting violence against the United States. He is facing an April 15 trial after pleading innocent Thursday to visa violations. Tense: _____________________________________________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________________________________________ Voice: _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, 34, a University of Idaho graduate student, was arrested early Wednesday in his Moscow home. He appeared in an arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Mikel Williams. Tense: _____________________________________________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Al-Hussayen entered his plea and has a March 11 detention hearing. He remains in custody. He also has retained Boise attorney David Nevin, one of the state’s top criminal attorneys. Tense: _____________________________________________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Nevin earlier represented white separatist Kevin Harris, who was charged with murder in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in northern Idaho. Harris was acquitted. Tense: ______________________________________________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________________________________________ III. VIII. I. IX. VII. V. VI. IV. II. X. Simple Present Nonprogressive Passive Present Progressive Progressive Active Simple Past Nonprogressive Passive Simple Past Nonprogressive Active Simple Past Nonprogressive Active Simple Past Nonprogressive Active Simple past Nonprogressive Passive Simple past Nonprogressive Passive 5. The multi-agency terrorism task force, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and University of Idaho President Robert Hoover had been holding a Wednesday press conference following the arrest when Kempthorne noted he had received a lot of criticism for the heightened security he established at the Statehouse after the September 2001 violence, but felt his concerns in were borne out the Moscow case. Tense: ______________________________________________________________________________ Aspect: _____________________________________________________________________________ Voice: ______________________________________________________________________________ III. Identify the mood of the verbs that have been underlined in the following sentences (1 point each, 6 points total): 1. The professor insisted that Jim revise his paper one more time. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. If Jim had gotten started on the assignment sooner, he would not have had to revise his paper once again. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. The lawyer on the case demanded that the judge respect the rights of the accused.. _____________________________________________________________________ IV. Carry out the transformation indicated for each sentence (12 points each): 1. Yes/No Interrogative transformation: We have been waiting for you in the park. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Question-Word Interrogative Transformation: Sophie has been chasing the squirrels in the back yard for 15 minutes now. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. Imperative Transformation: You must mind your manners. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. There transformation: A lion is watching us from that grove of trees over there. _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Passive transformation: Sophie chased small animals when she was younger. _____________________________________________________________________ 6. Cleft transformation: Sophie growled at the trick or treaters who came to the door on Halloween. _____________________________________________________________________ Past perfect progressive Progressive Active Past perfect Nonprogressive Active Simple past Nonprogressive Passive Indicative Subjunctive Indicative Subjunctive Subjunctive Conditional Have we been waiting for you in the park? [Other answers are possible.] What has Sophie been chasing in the back yard for 15 minutes now? [Other answers are possible.] Mine your manners. There’s a lion watching us from that grove of trees over there. Small animals were chased by Sophie when she was younger. It was Sophie who growled at the trick or treaters who came to the door on Halloween. It was the trick or treaters who came to the door on Halloween that Sophie growled at. It was on Halloween that Sophie growled at the trick or treaters who came to the door. [Several answers are possible.]