Question
1. What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
For her birthday, Jody bought Alice an angora sweater.
A. Sweater
B. Alice
C. Birthday
D. Jody
A?
2. Which sentence below contains a correctly used modifier in italics?
A. I feel (goodly) now that I'm over the flu.
B. He spoke (sharply) to his sister.
C. The sauce tasted (bitterly), and I couldn't swallow it.
D. Joe looked (sad) at his broken bike.
B?
3. Concerning dictionaries and their proper use, which one of the following statements is most accurate?
A. A syllable is a unit of sound.
B. A dictionary's word entry offers a fixed, permanent meaning.
C. Foreign words are not included in English dictionaries.
D. Formal usage of a word is considered colloquial.
A?
For her birthday, Jody bought Alice an angora sweater.
A. Sweater
B. Alice
C. Birthday
D. Jody
A?
2. Which sentence below contains a correctly used modifier in italics?
A. I feel (goodly) now that I'm over the flu.
B. He spoke (sharply) to his sister.
C. The sauce tasted (bitterly), and I couldn't swallow it.
D. Joe looked (sad) at his broken bike.
B?
3. Concerning dictionaries and their proper use, which one of the following statements is most accurate?
A. A syllable is a unit of sound.
B. A dictionary's word entry offers a fixed, permanent meaning.
C. Foreign words are not included in English dictionaries.
D. Formal usage of a word is considered colloquial.
A?
Answers
Ms. Sue
2 and 3 are right. 1 is wrong.
Princess Anna
1.B
2.D
3.A
Hope I helped :-)
2.D
3.A
Hope I helped :-)
Princess Anna
I'm sorry, #2 is B.
Writeacher
Looks as if Princess Anna needs to stop answering questions she is not 100% sure of. =(
Beatrice
for #1 is it C. Birthday?
Writeacher
No.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/indirectobject.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/indirectobject.htm
Princess Anna
Geez, I'm sorry. won't happen again. I promise. :-(
Orion
jeez you folks are mean at least she tried