Appendix A

Question 1

Active verb

Answer 1

A verb is active if the subject of the sentence does the action the verb describes

Question 2

Passive verb

Answer 2

A verb is passive if the subject is acted on. Passives are usually made up of a form of the verb to be plus a past participle. Passive has nothing to do with the past tense. Passives can be past, present, or future.

Question 3

gerund

Answer 3

the -ing form of a verb

Question 4

Compound sentences

Answer 4

have two main clauses joined with and, but, or, or another conjunction. Compound sentences work best when the ideas in the two clauses are closely related.

Question 5

Complex sentences

Answer 5

have at least one main and one subordinate clause; they are good for showing logical relationships.

Question 6

Compound-complex sentences

Answer 6

have two or more main clauses with one or more subordinate clauses; these sentences combine interdependent, complex ideas.

Question 7

TRY FOR AN AVERAGE SENTENCE LENGTH OF 14 TO 20 WORDS

Answer 7

HMMM

Question 8

topic sentence

Answer 8

states the main idea and provides a base on which to structure your document

Question 9

When spelling numbers, __ to ___ get spelled into word, the rest can be numbers

Answer 9

1-9

Question 10

If a sentence starts with a number

Answer 10

Always spell it out (but typically you should revise the sentence so the number comes later in the sentence)

Question 11

Simple sentence

Answer 11

Has one main clause

Question 12

Compound sentences

Answer 12

have two main clauses joined with and, but, or, or another conjunction. Compound sentences work best when the ideas in the two clauses are closely related

Question 13

Case

Answer 13

refers to the grammatical role a noun or pronoun plays in a sentence