Warm-Up:Week of 3/19

1. Ed is writing a report about the people behind the existentialist movement in

philosophy. Which of these four questions should be address first when researching?

A. How long were the books that existential philosophers wrote?

B. How many philosophers were there?C. Who were the most influential

existential philosophers?D. In what country was the existential

movement the strongest?

2. Which type of sentence is shown below?

At the age of ten months, the precocious little boy started walking

and talking.A. Simple

B. ComplexC. Compound

D. Compound-complex

3. In the sentence below, which pronoun would best replace the underlined words?The car is not mine. It belongs to Jo and Amy.

A. TheyB. TheirC. Them

D. Themselves

4. Which of the following sentences is correct?

A. Just between you and I, I don’t like him.

B. Just between you and I, I don’t like him.

C. Just between you and I, I don’t like he.

D. Just between you and me, I don’t like him.

5. . Rich has been assigned a report on the different forms of martial arts

found across the world. To locate the meaning of the word ninjitsu,

where in his book about martial arts should he look?

A. The copyright pageB. The table of contents

C. The glossaryD. The back cover

6. In which sentence is the word there used incorrectly.

A. There it is!B. Are there any soccer players here?C. There are over 400 students in our

school.

D. The teachers park there cars behind our gym.

7. Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

A. Do you know how to make a pecan pie?

B. Taking the bus, I arrived at school on time.

C. The scenic road with mountains, rivers, and lakeside views.

D. The robins built a nest in the tree outside my window.

8. What is the compound subject of the sentence below?

On a bright sunny morning the youth group and the parents set out to

pick berries.A. Youth group, berries

B. Morning, parents

C. Youth group, parentsD. Parents, pick

9. Which sentence uses an incorrect possessive?

A. My uncles’ homes are all on the east side of town.

B. My sister’s friends are nice to me.C. I fell on my only sons’ skateboard.

D. The cat’s tail is long and black.

10. Which word is the subject of the sentence below?

Tamika, my sister, goes to college and is studying to be a doctor.

A. DoctorB. College

C. SisterD. Tamika