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Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence.
Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, 15 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic in slave ships. |
| | A) | were |
| | B) | between/across/in |
| | C) | sixteenth/nineteenth |
| | D) | million |
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Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The first white Americans to protest slavery were the Quakers and Mennonites; they opposed it on religious grounds. |
| | A) | first |
| | B) | were |
| | C) | the |
| | D) | they/it |
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Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
Britain abolished slavery in 1833, well before the United States did so. |
| | A) | slavery |
| | B) | well |
| | C) | before |
| | D) | abolished/did |
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Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence.
Although the Civil War began in 1861, it wasn't until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all the slaves in the states that had seceded from the Union. |
| | A) | issued/had seceded |
| | B) | until/from |
| | C) | slaves/states |
| | D) | in/that |
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Identify the interjection(s) in the following sentence.
Alas, the U.S. Constitution did not reflect the belief that "all men are created equal" until the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified in 1865. |
| | A) | Alas |
| | B) | Constitution/Amendment |
| | C) | recognize/was ratified |
| | D) | Until |
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Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
Somebody must pay for all this damage. |
| | A) | must/pay |
| | B) | Somebody/this |
| | C) | Somebody/pay |
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Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
Jerry claimed that he saw nobody in the classroom. |
| | A) | that/he/nobody |
| | B) | Jerry/he |
| | C) | he/in |
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Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
They brought us delicious things to eat. |
| | A) | They/to |
| | B) | They/us |
| | C) | us/to eat |
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Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
The caribou, which is a large deer, makes its home in North America. |
| | A) | which/is |
| | B) | which/its |
| | C) | its/home |
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Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence.
The jade plant grew quickly and soon dominated the tiny room. |
| | A) | jade/tiny |
| | B) | plant/grew |
| | C) | tiny/room. |
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Identify the conjunction(s) in the following sentence.
We expected the letter yesterday, but it came today. |
| | A) | but |
| | B) | yesterday/today |
| | C) | expected/but |
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Identify the conjunction(s) in the following sentence.
Because she loved her brother, she believed he could do no wrong. |
| | A) | Because/wrong |
| | B) | Because |
| | C) | loved/believed |
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Identify the conjunction(s) in the following sentence.
Unless you come by six, you won't get any supper. |
| | A) | Unless |
| | B) | Unless/six |
| | C) | six/any |
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Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence.
Among the best-known of the island groups that sit off the Scottish coast are the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and the Hebrides. |
| | A) | groups/best-known |
| | B) | Orkneys, Shetlands, Hebrides |
| | C) | island/Scottish |
| | D) | among/off |
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Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
Ralph Abernathy cofounded and led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | A) | Ralph Abernathy |
| | B) | Leadership |
| | C) | cofounded/led |
| | D) | with |
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Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
The math problem proved more difficult than they had expected. |
| | A) | math/problem |
| | B) | proved/had expected |
| | C) | proved/difficult/had expected |
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Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
My sister spoke to her boss and explained the problem. |
| | A) | spoke/explained |
| | B) | spoke/boss/explained |
| | C) | sister/boss/problem |
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Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
He ate a fried egg and drank a cup of coffee. |
| | A) | ate/fried/drank |
| | B) | ate/drank |
| | C) | fried/coffee |
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Identify the gerund(s) in the following sentence.
In declaring that all men had been created equal, the founding fathers set the stage for the abolition of slavery, which came nearly ninety years later. |
| | A) | declaring |
| | B) | stage |
| | C) | abolition |
| | D) | declaring/slavery |
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Identify the interjection(s) in the following sentence.
Alas, the end of the summer is upon us, and we still have not found time to go to the beach. |
| | A) | Alas |
| | B) | end/summer |
| | C) | Is/have |
| | D) | Alas/still |
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