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Identify the following sentence as having a Proper Noun (PN), Common Noun (CN), or Both (B).  Theodore’s antiquated theory was ruined when the salt did not remove the stain.

Choose the pronoun case for the italicized pronoun: Please give her the basket of flowers before the wedding starts. 

Identify the following sentence as Correct or Incorrect. Hint: The sentence may contain any number of punctuation, capitalization, or spelling errors that we discussed for Test 3. I asked Janine to raise the flag this morning, but she forgot and laid the flag on her desk.

Identify the word in quotation marks as a Participle (P); Gerund (G); Infinitive (I); Verb (V); or None of These (NT): The doctors are “performing” a difficult surgery tomorrow morning.

Identify the word in quotation marks as a Participle (P); Gerund (G); Infinitive (I); Verb (V); or None of These (NT): The doctors are “performing” a difficult surgery tomorrow morning.

Identify the word in quotation marks as a Predicate Noun (PN); Predicated Adjective (PA); Direct Object (DO); Indirect Object (IO); Verb (V); or None of These (NT): The reformers felt “satisfied” after their new policies were implemented.

A fragment is never a complete thought.

Identify the following sentence as Correct or Incorrect in regards to pronoun case: I agree with whomever wrote the mission statement.

Identify the following sentence as Simple (S); Compound (CD); Complex (CX); or Compound-Complex (CDCX): Amanda took out the trash before the rain started, but she forgot to close the garage door.

Identify the following sentence as Simple (S); Compound (CD); Complex (CX); or Compound-Complex (CDCX): I heard footsteps in the hallway near the entrance of the old house next door.