English 101 IAW
Quiz 1: Narrative Paragraphs
My First Time in the Emergency Room (1) I went to the Emergency Room for the first time when I was thirteen years old. (2) It all came about when I was skateboarding in front of my grandma's house and I tried to do a trick. (3) I almost pulled it off, but I messed it up in the end and headed to the ground with my hands down. (4) My right wrist was twisted the wrong way in the air when I landed hard on the ground, it just broke it. (5) At first, it did not hurt at all, as I looked down at my warped and twisted wrist. (6) All of a sudden, excruciating pain rushed through my wrist, which developed instant anxiety. (7) Rolling around on the ground yelling and cussing in pain, my parents saw what happened and came running to my aid. (8) Then my dad started moving it around. (9) He said, "it's not broken”, and my mom was saying over and over again that we needed to go to the emergency room to get the real diagnosis. (10) After about fifteen minutes of yelling and screaming, I finally got up, held my wrist, and I started walking to the car. (11) The whole way to the ER the pain got worse and worse. (12) Later, I found out that the increase in pain was due to massive swelling against the broken bone. (13) I had to sit in the waiting room for about an hour, but it seemed like forever. (14) Finally, I got into the doctor's office where I got an X-Ray and found out my wrist was truly broken.
1. Which of the following sentences contains the topic sentence? a. Sentence 1 b. Sentence 2 c. Sentence 3 d. Sentence 4 2. What is the topic of the paragraph? a. My time as a skateboarder b. My first time in the ER c. My first broken bone d. My first visit to the doctor 3. Which word/phrase can replace ‘All of a sudden’ in sentence 6? a. Suddenly b. Next c. To start with d. Also Semester 1
Academic Year 2014-15
English 101 IAW
Quiz 1: Narrative Paragraphs
4. How many verbs are there in sentence 4? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 5. What type of sentence is sentence 12? a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound-complex 6. Why is ‘Emergency Room’ capitalized in sentence 1? a. it is a noun b. it is the name of a business c. it is the name of a person d. it is the name of a place 7. What does ‘At first, it did not hurt at all’ mean in sentence 5? a. It didn’t hurt before he fell. b. It didn’t hurt while he was falling. c. It didn’t hurt after he had fallen. d. None of the above. 8. What type of simple sentence is sentence 8? a. Subject + verb b. Subject +subject+ verb c. Subject + verb+ verb d. Subject + subject+ verb+ verb 9. Which word/phrase can replace ‘Later’ in sentence 12? a. after that b. after going home c. meanwhile d. soon
Semester 1
Academic Year 2014-15
English 101 IAW
Quiz 1: Narrative Paragraphs
10. What is sentence 10? a. A compound sentence to show result of something that happened b. A compound sentence to show a number of events that happened after one another c. A compound sentence to show that something similar happened d. A complex sentence to show choice of things that happened 11. What is the subject in sentence 14? a. I b. Doctor c. Wrist d. My 12. What word/phrase can be used to replace the concluding signal in line 14? a. to sum up b. at last c. now d. later 13. Put capital letters in the correct places. we travelled to mecca and medina in august just after the eid celebrations. 14. Correct the subject verb agreement in the following short passage. When I were 14 years old, I had a toy that I would take everywhere with me. It was a race car that was painted in bright red and had a black stripes through the middle. 15. Use the appropriate coordinating conjunction I love pizza ______________________ I hate pasta. (but) I studied hard _____________________ I wouldn’t have to worry about the exam. (so)
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Semester 1
Academic Year 2014-15