Part I: Grammar (25minutes / 25 points) A. Parts of Speech.

Determine the part of speech of each underlined word and mark the correct letter in the space provided. N Noun Adj Adjective C Conjunction Pro Pronoun Adv Adverb I Interjection V Verb Prep Preposition The Class of 2015 recently staged a fantastic production of A Midsummer Nights Dream
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the Shakespearean play. Their teachers Mrs. Fiorini Ms. Hahne and Ms. Novak had divided them into acting companies. These groups produced a scene or a part of
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a scene. The students were responsible for everything assigning and memorizing parts blocking the scene and interpreting their characters words. Wow! The girls
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parents and teachers were invited so they could be the audience but the event was most
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entertaining for the girls themselves. It was fun to see their classmates onstage each
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and every one of the sixty four girls brought an interesting unique interpretation to
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her individual part. It was a fabulous day nonetheless, The course of true love never
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did run smooth, and, well, neither did everything about the performance.
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Peoples props went missing, lines were occasionally forgotten, and those glasses looked quite silly. In the audience of parents and teachers no one noticed anything
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wrong. They were impressed for the girls could understand perform and apparently
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enjoy a 400 year old play. It even seemed current with a Bieber fever dance! Yes
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the adult audience may have been a little confused at times but they could watch costumes. Several items helped them follow along jackets for the court, vests on
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the mechanicals, crowns for the fairies, and the lovers hats and hair ribbons. The
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teachers felt truly proud of their students on May 19 2010. The performance ended in
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applause before three o clock. At 275 S. Ithan Ave. Rosemont PA, the parents gave
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their talented daughters a reception. Doesnt cake taste great after a job well done?
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B. Sentence Structure. Determine the role of each underlined word in the structure of the sentence and mark the correct letter in the space provided below. S Subject PN Predicate Nominative AV Action Verb DO Direct Object LV Linking Verb IO Indirect Object PA Predicate Adjective OP Object of a Preposition The Class of 2015 recently staged a fantastic production of A Midsummer Nights Dream
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the Shakespearean play. Their teachers Mrs. Fiorini Ms. Hahne and Ms. Novak had divided them into acting companies. These groups produced a scene or a part of
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a scene. The students were responsible for everything assigning and memorizing parts blocking the scene and interpreting their characters words. Wow! The girls
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parents and teachers were invited so they could be the audience but the event was most
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entertaining for the girls themselves. It was fun to see their classmates onstage each and every one of the sixty four girls brought an interesting unique interpretation to
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her individual part. It was a fabulous day nonetheless, The course of true love never did run smooth, and, well, neither did everything about the performance.
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Peoples props went missing, lines were occasionally forgotten, and those glasses looked quite silly. In the audience of parents and teachers no one noticed anything
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wrong. They were impressed for the girls could understand perform and apparently enjoy a 400 year old play. It even seemed current with a Bieber fever dance! Yes
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the adult audience may have been a little confused at times but they could watch costumes. Several items helped them follow along jackets for the court, vests on
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the mechanicals, crowns for the fairies, and the lovers hats and hair ribbons. The
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teachers felt truly proud of their students on May 19 2010. The performance ended in
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applause before three o clock. At 275 S. Ithan Ave. Rosemont PA, the parents gave
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their talented daughters a reception. Doesnt cake taste great after a job well done?
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C. Punctuation. Determine whether a comma, semicolon, hyphen, colon, or apostrophe is necessary in each of the places marked with an underline and mark the correct letter by the number of the space. If no punctuation belongs in the indicated place, write C for correct. A. , (comma) C. CORRECT (no punctuation) E. : (colon) B. ; (semicolon) D. - (hyphen) F. (apostrophe) The Class of 2015 recently staged a fantastic production of A Midsummer Nights Dream ___
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the Shakespearean play. Their teachers ___ Mrs. Fiorini ___ Ms. Hahne ___ and Ms. Novak ___
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had divided them into acting companies. These groups produced a scene ___ or a part of a scene. The student___s were responsible for everything ___ assigning and memorizing
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parts ___ blocking the scene ___ and interpreting their characters words. Wow! The girl___s___ Parents and teachers were invited ___ so they could be the audience ___ but the event was most entertaining for the girls themselves. It was fun to see their classmates onstage ___ each and every one of the sixty___four girls brought an interesting ___unique interpretation to
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her individual part. It was a fabulous day ___ nonetheless, The course of true love never did run smooth, and, well, neither did everything about the performance. 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____
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People___s___ props went missing, lines were occasionally forgotten ,and those glasses looked quite silly. In the audience of parents and teachers, no one noticed anything wrong. They were impressed ___ for the girls could understand ___ perform ___ and apparently
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enjoy a 400___year___old play. It even seemed current with a Bieber fever dance! Yes ___ the adult audience may have been a little confused at times ___ but they could watch the costumes. Several items helped them follow along ___ jackets for the court, vests on
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the mechanicals, crowns for the fairies, and the lover___s___ hats and hair ribbons. The
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teachers felt truly proud of their students on May ___ 19 ___ 2010. The performance ended in applause before three o___clock. At 275 S. Ithan Ave.___ Rosemont ___ PA, the parents gave their talented daughters a reception. Doesn___t cake taste great after a job well done? 19. _____ 20. _____ 21. _____ 22. _____ 23. _____ 24. _____

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