5. what part of speech create phrases that deal with relationships concerning time, space, and logic?
a. conjunctions
b. verbs
c. pronouns
d. prepositions
8. what's the term for a verb that shows continuous (or ongoing) action?
a. infinitive
b.
c. progressive
d. adverb
9. which of the following sentences uses the correct adjective form?
a. of everyone at the party, i received the smaller piece of cake.
b. of everyone at the party, i received the more small piece of cake.
c. of everyone at the party, i received the most smallest piece of cake.
d. of everyone at the party, i received the smallest piece of cake.
12. what part of a sentence tells the reader when something is taking place?
a. modifier placement
b. concrete noun
c. verb tense
d. punctuation
16. in terms of choosing your purpose, it's of utmost importance to know your
a. audience.
b. limitations.
c. word count.
d. connotations.
17. what writing process stage involves looking through a written draft for organizational problems or issues with main ideas?
a. revising
b. proofreading
c. planning
d. presenting
18. to readers visualize what they're reading, writers often will use words.
a. descriptive
b. vague
c. traditional
d. ethical
19. a greater reliance on computers and technological advancements has given rise to what spelling resource?
a. owner's manuals
b. library cards
c. thesauruses
d. online dictionaries
20. which of the following would you choose a word to describe a dangerous situation?
a. the pronunciation of dangerous
b. synonyms for dangerous
c. antonyms for dangerous
d. the origin of dangerous

5. Answer;

prepositions

Explanation;

Prepositions are part of speech that helps create phrases that deal with relationships concerning time, space, and logic.

Prepositions show how something is related to another word. They show spatial (space), temporal (time), or logical relationship of an object to the rest of the sentence.

Examples of prepositions are words like after, near, at, by, from, above and with, etc.

8. Answer;

Progressive

Progressive verb is a verb that shows continuous (or ongoing) action.

Explanation;

Progressive verbs are verbs that are used to show an ongoing action in progress at some point in time.

They appear in three form; present progressive, past progressive and future progressive.

9. Answer;

D. Of everyone at the party, I received the smallest piece of cake.

Explanation;

When you are comparing more than two things the adjective should take the superlative form; the superlative form of small is smallest.

Superlative adjectives are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.

12. Answer;

C. Verb tense

Verb tense is a part of a sentence that tells the reader when something is taking place.

Explanation;

Verb tenses indicate the connection between two or more time periods or the exact time an activity occurred.

16. Answers;

A. Audience

In terms of choosing your purpose, it's of utmost importance to know your Audience.

Explanation;

Knowing the audience for a particular type of writing is important because it determines the content that will appear in the writing.

The content of an essay that has a specific topic will vary depending on the intended audience.

17. Answers;

Revising

Revising is a writing process stage that involves looking through a written draft for organizational problems or issues with main ideas.

Explanation;

Revising involves making major changes, such as the deletion of entire paragraphs and the writing of new paragraphs.

It is important to spend plenty of time revising your writing.

Revising, like other stages of writing plays an important role.

18. Answers;

Descriptive

Explanation;

To help readers visualize what they're reading, writers often will use descriptive words.

Descriptive words describes and gives us more information about things.

A descriptive word can be a color, size, shape, texture, or number, etc. Descriptive words help you understand more when you're reading.

19. Answers;

Online dictionaries

A greater reliance on computers and technological advancements has given rise to online dictionaries as a spelling resource

Explanation;

Online dictionaries are a good spelling resource.

They are used as a reference point for finding out the meaning of words and also their spellings.

They help the learners to be more autonomous and to enhance good learner habits.

20. Answers;

A. synonym for dangerous

Synonym for dangerous would help you choose a word to describe a dangerous situation;

Explanation;

Synonyms ares words having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in  English language. 

Knowing different synonyms is important; as repeating the same words a couple of time in writing especially in creative writing, makes writing dill uninteresting, however replacing the repetition with synonyms shows creativity to the audience. 

author – information on the internet with a listed author is one indication of a credible site. the fact that the author is willing to stand behind the information presented (and in some cases, include his or her contact information) is a good indication that the information is reliable.

date – the date of any research information is important, including information found on the internet. by including a date, the website allows readers to make decisions about whether that information is recent enough for their purposes.

sources – credible websites, like books and scholarly articles, should cite the source of the information presented.

domain – some domains such as .com, .org, and .net can be purchased and used by any individual. however, the domain .edu is reserved for colleges and universities, while .gov denotes a government website. these two are usually credible sources for information (though occasionally a university will assign a .edu address to each of its students for personal use, in which case use caution when citing). be careful with the domain .org, because .org is usually used by non-profit organizations which may have an agenda of persuasion rather than education.

site design – this can be very subjective, but a well-designed site can be an indication of more reliable information. good design make information more easily accessible.

writing style – poor spelling and grammar are an indication that the site may not be credible. in an effort to make the information presented easy to understand, credible sites watch writing style closely.