Welcome to your Grade 12 Engilsh chapter 5
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Under the Gregorian calendar rules, the year 2000 was a leap year because it is:
2.
In the Gregorian calendar, why is the year 1900 NOT a leap year?
3.
What does "wordiness" mean in writing according to the text?
4.
Which of the following is an example of wordiness?
5.
What is the primary rule of the Julian calendar regarding leap years?
6.
Complete the Second Conditional sentence: "If I had enough money, I ________ travel the world."
7.
Which technique is used to generate details for a descriptive essay?
8.
What are the two ways suggested to organize support in a descriptive essay?
9.
In a descriptive essay, what does the concluding paragraph do?
10.
What should the thesis statement of a descriptive essay include?
11.
Which sentence correctly uses the Second Conditional for a hypothetical situation?
12.
The Gregorian calendar was introduced to solve the problem of:
13.
What is the goal of "editing wordiness"?
14.
Which sense does the detail "the smell of fresh rain on dry earth" appeal to?
15.
In an outline for a descriptive essay, what follows the topic sentence for each major supporting detail?
16.
The year 2400 will be a leap year.
17.
Which prewriting technique is mentioned for exploring a topic?
18.
In the sentence "If I hadn't been born here, I would have lived in another country," which conditional is used?
19.
What is the main impression you want to convey in a descriptive essay?
20.
The year 2100 will NOT be a leap year because:
21.
"I believe that..." is often an example of wordiness if used as:
22.
Sensory details in a descriptive essay should help the topic:
23.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five senses?
24.
In the Second Conditional, "if I were in your shoes" means:
25.
The Gregorian calendar transition happened approximately how many years after the Julian calendar was established?
26.
Which word is a sensory detail for the sense of "sound"?
27.
When organizing by "spatial order" in a descriptive essay, you describe things:
28.
The year 1900 was a leap year in the Julian calendar but not in the Gregorian.
29.
A topic sentence for a body paragraph in a descriptive essay should focus on:
30.
If a year is divisible by 4 but also by 100, it is NOT a leap year UNLESS:
