This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Non Restrictive Elements – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Non Restrictive Elements Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which answer choice correctly uses commas to set off the parenthetical elements in this sentence?The brick wall crumbling with age is dangerous to climb over. A) The brick wall crumbling with age is, dangerous to climb, over. B) The brick wall, crumbling with age, is dangerous to climb over. C) The, brick, wall crumbling with age is dangerous to climb over. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The brick wall, crumbling with age, is dangerous to climb over. 2. Which phrase in the sentence makes up the nonrestrictive or parenthetical element? Anna's letter, which was beautifully written, brought tears to her mom's eyes. A) To her mom's eyes. B) Which was beautifully written. C) Anna's letter. D) Brought tears to her mom's eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which was beautifully written. 3. Which sentence uses DASHES correctly to separate commas? A) All four of them-Bob-Jeffrey-Jason-Brett-did well in college. B) All four-of them Bob, Jeffrey, Jason, and Brett-did well in college. C) All four of them-Bob, Jeffrey, Jason, and Brett-did well in college. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All four of them-Bob, Jeffrey, Jason, and Brett-did well in college. 4. A(n) ..... is used to separate commas that contain appositives. A) Dash. B) Comma. C) Ellipsis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dash. 5. Select the sentence with the correctly punctuated non-restrictive element. A) The teacher who, was very kind, helped me with my homework. B) The teacher, who was very kind, helped me with my homework. C) The teacher who was very kind helped me with my homework. D) The teacher, who was very kind helped me with my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher, who was very kind, helped me with my homework. 6. Which of the following includes a nonrestrictive element? A) The mice were nowhere to be seen. B) As I worked, it occured to me that it was awfully bright for this hour of the night. C) I wasn't scared. I patted out the fire and walked away. D) I was cooking the steak. It was nine o'clock at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As I worked, it occured to me that it was awfully bright for this hour of the night. 7. What is the extra information provided by the non-restrictive element in the sentence 'I saw a deer in the forest, which I am not supposed to enter'? A) I saw a deer in the forest. B) Which I am not supposed to enter. C) I saw a deer in the forest, which I am not supposed to enter. D) The fact that I am not supposed to enter the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which I am not supposed to enter. 8. True or False:Nonrestrictive clauses need commas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Which sentence correctly uses commas to set off the nonrestrictive element? A) The Eiffel Tower which is in Paris is a famous landmark. B) The Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris, is a famous landmark. C) The Eiffel Tower which is in Paris, is a famous landmark. D) The Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris is a famous landmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Eiffel Tower, which is in Paris, is a famous landmark. 10. What is the role of commas in sentences with nonrestrictive elements? A) Commas indicate that the information is additional and not essential to the main point of the sentence. B) Commas are used to separate items in a list only. C) Commas indicate a pause in the sentence and are used for emphasis. D) Commas are used to connect two independent clauses without a conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas indicate that the information is additional and not essential to the main point of the sentence. 11. Example of a nonrestrictive element:'My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting.' What is the nonrestrictive element? A) 'who lives in New York' is the nonrestrictive element. B) 'My brother' is the nonrestrictive element. C) 'is visiting' is the nonrestrictive element. D) 'who is visiting' is the nonrestrictive element. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'who lives in New York' is the nonrestrictive element. 12. I think MODERN FAMILY is hilarious which is why I never miss an episode. A) Comma after hilarious. B) No comma. C) Comma after why. D) Comma after miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma after hilarious. 13. How should the the sentence be punctuated with a comma?Mrs. Johnson can you please help me? A) Mrs. Johnson can you please, help me?. B) Mrs. Johnson can you, please help me?. C) Mrs. Johnson, can you please help me?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mrs. Johnson, can you please help me?. 14. Identify the nonrestrictive element:'The movie, which was released last year, won several awards.' A) 'which was released last year' is the nonrestrictive element. B) 'The movie' is the nonrestrictive element. C) 'won several awards' is the nonrestrictive element. D) 'which won several awards' is the nonrestrictive element. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'which was released last year' is the nonrestrictive element. 15. The house on the corner ..... appears to be haunted. A) Of White Street. B) (the red one with broken windows). C) (on the corner). D) , the house,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (the red one with broken windows). 16. Choose the sentence that uses commas correctly to set off a non-restrictive element. A) The book, that I borrowed from the library, is due tomorrow. B) The book that I borrowed, from the library, is due tomorrow. C) The book, which I borrowed from the library, is due tomorrow. D) The book which, I borrowed from the library, is due tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The book, which I borrowed from the library, is due tomorrow. 17. Which sentence uses the dash correctly? A) My sister is coming to visit soon not soon enough!. B) My sister is coming to visit soon not soon enough!. C) My sister is coming to visit soon not soon enough!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My sister is coming to visit soon not soon enough!. 18. Choose the sentence with the correct use of a non-restrictive element. A) The teacher who is very strict gave us homework. B) The teacher, who is very strict, gave us homework. C) The teacher who is very strict, gave us homework. D) The teacher, who is very strict gave us homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher, who is very strict, gave us homework. 19. The car * that I chose * gets almost 50 mpg on the highway. A) Comma after gets. B) Comma after mpg. C) Comma after car and after chose. D) No commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No commas. 20. Which answer choice correctly uses commas to set off the parenthetical elements in this sentence?Sarah's dog an adorable pug always has his tongue hanging out. A) Sarah's dog an adorable pug, always has his tongue, hanging out. B) Sarah's dog, an adorable pug, always has his tongue hanging out. C) Sarah's dog, an adorable pug always has his tongue, hanging out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarah's dog, an adorable pug, always has his tongue hanging out. 21. Which sentence uses DASHES correctly to explain a thought? A) If you need something, call my assistant Catherine-not Margaret and she'll help you. B) If you need something, call my assistant-Catherine, not Margaret-and she'll help you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you need something, call my assistant-Catherine, not Margaret-and she'll help you. 22. Which sentence contains a non-restrictive element? A) The cat sat on the mat. B) The book, which was on the table, is mine. C) She runs every morning. D) The sun rises in the east. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book, which was on the table, is mine. 23. What is the nonrestrictive element in this sentence? Ms. Smith my teacher always assigns us homework over the weekend. A) Ms. Smith. B) Always assigns us homework over the weekend. C) My teacher. D) There is no nonrestrictive element in this sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My teacher. 24. Which sentence uses a non-restrictive elements correctly? A) The doctor asked the nurse to step out of the exam room. B) The doctor, Dr. Arnold, asked the nurse to step out of the exam room. C) The doctor, Dr. Arnold, asked the nurse, to step out of the exam room. D) Dr. Arnold, doctor, asked the nurse to step out of the exam room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The doctor, Dr. Arnold, asked the nurse, to step out of the exam room. 25. In the sentence 'The book, which I borrowed from the library, is fascinating, ' what is the nonrestrictive element? A) 'which I borrowed from the library' is the nonrestrictive element. B) 'The book' is the nonrestrictive element. C) 'is fascinating' is the nonrestrictive element. D) 'from the library' is the nonrestrictive element. 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