College Composition CLEP (NEW 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct

College Composition CLEP (NEW 2023/
2024 Update) Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct
QUESTION
usually proceeded by to: it is used as a noun, adjective or adverb. It can never be the main verb
of the sentence.?


Answer:
Infinitive



QUESTION
used as an adjective. The present participle ends in ing. Past participles have several endings
(ed, d, t, n, en)?


Answer:
Participle



QUESTION
The ing form used as a noun?


Answer:
Gerund



QUESTION
have three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative?


Answer:
Adjectives and Adverbs

, QUESTION
After linking verbs such as look, seem, appear, taste, smell, feel, sound, use adjectives to
describe the subject?


Answer:
Adjective and Adverb Rule #1



QUESTION
Really is an adverb; real is an adjective. Do not use real to modify another adjective?


Answer:
Adjective and Adverb Rule #2



QUESTION
Adjectives do not modify verbs?


Answer:
Adjective and Adverb Rule #3



QUESTION
Good is never an adverb?


Answer:
Adjective and Adverb Rule #4



QUESTION
Since scarcely and hardly are negative already, they should not be accompanied by another
negative?


Answer:
Adjective and Adverb Rule #5