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Part I. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. c) Indirect object

1. What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or d) Complement
an idea? 10. What part of a sentence tells something about the
a) Noun subject?
b) Pronoun a) Subject
c) Adjective b) Predicate
d) Adverb c) Object
2. Which of these modifies a noun or a pronoun? d) Complement
a) Pronoun 11. Which of these defines a pronoun?
b) Adjective a) It is used in place of one or more nouns.
c) Adverb b) It modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
d) Preposition adverb.
3. What expresses an action or a state of being? c) It expresses an action or a state of being.
a) Noun d) It joins words or group of words.
b) Adjective 12. Which part of speech answers the questions; when,
c) Conjunction where, how, how much and why?
d) Verb a) Preposition
4. Which part of speech expresses emotion and has no b) Adverb
grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence? c) Adjective
a) Preposition d) Verb
b) Interjection 13. What part of speech answers questions; which, what
c) Verb kind of and how many?
d) Conjunction a) Adjective
5. Which verb takes a direct object? b) Interjection
a) Intransitive verb c) Noun
b) Linking verb d) Adverb
c) Helping verb 14. What shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun
d) Transitive verb to some other words in a sentence?
6. Which verb has a meaning complete on its own and a) Conjunction
does not require a direct object? b) Preposition
a) Intransitive verb c) Pronoun
b) Transitive verb d) Adjective
c) Linking verb 15. What joins words or group of words like phrases and
d) Action verb clauses?
7. What identifies or describes the subject of the verb? a) Pronoun
a) Adverb b) Verb
b) Subject complement c) Conjunction
c) Object complement d) Interjection
d) Predicate Nominative 16. What part of a sentence completes the meaning of a
8. Which of these verbs connects the subject with an transitive verb?
adjective or a noun that describes or identifies it? a) Indirect object
a) Action verb b) Object of preposition
b) Transitive verb c) Direct object
c) Intransitive verb d) Object complement
d) Linking verb 17. What are two or more verbs joined by a conjunction
9. Which of these is taken as a person or thing the action and are relating to the same subject?
is done to or done for? a) Simple predicate
a) Direct object b) Compound verbs
b) Object of preposition c) Helping verb
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18. Which of these can be a noun, pronoun, or word b) Prepositional phrase
group that acts as a noun, and receives the action of a c) Verb phrase
verb or is influenced by a transitive verb, or verbal, or a d) Subject phrase
preposition? 27. Which of these is not a modifier?
a) Object a) Article
b) Complement b) Adjective
c) Subject c) Adverb
d) Predicate d) Pronoun
19. What tells for whom, to whom, or to what something 28. Which of these is not an adjective?
is done? a) humility
a) Direct object b) humble
b) Indirect object c) proud
c) Subject complement d) interesting
d) Object complement 29. Which of these follows a linking verb and modifies
20. What follows a preposition and is linked by it to the the subject of the sentence?
rest of the sentence? a) Subject
a) Direct object b) Predicate Adjective
b) Object of preposition c) Predicate noun
c) Indirect object d) Object complement
d) Object complement 30. Which completes a linking verb and renames the
21. What are words, phrases, or clauses that provide subject?
descriptions in sentences? a) Predicate Adjective
a) Modifiers b) Predicate Nominative
b) Verbs c) Subject complement
c) Appositives d) Object complement
d) Objects 31. What is a noun or noun phrase that renames another
22. What sentence clearly states a command or order noun right beside it?
toward another person or animal? a) Predicate
a) Exclamatory b) Appositive
b) Imperative c) Predicate Noun
c) Interrogative d) Complement
d) Declarative 32. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?
23. Which sentence asks a question? a) talk silently
a) Declarative b) near the gasoline station
b) Imperative c) the basket of fruits
c) Interrogative d) the naughty and annoying boy
d) Exclamatory 33. Which sentence contains an unexpressed subject?
24. Which of these includes all the words in a clause or a) Neil, they are coming.
sentence except the subject and its modifiers b) Neil, come back here.
a) Complete subject c) What is Neil doing?
b) Complete predicate d) Neil is coming back.
c) Simple subject 34. What is the unexpressed subject in imperative
d) Simple predicate sentences?
25. What part of a sentence follows modifies or refers a) I
back to a direct object? b) They
a) Indirect object c) You
b) Object complement d) Me
c) Subject complement 35. Which part of speech may be used to describe or to
d) Direct object modify a noun acting as direct object?
26. What consists of a preposition and its objects and a) lazy
modifiers? b) lazily

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 c) slowly c) Interjection
d) consecutively d) Adverb
36. Which of these does NOT define a sentence?
a) A sentence cannot be just a word; it is always a 44. We hid Grandma’s present under the table.
group of words. a) Interjection
b) A sentence contains both a subject and a b) Preposition
predicate. c) Adverb
c) A sentence ends with a question mark, an d) Conjunction
exclamation point or a period.
d) A sentence expresses a complete thought. 45. Jackie carefully walked across the icy parking lot.
37. Which of these is a sentence fragment? a) Adverb
a) You have to go there. b) Verb
b) It’s over. c) Noun
c) The boy near the pool d) Adjective
d) Prove it now.
38. What is the verb in the sentence, “She has collected 46. Cookies ‘n’ cream is Ms. Gerchman’s favorite ice
several sports memorabilia”? cream flavor.
a) has a) Adverb
b) collected b) Verb
c) has collected c) Noun
d) has collected several d) Adjective
39. Which specifies grammatical definiteness of a noun?
a) Adjective 47. She also enjoys mint chocolate chip and fudge
b) Article ripple.
c) Adverb a) Pronoun
d) Pronoun b) Noun
40. Which of the following is NOT a noun? c) Verb
a) bravery d) Adverb
b) gallant
c) interesting 48. I wish there could be peace in Iraq, Israel,
d) sufficiency Afghanistan, and other troubled places.
a) Pronoun
b) Noun
Part II c) Verb
Identify the parts of speech in every sentence. d) Adjective

41. When the bell rings, the class runs out the door. 49. The dusty erasers made Ms. Gerchman sneeze.
a) Verb a) Adverb
b) Adverb b) Adjective
c) Adjective c) Preposition
d) Noun d) Conjunction

42. My dad is not a snazzy dresser, but I love him 50. For our party to be a success, we need pizza, soda,
anyway. and cookies.
a) Noun a) Adverb
b) Verb b) Adjective
c) Conjunction c) Conjunction
d) Preposition d) Preposition

43. Oh dear, I forgot my homework again. 51. I hope to travel to Russia some day.
a) Conjunction a) Noun
b) Noun b) Pronoun

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d) Adverb

52. He never joked or watched TV.

a) Noun
b) Adjective
c) Adverb
d) Verb

53. They turned and swam to the shore.

a) Interjection
b) Preposition
c) Conjunction
d) Pronoun

54. The raging river roars through the gorge.

a) Adverb
b) Adjective
c) Verb
d) Pronoun

55. The team slapped hands after the game.

a) Noun
b) Verb
c) Pronoun
d) Adverb

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