Language and Grammar 101

1). These words give information or describes a noun.

a). dictionary      b). verbs         c). pronouns        d). adjectives

2). These words show performance of an action   

a). prepositions   b). adverbs      c). nouns   d). none of these

3). “He was outside without a coat on.” Which word is a preposition in this sentence?     

a). He      b). outside           c). without           d). coat

4).  These words identify a person place or thing.  

a). adjectives     b).  prepositions      c). nouns      d). verbs

5). “She was swimming in the lake.” Which word is a verb in this sentence?

a).  lake        b). in         c).  was         d). swimming     

6). These words tell you how, when, where, why and to what extent something happens.  

a). participles      b). nouns      c). articles       d). adverbs

7). “He has been working there for twenty years.” Which word is the participle in this sentence?

a). years     b). has     c). working      d). twenty

8).  “Ruth is a dedicated nurse at the hospital.” Which word in this sentence is the pronoun?

a). Ruth   b).  dedicated      c). nurse      d). none of these   

9). These words can be used to express opinions about something?

a). participles     b). pronouns   c). adjectives     d). none of these

10). “Robert drives to work every other Tuesday.”  What is the word “drives” in this sentence?

a). verb     b). preposition     c). adverb    d). none of these    

11). Most sentences contain a main verb.

a). True   b). False

12). Adjectives do not help describe color or shape.

a). True   b). False

13). Prepositions indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and various other words in a sentence.

a). True   b). False

14). Verbs can be either active or passive.

a). True   b). False

15). A paragraph is a group of thematically connected sentences.

a). True   b). False

16). This is a group of words which states, asks, commands or exclaims something.

a). prepositional phrase   b). verb phrase   c). sentence   d). paragraph  

17). Which of these is not an adverb

a). quickly  b). quietly   c). seriously  d). rock

18). A word used in a sentence that asks a question could be

a). fast         b). bird       c). who        d). none of these 

19). This punctuation mark separates two closely connected sentences.

a). exclamation mark    b). comma   c). semicolon   d). question mark 

20). “He went to the classroom downstairs.” Which word in this sentence is an adverb?  

a). downstairs   b). classroom c). went   d). none of these

21). “The atomic warhead was disabled yesterday without a problem.” Which words in this sentence are a prepositional phrase?

a). The atomic warhead   b). was disabled  c). without a problem   d). none of these

22). “The atomic warhead was disabled yesterday without a problem.” What kind of word is “The”?

a). preposition    b). article    c). conditional   d). pronoun 

23). “The atomic warhead was disabled yesterday without a problem.” What kind of word is “disabled”?

a). pronoun   b). preposition       c). noun       d). none of these  

24).This word is not an article.    

a). create     b). the       c). an     d). none of these

25). “The atomic warhead was disabled yesterday without a problem.” What other type of punctuation could end this sentence other than a period.

a). question mark  b). semicolon  c). exclamation mark   d). none of these