1. Indicate the verb in the following sentence. "John has a message for his mother.

"

a. Has

b. Message

c. For

d. His

2. Transitive verbs need another word to complete the idea of the expression.

True

False

3. Indicate which type of verb is used in the following sentence: "The tulip
bloomed."

a. Transitive

b. Intransitive

4. Indicate the direct object in the following sentence. "Stephanie gave her mother
a pencil."

a. Gave

b. Her

c. Mother

d. Pencil

5. Indicate the indirect object in the following sentence. "Stephanie gave her mother
a pencil."

a. Gave

b. Her

c. Mother

d. Pencil

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6. Perfect tenses tell about actions that have not yet been completed.

True

False

7. Which perfect tense is used in the following sentence: "Tom had walked all the
way home before his mom arrived."

a. Present Perfect Tense

b. Past Perfect Tense

c. Future Perfect Tense

d. None of the above

8. Indicate whether the verb is active or passive in the following sentence: "The ball
broke the vase."

a. Active

b. Passive

9. Indicate whether the verb is active or passive in the following sentence: "The
vase was broken."

a. Active

b. Passive

10. Indicate the pronoun in the following sentence: "What is the soup of the day?"

a. Soup, Demonstrative

b. Day, Interrogative

c. What, Interrogative

d. Soup, Interrogative

11. Indicate the pronoun in the following sentence: "The name of that is mango."

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 a. Name, Demonstrative

b. Of, Interrogative

c. Mango, Demonstrative

d. That, Demonstrative

12. Identify the pronoun and whether it is reflexive or intensive: " The ship's captain
earned himself a good night sleep."

a. Earned, Reflexive

b. Sleep, Intensive

c. Himself, Reflexive

d. Himself, Intensive

13. Identify the pronoun and whether it is reflexive or intensive: "Ship captains
themselves often stay up all night driving the ship."

a. Ship, Relexive

b. Themselves, Intensive

c. Stay, Reflexive

d. Night, Intensive

14. Indefinite pronouns usually refer to a specific person or thing.

True

False

15. All of the following are indefinite pronouns except ________________.

a. Both

b. No one

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 c. Neither

d. It

16. This chair is _______________. That is someone __________ chair.

a. Your's; else's

b. Yours; elses

c. Yours; else's

d. Your's; elses

17. ____________ hot today.

a. Its

b. It's

18. Which of the following is a superlative adjective?

a. Richest

b. Rich

c. Richer

19. After the game, John had ____________ baseballs.

a. Less

b. Fewer

20. Sally is taller than ________.

a. Her

b. She

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21. Which of the following is the antonym of "beautiful"?

a. Beauty

b. Gorgeou

c. Ugly

d. Average

22. She skis ____________.

a. Good

b. Well

23. When my dog died, I felt ______________.

a. Bad

b. Badly

24. Which of the following words is an adverb?

a. Lovely

b. Lonely

c. Slowly

d. Friendly

25. An adjective can modify an adverb.

True

False

26. Adverbs can modify an adjective.

True

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 False

27. Which of the following is not an article?

a. That

b. A

c. An

d. The

28. In the following sentence, which word is the proper adjective? "American cars
have a long history of design going back to the early 1900s."

a. Long

b. Going back

c. American

d. Early

29. The object of a preposition is a ________________.

a. Adverb

b. Adjective

c. Verb

d. Noun or pronoun

30. A preposition is a word that introduces a prepositional phrase and shows a

relationship between its object and some other word in the sentence.

True

False

31. Does the following sentence contain an adjectival or adverbial prepositional

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phrase? "Patrick jumped up on the table."

a. Advervial

b. Adjectival

32. Does the following sentence contain an adjectival or adverbial prepositional

phrase? "The child drew on a coloring book under a table."

a. Adverbial

b. Adjectival

33. Does the following sentence contain an adjectival or adverbial prepositional

phrase? "Kathy saw a box on the table in the dining room."

a. Adverbial

b. Adjectival