GRAMMAR 6 – CHAPTER 1 TEST

Time allotted: 50 mins

Name: Class:

1. Find the sentence that has a linking verb.

a. She and her classmates are on a row boat team.
b. Mackenzie is sad when we don't have time for This Day.
c. Her brother, Seth, is on the couch.
d. Seth is over the moon.

2. What is the tense of the verb?

The band practiced for weeks.
a. present, regular
b. past, regular
c. present, irregular
d. past, irregular

3. Is the word in all caps an adjective or adverb?

Our SMALL class has studied women's rights.
a. adjective
b. adverb

4. Identify the adverb in this sentence?

The baseball coach was speaking quietly to the team.
a. baseball
b. speaking
c. quietly
d. team
5. Identify the adverb in this sentence?
Coach Gilpen really carefully analyzed the exciting game.
a. carefully
b. analyzed
c. exciting
d. game

6. Choose the correct conjunction for the sentence.

Either we are going to win  …………  they are going to win.
a. and
b. nor
 c. or
d. so
7. Identify the type of conjunction represented by the capitalized words in the
following sentence:
In America, early colonial mail was NEITHER regular NOR organized.
a. coordinate
b. correlative
c. subordinate

8. Identify the type of conjunction represented by the capitalized words in the

following sentence:
Franklin made fundamental improvements in the domestic mail system WHILE he
established regular foreign deliveries.
a. coordinate
b. correlative
c. subordinate

9. Identify the type of conjunction represented by the capitalized words in the

following sentence:
This increase made it necessary for regional monarchies NOT ONLY to
rehabilitate the postal systems BUT ALSO to extend them greatly.
a. coordinate
b. correlative
c. subordinate

10. Identify the prepositional phrases/ preposition in the following sentence.

During the last two weeks, we finally raised enough money for her.
a. we finally raised
b. enough money
c. during the last two weeks

11. Identify the prepositional phrases/ preposition in the following sentence.

Santa gave presents to everyone except Bobby
a. Santa
b. Bobby
c. except
d. presents

12. Fill in the blanks with a/an or the:

 1. It is …a nice morning. Let us go for a… walk.
2. Sushma is …a… student. When she finishes her studies, she wants to be …
a…… journalist.
3. Sushma lives with two friends in ……a… flat near …the……… college
where she is studying. …The… flat is small but she likes it.
4. Rakesh and Reena have got two children, …a… boy and …a…… girl …
The……… boy is ten years old and ……the…… girl is three.
5. Mohan works in ………a… factory. Meeta has not got …a…… job at the
moment.

13. Circle the correct verb for each sentence below:

1. Does Tyler or his brother (like/ likes) banana cream pie?

2. Ross and Time (like/ likes) to jump rope after school.

14. The following sentences contain verbs that are acting as gerunds,
participles, infinitives. Write G for gerund, P for participle and I for infinitive
and underline it.

1. The students singing on the stage are from our school. …P………
2. Ann watched the show on TV to learn about habitats. ……I……
8. a, a                 9. a, a       10. a, the, The
11. a. a. The, the  12. a, a.