MP 1 Test Review

MP 1 POS Test Review

by Charese Johnson

​The suffix -ous means "characterized by". Words that end in -ous are ALWAYS ADJECTIVES!!

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following words are Adjectives?

• Impervious

• Meticulous

• Ambidextrous

• All of them

​A VERB is an action word. If the definition starts with the preposition "to", the word is a verb

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Multiple Select

Which of the following definitions show action

• To make larger, Increase

• Wealthy, Luxurious; ample

• To utter taunting words

• To start with an open mouth

• A large Scale destruction, especially by fire

​A noun is a Person, Place, Thing, or Idea.

​Hint: the definition will always start with an article (The, a, an)

Multiple Select

Which of the following words are nouns

• Fortitude

• Augment

• Holocaust

• impetus

• Retrogress

​An ADJECTIVE is a describing word. It ALWAYS describes a Noun

​Hint: The definitions for adjectives never begin with an article or a preposition

Multiple Select

Which of the following definitions are adjectives?

• Lukewarm, Unenthusiastic

• The purest essence or form of something

• To say again, repeat

• Deprived of, made unhappy through a loss

• Intended to deceive or entrap

​Adverbs describes an ADJECTIVE or a VERB

​Hint: The words usually end in the suffix -ly (which means having the quality of OR Recurring at intervals of... i.e. brotherly)

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences contains an adverb?

• He plays the flute Beautifully

• She climber warily up the hill.

• She had to reiterate the question.

• He swims well.

• His actions were insidious