My Perspectives Mid-Year Test Review

Which sentence contains both a common noun and a proper noun?

• Sara was tired of trying to please her demanding mother.

• The ambitious mother wanted her daughter to be a prodigy.

• Susan thought Yolanda was more talented than Janelle.

• The deaf piano teacher could not hear his student playing.

Read the following sentence.

Mike wanted Mike’s mother to help Samantha and her friend prepare for the talent show.

Choose the sentence that correctly replaces a noun in this sentence with a possessive pronoun without changing the original meaning.

• He wanted Mike's mother to help Samantha and her friend prepare for the talent show.

• Mike wanted his mother to help Samantha and her friend prepare for the talent show.

• Mike wanted Mike's mother to help Samantha and Samantha's friend prepare for the talent show.

• Mike wanted Mike's mother to help Samantha and her friend prepare for it.

Read the following sentence.

Most people call Misha a prodigy, but I think his sister has more talent.

Choose the answer that correctly identifies the personal pronoun and the proper noun in the sentence.

• personal pronoun: Most; proper noun: Misha

• personal pronoun: Misha; proper noun: prodigy

• personal pronoun: I; proper noun: Misha

• personal pronoun: I; proper noun: sister

The word monitor has several meanings. Which meaning is used in this sentence?

Cassie was chosen to be the class monitor this week.

• a device that detects dangerous substances

• a student appointed to help the teacher

• a person who warns or gives directions to others

• a device that displays video and is often attached to a computer

Which word in this sentence is an adverb?

Entire communities sometimes participate in efforts to help homeless people.

• entire

• sometimes

• in

• homeless

How many adverbs does this sentence contain?

A very poor person often lives a rather difficult life.

• none

• one

• two

• three

What question does the adverb in this sentence answer?

The community recently built a soup kitchen, or free cafeteria, for needy people.

• How?

• When?

• Where?

• How often?

Which word in this sentence does the adverb modify?

The homeless man lived outdoors in spite of the cold weather.

• the noun man

• the verb lived

• the adjective cold

• the noun weather

Which word in this sentence is an adjective, and which word does it modify?

The grateful man warmly thanked the woman who had helped him.

• The adjective is grateful. It modifies man.

• The adjective is warmly. It modifies thanked.

• The adjective is who. It modifies woman.

• The adjective is helped. It modifies him.

Which words in this sentence are cumulative adjectives?

The tall, impressive speaker in the dark brown suit handed out a very important award.

• tall and impressive

• dark and brown

• handed and out

• very and important