Grammar Quiz

What are the nouns in this sentence?

The teacher asked the class to put away their books and pencils.

• teacher, class

• teacher, asked

• teacher, the, put

• teacher, class, books, pencils

What are the common nouns in the sentence?

The dog ran down Maple Street and passed the grocery store before turning into the alley.

• dog, Maple Street

• dog, grocery store, alley

• Maple Street

• dog, ran, down

What are the proper nouns in the sentence?

The teenagers jumped into the Nissan Altima and stopped at Target to buy Skittles before going to Cinemark to see End Game.

• Nissan Altima, Skittles

• Nissan Altima, Cinemark, End Game

• Nissan Altima, Target, Skittles, Cinemark, End Game

• jumped

What are the subject pronouns in the sentence?

I asked my mom a question, but she did not hear me.

• my, mom

• I

• I, she

• did, not

What are the object pronouns in the sentence?

I thought that the message was for me, but Erika said it was for her.

• I, Erika

• I, me, her

• I, me

• me, it, her

What are the action verbs in the sentence?

The children pushed open the door and dashed outside happily.

• children, pushed

• pushed, dashed

• pushed, door

• children, happily

What are the helping verbs in the sentence?

I should have been sad, but I smiled instead!

• should, have

• been

• should, have, been

• been, sad

What is/are the helping verb(s) in the sentence?

The boy was going to the movies, so he stopped to buy candy.

• to buy

• was going

• was

• stopped to buy

What is/are the linking verb(s) in the sentence?

The class seemed upset after the substitute yelled.

• upset

• seemed upset

• class seemed upset

• seemed

What is the linking verb in the sentence?

The ice cream tastes delicious!

• ice cream

• the

• tastes

• delicious