Misc Grammar Questions

The following is a complete sentence:

Billy laughed.

• True

• False

The following is a complete sentence:

The llama running through the mall.

• True

• False

A Noun is a(n)

• Person

• Place

• Idea

• All of the above

A Pronoun is

• A word that replaces a previous noun.

• The first noun in a sentence.

• A noun that can act as both a noun and an adjective.

• The formal (professional) name of a noun.

The following are true of linking verbs: _____________________________________.

• You can substitute is/are for the verb, and there is a word that follows the linking verb that renames/describes the verb.

• You can substitute is/are for the verb, and there is a word that follows the linking verb that renames/describes the predicate.

• You can substitute is/are for the verb, and there is a word that follows the linking verb that renames/describes the topic sentence.

• You can substitute is/are for the verb, and there is a word that follows the linking verb that renames/describes the subject.

Regarding transitive and intransitive verbs, which of the following is true?

• Intransitive verbs have a direct object, and transitive verbs do not have a direct object.

• Transitive verbs have a direct object, and intransitive verbs do not have a direct object.

• Transitive verbs have a direct object, and intransitive verbs have an objective complement.

• Intransitive verbs have a direct object, and transitive verbs have a direct object.

Do not include ______________ in verb phrases.

• "Negatives"

• Adverbs

• Adjectives

• All of the Above

What do Adverbs modify?

• Nouns and Pronouns

• Nouns

• Verbs and Adjectives

• Verbs, Adjectives, and other Adverbs

What do Adjectives modify?

• Nouns

• Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs

• Pronouns

• Nouns and Pronouns

Conjunctions perform what function in a sentence?

• To join ideas.

• To express action.

• To take up space.

• To express strong feelings or emotions.