6th Grade Chapter 20 Test

What is an adjective phrase?

• a noun modifying another noun

• a prepositional phrase modifying a verb or adjective

• a prepositional phrase modifying a noun or pronoun

• none

Locate the adjective phrase and its modifier: Mimi just read a book about Winston Churchill.

• about Winston Churchill, Mimi

• about Winston Churchill, book

• just read a book, mimi

• just read a book about, Winston Churchill

Locate the adverb phrase and the word its modifying: The heavy snow stopped in the late morning.

• in the late morning, stopped

• in the late morning, snow

• The heavy snow stopped, morning

• none

Which word is the adverb phrase modifying: I certainly am ready for a good lunch.

Which word is the adjective phrase modifying: An investigator uncovered a file of important papers.

Write a sentence with an adjective phrase.

What is an appositive phrase?

• a prepositional phrase modifying an adjective

• a noun with its modifiers renaming another noun or pronoun.

• a verb modifying an adjective

• all

Write the appositive phrase: Sally's essay, a paper on the environment, needs some more work.

Create sentence with an appositive phrase.

Define an independent clause

• has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence

• has a subject and can stand alone

• has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence

• all