EN 100 Diagnostic

Parts of Speech: Select the correct part of speech for the underlined word

My great-grandfather, who was a professional baseball player, demonstrated how to throw a fastball.

• adverb

• preposition

• noun

• conjunction

Parts of Speech: Select the correct part of speech for the underlined word.

Did Tenir teach herself the name of every constellation visible in the Northern Hemisphere?

• interjection

• adjective

• preposition

• pronoun

Parts of Speech: Select the correct part of speech for the underlined word.

Cory might have been elected junior-class president, but he did not campaign at all the week before elections.

• verb

• pronoun

• conjunction

• adjective

Parts of Speech: Select the correct part of speech for the underlined word in each sentence.

Some roots are covered with thin projections, called root hairs, that absorb water and nutrients.

• adjective

• pronoun

• conjunction

• adverb

Parts of Speech: Select the correct part of speech for the underlined word.

Proudly tossing its head, the Arabian stallion trotted in front of the admiring judges.

• interjection

• verb

• conjunction

• adverb

Sentence Basics: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

A complete sentence must always include______________.

• adverbs and adjectives

• a subject and noun

• a subject, verb and complete thought

• a verb and an adverb

Sentence Basics: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What is the simple subject of the following sentence:

The grey kitten behaved in a playful manner.

• manner

• kitten

• The grey kitten

• behaved

Sentence Basics: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What is the complete subject of the following sentence:

A new restaurant opened last month.

• restaurant

• month

• A new restaurant

• opened

Sentence Basics: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What is the simple verb in the following sentence:

My father fixed the car.

• father

• fixed

• car

• fixed the car

Sentence Basics: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

What is the complete verb in the following sentence:

Joe slept on the couch.

• Joe

• slept

• slept on the couch

• couch