Grammar Diagnostic Pre-Assessment

Choose the answer option that identifies the italicized word or words in the sentence: John Stuart Mill was an oldest son.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

Choose the answer option that identifies the italicized word or words in the sentence: His father was his best teacher.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Choose the answer option that identifies the italicized word or words in the sentence: He learned Greek before he was eight years old.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose the answer option that identifies the italicized word or words in the sentence: "He studied for six hours a day."

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What type of sentence is the following: She fills the cavity with cement, and the cement hardens into the shape of the roots.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

What type of sentence is the following:They also study the gardens shown in paintings that decorated many houses of Pompeii.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

What type of sentence is the following:These paintings can suddenly disintegrate if they are exposed to rain, and some have been lost.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

What type of sentence is the following: The loss saddens Jashemski.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

What type of sentence is the following: However, the result of all this labor is that the gardens of Pompeii are coming alive again through replanting.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: The tires and gears on his bike were brand-new.

• The tires and gears

• and gears

• on his bike

• were brand-new

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E