Grammar 12th A - Parts of Speech -and Punctuation

Label the underlined verb.

One day she was asked to write labels for the jam her mother was making.

• intransitive action

• verb-adverb combination

• linking

• transitive action

• auxiliary

Label the underlined verb.

My grandmother didn’t know the correct spelling of “gooseberry.”

• transitive action

• intransitive action

• auxiliary

• verb-adverb combination

Label the underlined verb.

My great-grandmother spelled out the word saying “double o” for the two o’s.

• linking

• verb-adverb combination

• transitive action

• intrasitive action

Which is the correct group of adjectives in the following sentence?

Isle of the Dead is a small island next to Tasmania, Australia.

• the, Dead, a, small

• the, a, small

• Isle, dead, a, small

Which is the correct group of adjectives in the following sentence?

The island is one of the few preserved Australian convict- period burial grounds.

• The, few, preserved, convict-period, burial

• The, the, few, preserved, Australian, convict-period, burial

• the, few, Australina, convict-period, burial

Which is the correct group of adjectives in the following sentence?

There are approximately 1,000 graves on the island, but only 180 graves are marked.

• 1,000, the, 180, marked

• 1,000, the, 180, only, marked

• 1,000, the, 180

Which is the correct group of adjectives in the following sentence?

John Manton, an English Wesleyan missionary, arrived in 1833 as the first chaplain for the Port Arthur settlement.

• an, English, Wesleyan, the, first, the, Port Arthur

• an, Wesleyan, first, the Port Arthur

• an, English, Wesleyan, first, Port Arthur

Which is the adverb in the following sentence?

Marine biologists from Japan have made an extremely fascinating discovery.

• fascinating

• extremely

• discovery

Where should the punctuation be inserted?

When I was walking home from school I found a fountain pen.

• comma after the word school

• comma after the word found

• comma after the word walking

Why there has to be a semicolon in the following sentence?

I do have a lot of pens; I should probably throw away some of them.

• The semicolon is necessary to separate the noun from the pronoun.

• There have to be a semicolon because it is needed to separate two independent clauses.

• There have to be a semicolon between a dependent clause and an independent clause.