Grammar Pretest

What are the two most important parts of every sentence?

• Dependent clause and Independent Clause

• Subject and Predicate

• Verb and Object

• Conjunction and Preposition

Which parts of speech are found in the subject? (Choose 3)

• noun

• verb

• determiner

• adjective

• adverb

Which type of verb would need an object in its predicate?

• auxiliary

• intransitive

• linking

• modal

• transitive

Which questions would help you find a noun in a sentence?

• Who? What?

• How well? How?

• How many? Which?

• Where?

Which questions would help you find an adverb in a sentence?

• Who? What?

• Where?

• How? How well?

• How many?

Which type of word can enrich descriptions by showing how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds?

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

• preposition

• verb

What type of word should you not use at the beginning of a sentence unless you are a professional writer?

• noun

• preposition

• coordinating conjunction

• relative pronoun

Which type of word should writers avoid putting at the end of a sentence?

• noun

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

Which suffixes are attached to nouns?

• -ive, -est, -er, -able, -ful

• -tion, -ist, -er, -ity, -ment, -ness

• -ly, -wise, -wards

• -ed, -ing, -ate, -en

Which suffixes are attached to adjectives?

• -ive, -est, -er, -able, -ful

• -tion, -ist, -er, -ity, -ment, -ness

• -ly, -wise, -wards

• -ed, -ing, -ate, -en