Grammar Quiz #3

What is an antecedent?

• A Person, Place, Thing, or Idea

• An Action Word

• A word that describes nouns

• The word the pronoun is replacing

What is the antecedent of the pronoun it?

Ivan left some music at the office. It was on a CD

• Jinx

• It

• Music

• CD

Xavier secretly admitted to his classmates that Mrs. Walker was his favorite teacher.

What is the antecedent for his?

• secretly

• Xavier

• was

• teacher

What is the pronoun in the following sentences?

Randy jumped from the boat and swam to the island. The water was cold, but he felt completely refreshed.

• jumped

• he

• cold

• from

Find the adjective in the sentence.

Elephants are strong animals.

• strong

• animals

• are

• Elephants

Identify the adjective in the sentence.

Madeline cleaned her dirty room.

• room

• her

• cleaned

• dirty

What is an adjective?

• A person place or thing

• A word that shows action

• A describing word

• A Noun

Adjectives can describe...

• All of the above

• size

• color

• shape

What is a pronoun?

• A word that replaces a noun in a sentence

• she/her

• them/they

• All of the above