Language (Mid-term)

From the sentence below, identify the simple subject.

The fat girl ate all the ripe mangoes.

• The fat girl

• ripe mangoes

• ripe

• girl

Identify the complete predicate in the sentences below.

Sarge sat timidly on the bed

• sat

• timidly on

• on the bed

• sat timidly on the bed

My great grandmother wore a gown to the ball last summer.

Who or what is the sentence about (subject)?

• gown

• great grandmother

• ball

• summer

What prefix can be added to the word below to change its meaning?

construct

• less

• re

• dis

• un

Which of the pair of prefix and suffix below best makes a new word, with the one below:

friend

• im - less

• irr - mis

• mis - ing

• un - ly

What part of speak is the underlined word?

My friend lives near the beach.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• preposition

What part of speech is the word underlined?

Hey! That's my seat.

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• adverb

To which page would you turn to find the answers to the question about where calypso started?

• page 10

• page 26

• page 8

• page 14

In which section of the book might you find the following information: "Much Jamaican music is based on mento"

• Reggae

• Calypso

• Reggae

• None of the above

What is the main idea of the following paragraph?

Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger, and they teacher the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

• Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

• The baby gorillas are very small.

• Baby gorillas need their mothers a lot.

• Mother gorillas protect their babies.