Semester 1 Final

Which definition below is the best one for an adverb?

• modifies a noun or pronoun

• modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

• modifies a verb or adjective

• modifies an adjective

John ran quickly to the big yellow store. Which word in the previous sentence is an adverb?

• big

• yellow

• quickly

• ran

The day of the barbecue was terribly hot, and the temperature eventually drove everyone indoors to sit in front of the air conditioner. Identify the 3 adverbs in the previous sentence.

• barbecue, temperature, and eventually

• indoors, air conditioner, and hot

• terribly, eventually, and indoors

• eventually, hot, and barbecue

Within three hours, nine inches of rain had fallen in Polk County. Identify the 3 common nouns in the previous sentence.

• Polk, three, and rain

• hours, inches, and rain

• inches, three, and hours

• rain, hours, and county

When we went to New York City, we visited Central Park. It's so vast that it has twenty-one official playgrounds. Identify the one common noun in the previous sentences.

• playgrounds

• Park

• twenty-one

• vast

Although I don't like the cheese, Jenna told me about a big sale at Cheese City on Dodge Street. Identify the 3 proper nouns in the previous sentence.

• I, Jenna, and Dodge Street.

• Jenna, Cheese City, and Dodge Street.

• cheese, Jenna, and I.

• Cheese City, I, and Dodge Street.

What definition below is true about common or proper nouns?

• A proper noun is the general name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is always capitalized.

• A common noun names a general type of person, place, thing, or idea.

• A common noun names a specific type of person, place, thing, or idea.

• no answers are correct.

Bobby replied the monkeys are my favorite

Which answer below has the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation for the previous sentence?

• Bobby replied, the monkeys are my favorite."

• Bobby replied" The monkeys are my favorite."

• Bobby replied, "The monkeys are my favorite."

• Bobby replied, "The monkeys are my favorite".

Which answer below shows the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation?

• "Where should we sit?" asked Susan.

• "Where should we sit? asked Susan."

• "Where should we sit? asked Susan".

• "Where should we sit?" asked Susan."

Which answer below show the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation?

• "The seat at the head of the table," said Dad, "is the most comfortable."

• "The seat at the head of the table, said Dad, is the most comfortable."

• "The seat at the head of the table," said Dad, "is the most comfortable".

• "The seat at the head of the table, said Dad, is the most comfortable".