Semester Exam Review: Grammar

The scientist did not elaborate on his ideas but instead made his point in a perfunctory way. Perfunctory means

• Cursory, required

• or Brisk

• Indifferent

• Half-hearted

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

An adverb's job is to . . .

• Describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Example: more, perhaps, too, wildly

• Describe nouns: two, red, round, blank, rude, athletic

• Describe the action: read, write, spell, scream, cry, vomit, die

• Describe person, place, thing, object, idea, event.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The fearful look on Tom's face showed us that he was cowering while on the ledge. Cowering means that he was

• Cringing, falling back

• Holding on

• Standing

• Moving slowly and carefully

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

"And I'm going to show you that it ain't no trouble when you pack double." This is an example of what type of language?

• Informal, colloquial

• slang

• Formal

• Register

“Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth United States president, is one of history’s many interesting women.” What part of speech is many?

• Adjective, describing women

• Adverb, describing interesting

• Noun

• Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

“The dynamic wife of James Madison became the unofficial first lady during Jefferson’s eight years as president." Both underlined words are what part of speech?

• Both are prepositions.

• Both are adjectives

• Both are adverbs

• Both are nouns.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?

• Roger has never performed a solo in his life.

• Eduardo looked in the basement, but the puppy wasn’t there.

• Sakkom hung wind chimes because she loves the sound.

• The leader of the troop took the scouts to the lake.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Jason became famous after his video went viral on TikTok. What is the part of speech?

• Predicate adjective

• Predicate noun

• Direct object

• Predicate nominative

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Maria is a nurse at Swedish Hospital. What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Predicate noun/nominative

• Predicate Adjective

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

"The grain of the western prairies is a major source of income." What is the underlined word's part of speech?

• Predicate noun/nominative

• Predicate Adjective

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I