Essentials Grammar Review

A ________ names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.

• Pronoun

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb

Which of these is not an attribute of a noun?

• Concrete

• Simple

• Abstract

• Collective

A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid _______________

• edition

• aliteration

• alteration

• repetition

this, that, these and those are what kind of a pronoun?

• Demonstrative

• Objective

• Reflexive

• Nominative

A ________ is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb.

Which is not a type of a verb?

• Mood

• Transitive

• Linking

• Helping

Which of these is not a type of conjunction?

• Correlative

• Relating

• Subordinating

• Coordinating

TRUE OR FALSE?

An adjective modifies a verb or an adverb by describing, qualifying, or limiting.

Which of these is not a type of adjective?

• Descriptive

• Positive

• Possesive

• Limiting

TRUE or FALSE:

Prepositions are always followed by a noun or pronoun, which is called the subject of the preposition.