Unit 1 Grammar Review

Which word is an abstract noun?

• mountain

• courage

• soldier

• investigate

Which pronoun can replace the capitalized part of this sentence? Joan gave TIM a book to read.

• his

• it

• him

• us

Which sentence contains a state of being verb?

• The trees were beginning to change.

• Cars stopped for the traffic signal.

• Some workers moved the ladder a little.

• A band played music in the park.

In which sentence is the verb phrase capitalized?

• A ferry carries car and people ACROSS THE BAY.

• DRIVING A CAR in heavy traffic can be frustrating.

• Comfortable buses TRAVEL from city to city.

• The large plane CAN CARRY hundreds of people.

In which sentence does an adjective modify a proper noun?

• The gorgeous Columbia River ran beside the road.

• Parts of the Rocky Mountains have snow on them all year.

• Annapolis is a city beside the Chesapeake Bay.

• Huge fields of corn dot the landscape in much of Iowa.

In which sentence is an adverb capitalized?

• The basketball game was already FINISHED when we got there.

• The BASKETBALL game was already finished when we got there.

• The basketball game was ALREADY finished when we got there.

• The basketball GAME was already finished when we got there.

In which sentence is the direct object a noun?

• The manager carried it to the front of the store.

• People can walk there during good weather.

• A new supermarket opened last week.

• The worker put the groceries in a bag.

In which sentence is the direct object a pronoun?

• My sister went out early this morning.

• James saw her running by the river.

• Louise brings water on her long runs.

• She was back home in about an hour.

In which sentence is the direct object of a preposition a proper noun?

• We visited London and really had a great time.

• On the side of the hill is the opening of a small cave.

• Stan's boat sank all the way to the bottom of the lake.

• The top of Mt. Everest is more than five miles high.

Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase?

• The area they explored was very difficult

• People wondered what happened.

• The explorers were gone for months.

• The Americas once had no human inhabitants