Brackins 7th Grammar Notes Quiz

What is a homophone?

• A type of sentence

• A type of punctuation that can be used in place of a period

• Two or more words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings

• A type of coordinating conjunction

When do you use a comma?

• To separate two or more items in a list

• To join two independent clauses together with no coordinating conjunction

• Whenever you want...there are no comma rules

• To end a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is an interrupter?

• A person who won't be quiet in class

• Grammatical units that disrupt the flow of the sentence and require commas both in front and behind

• A type of punctuation

• A type of sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the sentence in which the quote is punctuated correctly.

• "Please come here," Amy said.

• Please come here, Amy said.

• "Please come here" Amy said.

• Please come here". Amy said

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

The word "then" indicates time or consequence

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G

The word "than" indicates time or consequence

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

The word "then" indicates a comparison

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The word "than" indicates a comparison

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What type of verbal acts as a noun and ends in -ing?

• Participle

• Gerund

• Infinitive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

What type of verbal functions as an adjective and occasionally acts as an adverb; it usually precedes the noun

• Gerund

• Participle

• Infinitive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A