Grammar - JC English 201

Which noun names an idea, a condition, or a feeling

• Concrete

• Common

• Proper

• Abstract

Which part of speech is a word (or group of words) that shows the relationship between its object and another word in a sentence?

• Interjection

• Preposition

• Adjective

• Noun

Which sentence reflects a present progressive tense?

• She has been taking them since she was six years old.

• People update their resumes on a regular basis.

• More women than ever before are working outside the home.

• I will be working for the park district at North Beach.

A pronoun is a word that is used in _____of a noun.

A _________ pronoun is formed by adding -self or selves to a personal pronoun.

Which class of verbs is in the following sentence: Carl cleaned the snow off his car?

• Action verb

• Auxillary verb

• Linking verb

• Present verb

An ______ describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, another ______, or a whole sentence.

Which adverb form is reflected in this sentence: Really, I walk fastest wearing my old Canvas Wonders. They seem to support my feet, my knees, and my pocketbook best of all.

• Predicate form

• Superlative form

• Positive form

• Comparative form

Which group represents correlative conjunctions?

• after

  although

  as if

  that

  though

  where

  while

• and

  but

  or

  nor

  for

  so

  yet

• greatly

  precisely

  regularly

  there

  here

  today

  partly

• either

  or

  neither

  nor

  not only

  but

  both

Which mood of a verb is used to express a wish (i.e. If I were rich, I would travel for the rest of my life.)

• Indicative

• Participle

• Subjunctive

• Imperative