Grammar Test 1 Study Guide - Grade 7

1. Part I. Choose the word that best describes the underlined word(s) or completes each sentence.

2. 1. Most people consider the Home Insurance Building to be the first skyscraper.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 2. The crowd is very big.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 3. Laughter is good for health.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 4. I brought zucchini from the market.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 5. I need your honest opinion.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 6. A herd of cattle is passing.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 7. Shakespeare was a famous English playwright.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

2. 8. The shepherd took the flock of sheep to the field.

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

• abstract noun

9. 9. The doctors’ excitement was easy to see; they both had huge grins on their faces!

• singular possessive noun

• plural possessive noun

• appositive

9. 10. Dr. Gupta drove the truck across the valley’s bumpy landscape.

• singular possessive noun

• plural possessive noun

• appositive