DGP Quiz Study Guide (3rd Quarter)

Choose the preposition in the following sentence:

Coach Calvird loves the game of baseball.

• Coach

• game

• of

• baseball

Identify the coordinating conjunction in this sentence: She wanted to go to the beach, but she also needed to finish her work.

• to

• but

• also

• her

Identify the infinitive in the following sentence. She hopes to find a new job by the end of the month.

• She hopes

• to find

• a new job

• by the end of the month

In the following sentence, what part of speech is "they"? Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

• 3rd person nominative pronoun
• 2nd person possessive pronoun
• 3rd person objective pronoun
• 2nd person nominative pronoun

What part of speech is "not" in the following sentence?

I’m not old.

• transitive verb
• intransitive verb
• adverb
• action verb

What part of speech is "might" in the following sentence? If I don’t have some cake soon, I might die.

• action verb
• adverb
• helping verb
• intransitive verb

What part of speech is "of" in the following sentence?

Baseball is a game of skill and patience.

• article
• pronoun
• helping verb
• preposition

How many clauses are in the following sentence?

I just want to jump in the air and fish all day.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which of the following sentences is punctuated and capitalized properly?

• If I were buying my coffin, i would get one with thicker walls, so you couldn't hear the other dead people.
• If I were buying my coffin, I would get one with thicker walls, so you couldn't hear the other dead people.
• If I were buying my coffin, I would get one with thicker walls so you couldn't hear the other dead people.
• If I were buying my coffin, I would get one with thicker walls so, you couldn't hear the other dead people.

What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

I like to watch episodes of New Girl before I go outside to run.

• to watch episodes
• to run

• of New Girl

• I go