5th grade beginning of the year assessment

What is a Verb?

• A verb is a type of fruit
• A verb is a musical instrument
• A verb is a color
• A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.

What is a proper noun?

• A proper noun is a type of verb
• A proper noun is a specific name used for an individual person, place, or organization, and it is always capitalized.

• A proper noun refers to a general idea
• A proper noun is always written in lowercase.

What part of speech is the word "under" in the sentence "The cat hid under the bed"?

• Preposition

• Adjective

• Verb

• Adverb

Which word is an adjective in the sentence "The gentle stream flowed through the quiet forest"?

• Gentle

• Stream

• Through

• Quiet

Which option correctly identifies the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: "The flowers in the garden are **blooming**."

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence: "He gave her the book."

• gave

• book

• He

• the

Which part of speech is the word "happily" in the sentence "They lived happily ever after"?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

Noun or Verb: Walmart

• Noun

• Verb

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

• jumps

• fox

• quick

• over

Which word is an adjective in the sentence "She wore a beautiful dress to the party"?

• Wore

• Beautiful

• Dress

• Party