Language Arts 2 - Second midterm exam of the first trimester

A word used to modify a noun or a pronoun is...

• Adjective

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Adverb

What are the adjectives in the sentence "Most tornadoes occur on hot, humid days"?

• tornadoes - days

• occur

• most - hot - humid

• on

How are called the adjectives a, an, and the?

• Proper adjectives

• Articles

• Conjunction

To modify a word means to _____ the word.

• Change

• Describe

This article indicates that a noun refers to someone or something in particular.

• A

• An

• The

What is the proper adjective in the sentence "The town, Genoa, was know to French weavers as Genes"?

• town

• was know

• French

A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb is...

• Adjective

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Conjunction

This is a word that shows a relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.

• Preposition

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Conjunction

What are the adverbs in the sentence "I often write very long letters to my friends"?

• write - long

• letters

• I - friends

• often - very

What is the preposition in the sentence "The bushes behind the house need trimming"?

• need

• behind

• the

• bushes - house