Literacy grade 7

What is a common noun? Give an example.

• Paris

• city

• New York

• London

Identify the proper noun in this sentence: 'Sarah went to the park.'

• park

• to

• went

• Sarah

What type of noun is 'team'?

• abstract noun

• collective noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

Choose the abstract noun from the following: 'happiness', 'car', 'dog'.

• vehicle

• joy

• happiness

• pet

Which of the following is a collective noun? 'flock', 'apple', 'run'.

• herd

• flock

• fruit

• jog

Fill in the blank with a pronoun: 'Maria loves her dog. ___ takes it for walks.'

• They

• She

• It

• He

What is the function of a pronoun in a sentence?

• To provide additional information about a noun.

• To indicate the tense of a verb in a sentence.

• To connect two independent clauses in a sentence.

• The function of a pronoun in a sentence is to replace a noun.

Identify the pronoun in this sentence: 'They are going to the movies.'

• We

• Us

• They

• Them

Choose the correct pronoun: 'Each student must submit ___ homework.' (his, their)

• his

• the students' homework

• his or her homework

• their homework

What is the action verb in this sentence: 'The cat jumped over the fence.'?

• jumped

• fence

• cat

• over