GRAMMAR IN USE REVIEW 1st period

Words that help describe NOUNS.

(a)  

Words that help describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.

(a)  

Select the adverbs: The very tall man walked slowly down the street.

• very

• tall

• slowly

• street

In the following sentence, which adverb is modifying an adjective?
The extremely tired child slept soundly.

• child

• soundly

• tired

• extremely

Identify the possessive noun in the following sentence:

Maria's house is usually crowded in the weekend, unlike mine.

• House

• María's

• unlike

• mine

Identify the common noun in the following question:

Where did the busy inventor work in America?

• busy

• inventor

• America

• work

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:

One of the busiest stations for trains is Victoria Station.

• One

• stations

• trains

• Victoria Station

Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun:

Albert Einstein devoted (a)   life to science.

Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun:

The hikers cleared the fallen brush off the trail using (a)   hands

Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun:

Carol came forward to receive (a)   awards