Y8, T1 - PreTest

What is a noun?

• a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

• describes a person, place, thing, or idea.

• gives further description to a verb.

• describes an action.

Match the following terms and definitions.

• A common noun

• The name of something that cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

• A proper noun

• The ordinary name of something.

• Abstract noun

• A special name for a person, animal, place, or thing.

Identify the noun in this sentence -

The sun rises early.

• The

• sun

• rises

• early.

What is nominalisation?

• The process of converting verbs or adjectives into nouns.
• The act of simplifying complex words.
• The process of converting nouns into verbs.
• A method for analysing sentence structure.

Match the following terms and examples.

• Adjective

• Creative

• Noun

• Creation

• Verb

• Create

What is a preposition?

• a synonym for a noun.

• extends on the noun.

• shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other elements in a sentence.

• a type of verb.

• I don't know.

What is not an example of a preposition?

• above
• run
• under
• quickly

Match the following sentence types to the example sentence:

• Simple

• The dog barked loudly.

• Compound

• Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.

• Complex

• I wanted to go for a run, but it started to rain.

What is the independent clause in the sentence -

• "Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk."

• • Although it was raining

• • it was raining

• • we decided to go for a walk

• • go for a walk

What is a conjunction?

• a type of punctuation mark.

• a synonym for a noun.

• a word that connects clauses or sentences.

• a word that describes an action.