Grammar Quiz

What is a proper noun?

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that is used instead of a noun

• The name of a particular person, place, or object that is spelled with a capital letter

• A doing word or an action word

Which of the following is an example of a pronoun?

• Cat

• He

• Jump

• Yellow

What does an adjective do?

• Describes a noun or another adjective

• Connects clauses or sentences

• Tells you where or when something is in relation to something else

• A group of words that contains a subject and a verb

Which word is an example of a conjunction?

• Happily

• Beside

• And

• Smooth

What is a main clause?

• A word that is used instead of a noun

• A group of words that contains a subject and a verb which makes complete sense on its own

• A doing word or an action word

• Describes or gives more information about a verb

What is a dependent clause?

• A group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a clause.

• A group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence.

• A group of words without a subject or a verb.

• A single word that stands alone.

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• A word that makes the sound you read.

• A comparison of one thing with another of a different kind.

• Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.

Which figure of speech involves the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind for effect?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't completely alike but do have something in common.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind for effect.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A word that makes the sound you read.

What is personification?

• Giving a human characteristic or quality to something that is not human.

• Repetition of internal vowel sounds in words for effect.

• A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together.

• The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.