Grammar Skills Assessment

Define a Noun

• An action
• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that introduces a prepositional phrase

• Connects two grammatical items together

Define a verb

• An action

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• An emotional word that interrupts a sentence

• A word that takes the place of a noun

What do adjectives modify?

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs

This part of speech modifies a verb and often ends in “ly.”

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

• interjection

Which of the following does an adverb modify?

• Noun

• Verb

• Conjunction

• Preposition

What part of speech is the green word?

He cleans his desk

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

What part of speech is the green word?

The sky is clear and blue.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Adverb

I give you these flowers because you are my friends.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the championship, and we had a parade downtown. What part of speech is and?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Interjection

• Conjunction

In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• over

• ouch

• and

• his