Mastering Grammar for Grade 9

What part of speech is the word 'quick' in the sentence 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'?

• adjective

• noun

• adverb

• verb

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The students are studying for their exams.'

• The exams

• The students

• For their exams

• Studying

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? A) I love to read; B) I love to read C) I love to read.

• I love to read.

• I love to read!

• I love to read;

• I love to read:

What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence: 'She (go) to the store every Saturday'?

• going

• goes

• goed

• gone

Choose the correct pronoun: 'Neither of the boys brought (his, their) lunch.'

• his

• their's

• his or her

• its

What type of sentence is this: 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.'?

• Declarative sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Simple sentence

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: 'The tall building was visible from miles away.'

• tall

• visible

• building

• miles

Which of the following is a compound sentence? A) I like ice cream. B) I like ice cream, and I like cake. C) Ice cream is delicious.

• Ice cream is my favorite dessert.

• I like cake.

• B) I like ice cream, and I like cake.

• I enjoy ice cream and cake.

What is the correct use of the apostrophe in the phrase: 'The cats toy'?

• the cats' toy

• the cat's toy

• the cat toy

• the cats toy's

Rewrite the following sentence to correct the run-on: 'I love to swim I go to the pool every day.'

• I love to swim and I go to the pool every day.

• I love to swim; I go to the pool every day.

• I love to swim. I go to the pool every day.

• I love swimming, I go to the pool every day.