Grammar Practice

What is the past tense of 'go'?

• went

• goed

• gone

• going

What is a fragment in writing?

• A complete sentence that expresses a full thought.

• An incomplete sentence that lacks a main clause and cannot stand alone.

• A type of paragraph that includes multiple sentences.

• A literary device used to create suspense.

What is a conjunction?

• A word that connects clauses or sentences, such as 'and,' 'but,' or 'or.'

• A type of punctuation used to separate sentences.

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

• A word that expresses an action or state of being.

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes or modifies a noun, providing more information about it.

• A type of verb that indicates action or state.

• A noun that represents a person, place, or thing.

• An adverb that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A word that describes a color

• A word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes, such as 'bam' or 'buzz.'

• A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things

• A word that has the same meaning as another word

What is a predicate in a sentence?

• The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is, including the verb and any objects or modifiers.

• The predicate is always the first word in a sentence.

• The predicate is a type of noun that describes the subject.

• The predicate is a phrase that provides additional information about the subject.

What is the function of an adverb?

• An adverb modifies a noun, providing more detail about it.

• An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in '-ly'.

• An adverb is a type of conjunction that connects clauses.

• An adverb is a word that describes a subject in a sentence.

How do you correctly use commas in a sentence with additional information?

• Commas are used to separate additional information from the main clause.

• Commas should only be used at the beginning of a sentence.

• Commas are used to connect two independent clauses without a conjunction.

• Commas are used to separate items in a list only.

How should titles of songs and albums be formatted in writing?

• Titles of songs should be italicized, while album titles should be in quotation marks.

• Titles of songs and albums should both be italicized.

• Titles of songs should be in quotation marks, while album titles should be italicized.

• Titles of songs should be underlined, while album titles should be in quotation marks.

What is the correct punctuation for dialogue in a sentence?

• The punctuation should be placed outside the quotation marks.

• The punctuation should be placed inside the quotation marks.

• The punctuation should be omitted entirely.

• The punctuation should be placed after the dialogue ends.