6th Grade Language Arts Quiz - Part 1: Grammar (15 Questions)

Which sentence is written in past tense?

• I walk to the park.

• I am walking to the park.

• I walked to the park.

• I will walk to the park.

Answer explanation

The sentence "I walked to the park." is in past tense, indicating an action that has already occurred. The other options are in present or future tense.

Which word is a preposition?

• quickly

• under

• run

• he

Answer explanation

The word 'under' is a preposition, indicating a relationship in space or time. The other options are an adverb ('quickly'), a verb ('run'), and a pronoun ('he'), which do not function as prepositions.

What is the subject of this sentence? "The dog barked loudly."

• barked

• loudly

• The

• dog

Answer explanation

The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that performs the action. In "The dog barked loudly," the word "dog" is the subject as it is the one doing the barking.

What is the predicate of the sentence: "My sister plays the piano."?

• My sister

• plays the piano

• the piano

• sister plays

Answer explanation

The predicate of a sentence expresses what the subject does. In "My sister plays the piano," the action is "plays the piano," making it the correct predicate. The other options do not represent the complete action.

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: "_____ forgot her backpack at school."

• They

• He

• She

• It

Answer explanation

The correct pronoun is 'She' because it refers to a female subject who forgot her backpack. 'They' is plural, 'He' is male, and 'It' is not appropriate for a person.

Which word is an adjective in this sentence? “The shiny balloon floated away.”

• The

• shiny

• balloon

• floated

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'shiny' describes the noun 'balloon,' making it an adjective. The other words serve different grammatical roles: 'The' is a determiner, 'balloon' is a noun, and 'floated' is a verb.

Choose the sentence that uses subject-verb agreement correctly.

• She walk to the bus stop.

• They walks every morning.

• He walks to school.

• I walks with him.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'He walks to school.' because 'walks' agrees with the singular subject 'He'. The other options incorrectly use 'walk' or 'walks' with plural or singular subjects.

What is the simple subject of this sentence: “The large black bear growled at the hikers.”

• The large black bear

• bear

• growled

• hikers

Answer explanation

The simple subject is the main noun of the sentence. In "The large black bear growled at the hikers," the simple subject is "bear," as it is the core noun performing the action, while "The large black" are modifiers.

What part of speech is the word “quickly”?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Answer explanation

The word 'quickly' describes how an action is performed, which makes it an adverb. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, indicating manner, time, place, or degree.

Choose the sentence with a helping verb:

• She paints well.

• He is running late.

• They cook every weekend.

• I read a book.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'He is running late.' because it contains the helping verb 'is,' which assists the main verb 'running.' The other sentences do not include any helping verbs.