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WorksheetsEng 10 Exam Rev #5
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When I am trying to save money, I hate buying clothes.
What is the gerund?
What is the gerund?
a)
am trying
b)
buying
c)
to save
d)
hate
2.
Caroline loves reading about history, she hopes to visit some sites she read about. What is the gerund?
a)
loves
b)
read
c)
history
d)
reading
3.
What is a Verbal?
a)
Words in sentence formed using verbs but do not function as verbs.
b)
Word in sentence formed using verbs that function as a verb.
c)
An action word used to describe something
d)
is added to the beginning or end of a sentence.
4.
What is the definition of a gerund phrase?
a)
A phrase that starts with a verb and adding -ing.
b)
A verbal phrase that ends in -int -en -ed -t.
c)
A form of a verb adding any compliments and modifiers.
d)
A verb that has a adjective pronoun coming after it.
5.
What is the participle in the following sentence?
The sobbing child held his injured knee.
The sobbing child held his injured knee.
a)
The
b)
sobbing
c)
child
d)
held
6.
What is the participle in the following sentence?
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.
a)
waterfall
b)
rocks
c)
over
d)
cascading
7.
Which of the following words means "slandered"?
a)
maligned
b)
apathy
c)
oppressive
d)
incredulous
8.
If someone did not care at all about a subject, they would feel __ toward it.
a)
antipathy
b)
apathy
c)
maligned
d)
oppressive
9.
____________ is the tendency to believe too readily.
a)
credulity
b)
peril
c)
technique
d)
prosaic
10.
incredulity (n)
a)
disbelief
b)
pain
c)
awe
d)
faith
11.
When she saw her failing test grade, she became ______.
a)
implacable
b)
jingoistic
c)
harangue
d)
coquette
12.
Most proverbs are sayings that give advice.
a)
adjective clause because it modifies a noun/pronoun
b)
adverb clause because it answers the question "how"
c)
not a clause because it doesn't have a subject/verb
13.
A black hole, which results after a star has collapsed, can trap energy.
a)
adjective clause because it modifies a noun/pronoun
b)
adverb clause
c)
not a clause because it doesn't have a subject/verb
14.
Games gave the children practice in skills they would need when they became adults.
a)
adjective clause because it modifies a noun/pronoun
b)
adverb clause because it answers the question "how?"
c)
not a clause because it doesn't have a subject/verb
15.
We will play outside after lunch.
a)
adjective clause because it modifies a noun/pronoun
b)
adverb clause because it answers the question "when?"
c)
not a clause because it doesn't have a subject/verb
16.
If I say the schedules tentative, It is really
a)
open to change
b)
open to disagreement
c)
open to the public
d)
open during renovation
17.
What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.
a)
shivering
b)
couple
c)
into
d)
house
18.
Me gusta que tú ________________ (completar) la tarea.
a)
has completado
b)
hayas completado
c)
ha completado
d)
haya completado
19.
The book was thrown across the room by the student.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
20.
Julia rescued the three kittens.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
21.
The family visited three different countries on their last vacation.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
22.
A film is being made in Hollywood.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
23.
A gerund is a form of a verb that acts as a _____.
a)
adjective
b)
verb
c)
adverb
d)
noun
24.
APATHY
a)
VERB
b)
NOUN
25.
displaying a stealthy manner
a)
surreptitiously
b)
altruistic
c)
vehement
d)
emaciated
26.
the state of watchfulness; alertness, especially to danger
a)
tumult
b)
lament
c)
vigilance
d)
premonition
27.
The guard’s __________________________ guaranteed that the prisoners would not be able to sneak away.
a)
tumult
b)
lament
c)
vigilance
d)
premonition
28.
A lack of interest
a)
Prevail
b)
Melancholy
c)
Apathy
d)
Poignant
29.
formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime
a)
verbose
b)
pompous
c)
indict
d)
wither
30.
using or expressed in more words than are needed
a)
verbose
b)
avarice
c)
endorse
d)
aloof
31.
Conspicuous is
a)
demonstrating skill and cleverness
b)
very easy to see or notice
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