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English Intro #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Steven (give) _______ a donation five years ago.
a)
gave
b)
give
c)
gives
d)
will give
2.
Which of the following is correct?
a)
analasis
b)
anlysis
c)
analysis
d)
analisis
3.
Which of the following is correct?
a)
centered
b)
cented
c)
centred
d)
sentred
4.
Which of the following is correct?
a)
specificly
b)
specificaly
c)
spacifically
d)
specifically
5.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
6.
Which of the following is correct?
a)
shouldve
b)
should of
c)
should have
d)
shouldev
7.
Which of the following best describes the meaning of 'reading' with regards to English?
a)
the act of engaging with a text
b)
a message interpreted by a reader of a text
8.
He loves to work with endangered African animals.
The word in green is an example of:
a)
a verb
b)
a noun
c)
an adjective
d)
a pronoun
9.
He loves to work with endangered African animals.
The word in green is an example of:
a)
a noun
b)
a verb
c)
an adjective
d)
a preposition
10.
He loves to work with endangered African animals.
The word in green is an example of:
a)
an adjective
b)
a preposition
c)
a verb
d)
a noun
11.
He loves to work with endangered African animals.
The word in green is an example of:
a)
a pronoun
b)
an adverb
c)
a proper noun
d)
a verb
12.
He loves to work with endangered African animals.
The word in green is an example of:
a)
a verb
b)
an adjective
c)
a noun
d)
a collective noun
13.
He loves to work with endangered African animals.
The word in green is an example of:
a)
a proper noun
b)
a noun
c)
a verb
d)
an adverb
14.
Which of the following best describes the meaning of 'text' with regards to English?
a)
a message sent on an iPhone
b)
anything literary or non-literary that makes meaning
c)
a piece of writing studied in English
d)
a book or script
15.
Which of the following is correct?
a)
wouldve
b)
whould of
c)
wouldv'e
d)
would have
16.
Which structure does this sentence follow?
Jonathan walked to the bus stop.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound/Complex
17.
What is the punctuation in green called?
;
a)
comma
b)
colon
c)
semi-colon
d)
em-dash
18.
Which is punctuated correctly?
a)
"Ew, gross," grimaced Sally, "I hate bugs."
b)
"Ew, gross" grimaced Sally, I hate bugs."
c)
"Ew, gross grimaced Sally, I hate bugs."
d)
"Ew gross" grimaced Sally "I hate bugs
19.
Which is punctuated correctly?
a)
"Hi." yelled Joey.
b)
"Hi, yelled Joey."
c)
"Hi!" yelled Joey.
d)
"Hi!" yelled Joey
20.
Which is punctuated correctly?
a)
The Clarks' grow peas beans and squash in their garden.
b)
The Clarks grow peas, beans, and squash in their garden.
c)
The Clark's grow peas beans, and squash in their garden.
d)
The Clarks grow peas, beans; and squash in their garden.
21.
Which is punctuated correctly?
a)
Before you begin painting, gather the following things: a brush, an easel, and paints.
b)
Before you begin painting gather the following things; a brush, an easel, and paints.
c)
Before, you begin painting gather the following things, a brush, an easel, and paints.
d)
Before you begin painting, gather the following things: a brush, an easel, and paints
22.
Which of these sentences is incorrectly punctuated?
a)
'That's John's apple!' he shouted.
b)
All the shop's are closed on Christmas day.
c)
My cat's name is very silly.
d)
The speaker quietly asked us to sit, so we did.
23.
Bill and Alicia (climb) _______ the mountains every year. 
a)
climbed
b)
climb
c)
climbs
d)
will climb
24.
"Superman is a man of steel."
This is an example of:
a)
a metaphor
b)
an idiom
c)
a simile
d)
onomatopoeia
25.
What _______ when you try to start the engine? Does it make a lot of noise?
a)
is happening
b)
is going to happen
c)
has happened
d)
happened