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Grammar Quiz #1

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which sentence is correct.
a)
bob is going to meet Jane.
b)
bob is going to meet jane.
c)
Bob is going to meet Jane.
2.
Is the following Sentence correct. : the room is black.
a)
yes
b)
no
3.

What word needs to be capitalized in this sentence?


Bob and i went to the store to get some orange juice.

a)

i

b)

store

c)

orange

d)

juice

4.
Which is Capitalized correctly?
a)
dr. Johnson
b)
Mayor Tom
c)
Mrs. monte
d)
greg Sherman
5.
When should a word be capitalized?
a)
Beginning of Sentence
b)
Important Words in a Title
c)
Proper Nouns
d)
All of these 
6.

How should you fix this sentence?


My sister and i drove to the beach last week for fun.

a)

capitalize i

b)

capitalize beach

c)

lowercase My

d)

capitalize week

7.

Is the word in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


The new store will be opened Wednesday.

a)

Common

b)

Proper

8.

Is the word in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


My best friend moved to Colorado.

a)

Common

b)

Proper

9.

Is the word in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


Our new puppy will be named Daisy.

a)

proper

b)

common

10.

Are the words in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


Her father teaches at Springdale Elementary School.

a)

common

b)

proper

11.

Are the words in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


Mr. Harling left his house early.

a)

proper

b)

common

12.

Is the word in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


The child went to the mall with her mom.

a)

common

b)

proper

13.

Is the word in blue a proper noun or a common noun?


The clock shows the wrong time.

a)

common

b)

proper

14.

Which words in this sentence are nouns?


Chase Pond is in the large park.

a)

Chase Pond, is

b)

the, park

c)

Chase Pond, park

d)

in, large

15.

Which words in this sentence are nouns?


Mark and his sister often swim there.

a)

Mark, sister

b)

and, sister

c)

his, often

d)

Mark, swim

16.

Choose the correct capitalization of the following:


martin luther king jr

a)

martin luther king jr

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Martin luther king, Jr

d)

Martin Luther King, jr

17.
A proper noun names a particular person, place, and thing. 
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A common noun names any person, place, or thing. 
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Find the noun: The tiny dog jumped.
a)
the
b)
tiny
c)
dog
d)
jumped
20.
Find the verb: Many little aliens wandered down the street.
a)
little
b)
aliens
c)
wandered
d)
down
21.
Find the preposition:  The pile was under the table.
a)
under
b)
pile
c)
was
d)
the
22.
Find the adjective:  Green trees swayed in the wind.
a)
swayed
b)
green
c)
trees
d)
wind
23.
Which words has a suffix:  The colorful pants caught everyone's eye.
a)
pants
b)
eye
c)
caught
d)
colorful
24.
Which word should be capitalized: Many boats drifted down the St. lawrence River.
a)
boats
b)
drifted
c)
down
d)
lawrence
25.
Find the pronoun:  After school, they decided to go home instead of going to the park.
a)
after
b)
they
c)
decided
d)
going
26.
How many nouns?  Three dogs and two cats ran around the swings and benches at the park until daybreak.
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
27.
Find the concrete noun: The teacher taught a lesson about kindness.
a)
the
b)
teacher
c)
taught
d)
kindness
28.
Which is a common noun?
a)
dog
b)
Mr. Smith
c)
Frog Creek
d)
Sally
29.
Which word SHOULD NOT be capitalized because it is a common noun?
a)
Flower
b)
Dallas
c)
Texas
d)
Hurricane Harbor
30.
Which of the following is NOT a proper noun?
a)
dog catcher
b)
Mr. Short
c)
Tom
d)
Wendy's
31.
Which of the following is a proper noun?
a)
Dr. Jones
b)
dog park
c)
high school
d)
lions
32.
Choose the correct verb to complete this sentence:
The girls ______ laughing loudly.
a)
was
b)
were
c)
is
33.
What is the verb in this sentence?
Sal listens to his favorite song.
a)
listens
b)
Sal
c)
song
d)
favorite
34.
What is the correct verb in this sentence?
Craig hits the baseball over the fence.
a)
fence
b)
over
c)
baseball
d)
hits
35.
He fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm. What tense is the verb in?
a)
Past
b)
Present
c)
Future
36.
Brendan is _________ his family make dinner. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
a)
help
b)
helping
37.
Adrian and Boston will hang out after school. What tense is the verb in?
a)
Past
b)
Present
c)
Future
38.
Which word is an adjective?
We thought the play was fantastic!
a)
we
b)
thought
c)
play
d)
fantastic
39.
Which word is an adjective?
Terabithia is a magical kingdom.
a)
Terabithia
b)
is
c)
magical
d)
kingdom
40.
Which word is an adjective?
Jesse is considered quiet, but hardworking.
a)
Jesse
b)
considered
c)
quiet
d)
is
41.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
Peter neatly wrote a shopping list.
a)
neatly
b)
wrote
c)
shopping
d)
list
42.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
My dog always barks.
a)
my
b)
always
c)
barks
d)
dog
43.

The following is an example of a...


My new watch has a compass, a timer, and an alarm.

a)

sentence fragment

b)

run-on sentence

c)

complete sentence

44.

The following is an example of a...


My mom's delicious cream cheese brownies.

a)

sentence fragment

b)

run-on sentence

c)

complete sentence

45.
What type of sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark? 
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exclamatory
d)
Imperative 
46.
What type of sentence gives a command or tells someone to do something? 
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exclamatory
d)
Imperative
47.
What type of sentence is the following:  I am so happy!
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exclamatory
d)
Imperative
48.
What type of sentence shows excitement and ends with an exclamation point? 
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exclamatory
d)
Imperative
49.
What type of sentence makes a statement and generally ends with a period?
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exclamatory
d)
Imperative
50.
What type of sentence is the following:  Can I have a piece of your pizza?  
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exlcamatory
d)
Imperative
51.
What type of sentence is the following:  Clean your room. 
a)
Declarative
b)
Interrogative
c)
Exclamatory
d)
Imperative
52.

The following is an example of a...


Movies entertain millions of people every day the cinema is popular all over the world.

a)

Complete sentence

b)

Run-on sentence

c)

Sentence fragment

53.
Emma was happy with her TA's comments. He said her paper was ____________ 
a)
"well written". 
b)
; "well written".
c)
"well written." 
d)
"written quite well-ly."
54.
The day was long, ______ hours spread on forever. 
a)
its
b)
it's
55.
I would like these four things for supper__ pizza, pasta, ice cream, and salad. 
a)
:
b)
;
c)
.
d)
,
56.

They were happy, but ______ faces didn't show it.

a)

there

b)

they're

c)

their

57.

Alice _____ a goofy person.

a)

was

b)

were

58.

Make sure you pick up ______ shoes!

a)

your

b)

you're

59.
Today, I will ________ my favourite colour. 
a)
chose
b)
choose
60.

Who can come tonight?

The _______

a)

girls.

b)

girl's.

c)

girls'.

61.

Yesterday, he _______ to break my heart.

a)

choose

b)

chose

62.

When your father gets home, ______ going to be in trouble!

a)

you're

b)

your

63.
It may be ridiculous, but ______ also serious. 
a)
It's
b)
its
64.

Just go over ________.

a)

they're

b)

their

c)

there

65.
How do you feel if you are "right as rain?"
a)
Sad.
b)
Homesick.
c)
A little nervous.
d)
Just fine.
66.
I'd like three --- of ice cream.
a)
balls
b)
stones
c)
cups
d)
scoops
67.
That's a --- jack-o-lantern!!!
a)
scare
b)
scared
c)
scaring
d)
scary
68.
Please give me a call --- 0910-872-394.
a)
in
b)
out
c)
off
d)
at
69.
I _________ who did this this.
a)
knows
b)
knowing
c)
know
d)
knew
70.
Fatih ____________ burgers every Saturday with his family.
a)
eating
b)
eats
c)
ate
d)
eat
71.
Shiela _________ the papers into half.
a)
cut
b)
cutting
c)
cuts
72.
They __________ their grandparents every weekend.
a)
visited
b)
visits
c)
visit
d)
visited
73.
Ganesh ___________ a short story every month.
a)
write
b)
wrote
c)
writing
d)
writes
74.
Jia Ying _____________ a storybook every week.
a)
read
b)
reading
c)
reads
75.
Aiman and Faiz __________ their homework every evening.
a)
does
b)
doing
c)
did
d)
do
76.
I _______________ food right now!
a)
needs
b)
need
c)
needed
d)
needing
77.
She ___________ her pencil to Mani everyday. 
a)
giving
b)
gives
c)
give
d)
gave
78.
We _________ in school everyday till 4 o'clock in the evening.
a)
stays
b)
staying
c)
stay
d)
stayed
79.
What is the simple predicate?
Giant walls fell into the street.
a)
walls
b)
fell into the street
c)
fell
d)
street
80.
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
We played basketball yesterday.
a)
We
b)
played
c)
basketball
d)
yesterday
81.
Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?
Hair on your head grows a half inch each month.
a)
Hair on your head
b)
Hair
c)
grows a half inch
d)
on your head grows a half inch each month
82.

The shiny red car was speeding down the street. What is the complete predicate?

a)

The shiny red car

b)

car

c)

was speeding down the street

d)

speeding

83.

What type of sentence is the following?


I am going on vacation tomorrow!

a)

imperative

b)

interrogative

c)

declarative

d)

exclamatory

84.

What type of sentence is the following?


Do you know what time it is?

a)

imperative

b)

interrogative

c)

command

d)

exclamatory

85.

What type of sentence is the following?


I am at school.

a)

imperative

b)

interrogative

c)

declarative

d)

exclamatory

86.
An interjection can be mostly found...
a)
in the middle of a sentence
b)
at the end of a sentence
c)
in the beginning of a sentence
d)
it doesn't matter where it is
87.
What is the interjection in the sentence?
Aha! I found the answer!
a)
found
b)
answer
c)
Aha
88.
What is the interjection in the sentence?
Bravo! It was a wonderful show.
a)
was
b)
Bravo
c)
wonderful
89.

Which interjection best completes the sentence?

____! I stubbed my toe.

a)

Ouch

b)

Hooray

c)

Hi

90.
Which word is correct?
a)
monday
b)
tuesday
c)
Wednesday
d)
thursday
91.
Which is the correct capitalization?
a)
Wisconsin
b)
wisconsin
92.
Playing dodge ball _____ fun for me when I was little. But now I enjoy ______ basketball when I am free. 
a)
was; played
b)
is; playing
c)
had; to play 
d)
was; playing
93.

An independent clause can...

a)

contain a subject or a verb but never both.

b)

not be used in English.

c)

not stand alone as a sentence.

d)

stand alone as a sentence.

94.

A dependent clause, also called a subordinate clause...

a)

can act as a sentence.

b)

is a complete thought.

c)

must be attached to an independent clause to become complete.

d)

must be attached to another dependent clause to become complete.

95.

What sort of sentence is the following?


"The dog ran."

a)

simple

b)

complex

c)

compound

d)

compound-complex

96.

What sort of sentence is the following?


"The dog ran and he ate popcorn."

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

97.

What sort of sentence is the following?


"After the dog ran, he ate popcorn."

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

98.

What sort of sentence is the following?


After the dog ran, he ate popcorn and he drank a big soda.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

99.

A __________________________ allows us to share a lot of information by combining two or more related thoughts into one sentence. It combines two independent clauses by using a conjunction like “and.” This creates sentences that are more useful than writing many sentences with separate thoughts.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

100.

A ___________________ is a sentence with an independent clause and a dependent clause. In one of these sentences, the independent clause shares the main information, and the dependent clause(s) provide details. These sentences let us share lots of information with just one sentence.

a)

simple sentence

b)

compound sentence

c)

complex sentence

d)

compound-complex sentence