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Vocab Quiz 5

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Adverb

c)

Adjective

d)

Simile

2.

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

a)

Adverb

b)

Metaphor

c)

Adjective

d)

Noun

3.

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

a)

Action

b)

Pronoun

c)

Noun

d)

Verb

4.

A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Metaphor

d)

Pronoun

5.

A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Verb

d)

Metaphor

6.

A word or group of words resulting from shortening an original form.

a)

Short

b)

Verb

c)

Simile

d)

Contraction

7.

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

a)

Conjunction

b)

Contraction

c)

Interjection

d)

Personification

8.

A word, phrase, clause, or sentence to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers.

a)

Antidote

b)

Contraction

c)

Antecedent

d)

Allusion

9.

A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,”

a)

Pontificate

b)

Preposition

c)

Personification

d)

Preposterous

10.

An abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.

a)

Intrepid

b)

Interjection

c)

Intercept

d)

Idiom

11.

Publicly recommend or support.

a)

Adversary

b)

Advise

c)

Advocate

d)

Advertise