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Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does an adjective do in a sentence?

a)

describes a verb

b)

describes a noun

c)

replaces the name of a person/people/place

d)

describes the location of something

2.

Which word in the following sentence is an adjective? I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

a)

spoon

b)

leaned

c)

carefully

d)

rusty

3.

What is a verb?

a)

describes a noun

b)

describes a verb

c)

replaced a name of a person, people or place

d)

a doing or feeling word

4.

What do some verbs end with?

a)

-ed and -ing

b)

-ed but not -ing

c)

-ing but not -ed

d)

neither

5.

Which words are the verbs in this sentence: I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

a)

closer and carefully

b)

rusty and leaned

c)

leaned and inspect

d)

spoon and closer

6.

What is an adverb?

a)

Describes a verb

b)

Describes a noun

c)

Describes the position of something

d)

Is something someone does or feels

7.

What do adverbs often end with?

a)

ed

b)

ing

c)

ly

d)

s

8.

Which word in this sentence is the adverb? I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

a)

leaned

b)

spoon

c)

rusty

d)

carefully

9.

What's a noun phrase?

a)

combination of a verb and the information that supports it (usually spotted as the adverb + noun)

b)

combination of two or more nouns in a phrase

c)

combination of a noun and the information that supports it (usually spotted as the adjective + noun)

d)

combination of nouns and their position in the sentence

10.

What's the noun phrase in this sentence: I leaned in closer to inspect the rusty spoon carefully.

a)

leaned in

b)

rusty spoon carefully

c)

rusty spoon

d)

leaned in closer

11.

What is a preposition?

a)

A word describing where something is located (it's position)

b)

A word describing what something is doing

c)

A word describing how someone is feeling about their position

d)

A sound before a word e.g. un in unhappy

12.

Where is the preposition in this sentence? Under the beautiful tree the boy sat staring disinterestedly at his phone.

a)

staring

b)

disinterestedly

c)

boy

d)

Under

13.

What is a pronoun?

a)

A word that describes a noun

b)

A word that replaces a person's name/people's names in a sentence

c)

A person, place or thing

d)

A word that describes a verb

14.

What is the pronoun in this sentence? Carefully he re-read the message he had penned for the attractive girl he met at the party.

a)

party

b)

carefully

c)

girl

d)

He