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English 9 Final Exam Grammar Review

Total questions: 132

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a verb?

a)

A describing word

b)

A word used to show action or state of being

c)

A person, place, thing, or idea

d)

A connecting word

2.

What are the three main types of verbs?

a)

Action, Feeling, and Being

b)

Action, Linking, and Helping

3.

When we think of verbs, what kind are we most likely thinking of?

a)

Action (walk, talk, play)

b)

Helping (was playing, is talking

c)

Linking (become, seem, appear)

4.

Is the underlined word is an action verb?

Drew became very hungry after his football game.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A linking verb's purpose it to do what?

a)

Link a subject and a noun

b)

Show action

c)

Show state of being

d)

Link an adverb with an adjective

6.

Linking verbs mean literally what they say. (He grew tired. They felt hungry. She looked pretty)

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What are common examples of linking verbs?

a)

to be (am, are, is)

b)

to become

c)

to appear

d)

all of the above

8.

Select the linking verb in this sentence:

Jeremy was playing hockey, and after a while he grew quite tired

a)

playing

b)

was

c)

grew

d)

no linking verb

9.

A helping verb is followed by an action verb.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Select the helping verb(s) in the sentence

Lately, Sarah has been walking her dog down my street

a)

walking

b)

has

c)

been

d)

has and been

11.

What's the purpose of having a helping verb in a sentence?

a)

To tell a story

b)

To assist the main verb

c)

To show action

d)

To link a subject and a noun

12.
Odysseus comes back to Ithaca on a clear day.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
d)
compound-complex
13.
All his impatience leaves him, and he sits under and oak tree.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
14.
An hour passes in silence, and it occurs to him that he is tried and might as well go home, so he picks up his sword and walks.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
15.
The house looks much as it did when he left.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
16.
He notices that the sheep byre's gate has been mended.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
17.
A rivulet of smoke rises form the chimney.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
18.
Within, Penelope is at her loom, and an old man drowses by the fire.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
Compound
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
19.
If you pretty up how people speak and change the things they said, that's dishonest.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
20.
It's the late 1940s, and she hasn't yet reached the age of thirty.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
21.
I was a kid who had failed freshman year at the regular public high school because I never showed up.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
22.
I had transferred to an alternative school that offered dream studies instead of biology, so I was taking Defler's class at the community college for high school credit.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
23.
Cells make up all our tissues which make up all our organs.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
24.
Johns Hopkins was built in 1889 as a charity hospital for the sick and poor, and it covered more than a dozen acres where a cemetery and the insane asylum once sat in East Baltimore.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
25.
The public wards at Hopkins were filled with patients.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
26.
The house stood on a hillside where wind whipped through the cracks in the walls.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
27.
Everybody put coins in the jukebox and drank RC Cola, but the profits never amounted to much.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
28.
When the steam cleared, she stepped inside and sealed the door behind her.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
29.
Gey paid his way through a biology degree at the University of Pittsburgh by working as a carpenter and mason, and he could make nearly anything for cheap or free.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
d)
Compound-Complex
30.
Mother got a letter from Aunt Esther, she is coming next week. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
31.
While Eric is a brave boy who never complains about his illness. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
32.
The war lasted ten years many young men were killed. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
33.
I go to bed at 10:00 otherwise I can’t get up in the morning. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
34.
If I don't go to bed at 10:00.
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
35.
Because I can’t find my math book.
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
36.
I baked oatmeal cookies they had raisins in them, too. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
37.
Our elm tree must be cut down because it has Dutch elm disease. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
38.
Which option is not a sentence?
a)
He laughed uncontrollably.
b)
Rolled along the sidewalk.
c)
She loved running at night.
d)
Her dog barked and cried.
39.
Academic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
40.
Separate the TWO sentences or combine them correctly: 
English is my favorite subject but I hate writing essays.
a)
subject; but
b)
subject. But
c)
NO CHANGE 
41.
Academic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
42.
Separate the TWO sentences or combine them correctly: 
When I got there, I had to wait forever to see him when he finally examined my teeth, he found four cavities.  
a)
him. When
b)
him and when
c)
him, when
d)
NO CHANGE 
43.
Separate the TWO sentences or combine them correctly: 
When I got there, I had to wait forever to see him when he finally examined my teeth, he found four cavities.  
a)
him. When
b)
him and when
c)
him, when
d)
NO CHANGE 
44.
Separate the TWO sentences or combine them correctly: 
He was a wolf in sheep's clothing, he became the mayor. 
a)
clothing he
b)
clothing, and he
c)
clothing and he
d)
NO CHANGE 
45.
Separate the TWO sentences or combine them correctly: 
There is not much difference between the decision to enter politics and the decision to jump into a pit of rattlesnakes in fact you might find a friendlier environment in the snake pit.  
a)
rattlesnakes.  In fact,
b)
rattlesnakes, in fact,
c)
rattlesnakes, in fact
d)
NO CHANGE 
46.
Do the items in blue need to be corrected?  If so, choose the correct answer.

Although I am excited about tomorrow being Friday. I have a test in Math. 
a)
Friday, I
b)
Friday; I
c)
Friday- I
d)
NO CHANGE
47.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: He could certainly have come today.

a)

could certainly

b)

could have

c)

could have come

d)

He could

48.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: This has occurred to me before.

a)

has occurred

b)

has not occurred

c)

This has

d)

occurred to me

49.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: This was a great day!

a)

This was

b)

was a

c)

great day

d)

was

50.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: Aunt Grace has learned to cook!

a)

to cook

b)

Grace has

c)

has learned

d)

learned to cook

51.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: The choir was singing a song from the new movie.

a)

from the new movie

b)

was singing

c)

was singing a song

d)

singing

52.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: It has been a long day!

a)

It has been

b)

has been

c)

been a long day

d)

has been a long day

53.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: The student rushed through his test.

a)

rushed

b)

rushed through

c)

student rushed

d)

student rushed through

54.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: Water flows freely down the mountain.

a)

flows

b)

flows freely

c)

down the mountain

d)

flows freely down

55.

Identify the verb or verb phrase: Sheila must have found a mistake.

a)

found

b)

have found

c)

must have found

d)

found a mistake

56.

Identify the verb or verb phrase:

Before school, get your bookbag.

a)

Before school

b)

get your bookbag

c)

get

d)

Before

57.

Identify the verb or verb phrase:

Moving to another state took a lot of work for the family.

a)

Moving

b)

Moving to another state

c)

took

d)

work

58.

Identify the verb or verb phrase:

John took his time reading the book.

a)
took
b)
his time
c)
reading
d)
reading the book
59.

Identify the verb or verb phrase:

After the game, it will probably be dark.

a)

After the game

b)

it will

c)

will be dark

d)

will be

60.
Which option is not a sentence?
a)
He laughed uncontrollably.
b)
Rolled along the sidewalk.
c)
She loved running at night.
d)
Her dog barked and cried.
61.
Academic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
62.
In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
63.
In “Simplicity,” William Zinsser argues that cluttered writing is bad writing, however it can be fixed by eliminating all unnecessary or unclear words.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
64.
In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
65.
Drew Hayden Taylor’s critique of Stephen Harper’s apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
66.
Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
67.
Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
68.
It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
69.
Revision is essential to good writing, consequently it is important to develop a revision process that works. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
70.
Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
71.
Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
72.
Successful academic essays use language that is clear, concise, and grammatically correct unsuccessful academic essays are unclear, wordy, and grammatically incorrect. 
a)
no error
b)
run-on sentence
c)
comma splice
d)
sentence fragment
73.
Some educated people believe in witchcraft, I am not one of them. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
74.
Mother got a letter from Aunt Esther, she is coming next week. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
75.
While Eric is a brave boy who never complains about his illness. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Comma splice
c)
Fragment
d)
Complete sentence
76.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:


The pencil fell under the desk.

a)

the pencil

b)

fell under the desk

c)

under the desk

d)

the desk

77.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:


The pencil fell under the desk.

a)

the pencil

b)

fell under the desk

c)

under the desk

d)

the desk

78.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The bird flew into the window, but was okay.

a)

the bird flew

b)

into the window but was okay

c)

flew into the window

d)

into the window

79.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:

The bird flew into the window, but was okay.

a)

the bird flew

b)

into the window but was okay

c)

flew into the window

d)

into the window

80.
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 
Above the trees flew a beautiful bald eagle. 
a)
flew a beautiful
b)
bald eagle
c)
above the trees
d)
above the trees flew a beautiful
81.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:


Mrs. Immordino put new white ghost lights on the tree.

a)

put new white ghost lights

b)

on the tree

c)

Mrs. Immordino

d)

white ghost lights

82.

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?


He put the quarters into his piggy bank.

a)

put the quarters

b)

he put the

c)

into his piggy bank

d)

his piggy bank

83.

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence


I enjoy playing the clarinet.

a)

I enjoy playing

b)

enjoy playing in

c)

playing in the clarinet

d)

There is no preposition!

84.

What is the preposition in the following sentence?

I love to sleep late on Fridays!

a)

like

b)

sleep

c)

late

d)

on

85.

What is the preposition in the following sentence?

I love to sleep late on Fridays!

a)

like

b)

sleep

c)

late

d)

on

86.

Which of the following sentences does NOT include a prepositional phrase?

a)

I walked home.

b)

I walked over the hill.

c)

I walked through the woods.

d)

I walked next to the river

87.
Identify the prepositional phrase: How many pieces of cake would you like?
a)
of cake
b)
how many
c)
would like
d)
pieces of cake
88.

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?


On Wednesday, we celebrated my sister's birthday at our house for at least two hours!

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

89.
(Pronoun) Paul hopes that he will sing with the choir.
a)
Paul
b)
that
c)
he 
d)
sing
90.
(Pronoun) Can Jerry help him with the science project?
a)
Jerry
b)
science
c)
him 
d)
help
91.
(Pronoun) Can Jerry help him with the science project?
a)
Jerry
b)
science
c)
him 
d)
help
92.
(Noun) Have you seen the eraser?
a)
Have
b)
you 
c)
seen 
d)
eraser
93.
(Noun) Have you seen the eraser?
a)
Have
b)
you 
c)
seen 
d)
eraser
94.
(Noun) She purchased the margarine with him.
a)
purchased
b)
with
c)
him
d)
margarine 
95.
(Adjective) Older people tire more easily.  
a)
Older
b)
people 
c)
tire 
d)
easily 
96.
(Adjective) Kind people are often rewarded.  
a)
often 
b)
rewarded
c)
kind 
d)
are
97.
(Adjective) He is agile.
a)
He 
b)
is 
c)
agile 
98.
(Adverb) The police officer ran fast.  
a)
police
b)
officer
c)
ran 
d)
fast 
99.
(Adverb) My sister answered the question intelligently.  
a)
sister
b)
answered
c)
question 
d)
intelligently 
100.
(Adverb) You really should see this art exhibit.  
a)
see
b)
really
c)
art
d)
exhibit 
101.
(Preposition) Reggie fell by the stairs. 
a)
stairs
b)
Reggie
c)
by 
d)
the
102.
(Preposition) May I sit between you two?
a)
between 
b)
you 
c)
two 
d)
may
103.
(Verb) Joke about it now.  
a)
Joke
b)
about 
c)
now 
d)
it
104.
(Verb) They overcharged me. 
a)
overcharged
b)
me
c)
They
105.
(Verb) Ozzie, eat up. 
a)
eat
b)
up
c)
Ozzie
106.
(Conjunction) I like peanuts and potato chips.  
a)
like
b)
peanuts
c)
chips 
d)
and 
107.
(Conjunction) He wants to buy the house, yet he knows it is too expensive.  
a)
yet
b)
too
c)
expensive 
d)
wants
108.

(Adverb) Ah! The sun is so warm.

a)

sun

b)

is

c)

so

d)

warm

109.

What is a linking or state of being verb?

a)

The verb that shows mental and physical action.

b)

The predicate.

c)

A verb that helps the main action verb.

d)

identifies who or what a noun is, was, or will be

110.

What is a linking or state of being verb?

a)

The verb that shows mental and physical action.

b)

The predicate.

c)

A verb that helps the main action verb.

d)

identifies who or what a noun is, was, or will be

111.

Identify the type of verb in the following sentence. The verb is red.

Every month, bands from across the country visit New Your City.

a)

Action

b)

state of being verb

112.

Identify the type of verb in the following sentence. The verb is red.

Every month, bands from across the country visit New Your City.

a)

Action

b)

state of being verb

113.

Identify the state of being verb in the sentence.

The cheetah is the fastest land animal.

a)

cheetah

b)

fastest

c)

land

d)

is

114.

Identify the state of being verb in the sentence.

There are many animals in the rainforest.

a)

there

b)

are

c)

animals

d)

rainforest

115.

Identify the state of being verb in the sentence.

She seemed nervous.

a)

she

b)

seemed

c)

nervous

116.

Identify the state of being verb in the sentence.

She seemed nervous.

a)

she

b)

seemed

c)

nervous

117.

Bob looked out the window.

a)

action

b)

state of being verb

118.

Justin felt happy about Halloween being over.

a)

action

b)

state of being verb

c)

neither

119.

Molly is playing Quizizz.

a)

action

b)

state of being verb

120.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

121.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

122.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

adverb

123.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

noun

d)

adverb

124.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

noun

d)

adverb

125.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


Joe rested for a few minutes, breathing quietly.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

126.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


A tentacle coiled around his ankles.

a)

pronoun

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adjective

127.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


She unhitched her webbed harness.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

preposition

d)

noun

128.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


I skittered to the entrance.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adverb

d)

pronoun

129.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


Every word I wrote is awesome!

a)

adverb

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

preposition

130.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


White whiskers bounce alongside his pink nose.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

preposition

131.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


Yellow eyes stare brightly out.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

132.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


His uneven white socks patter the rich soil.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

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