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Grammar Week 20 (January 11-15)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the word or words modified by the underlined clause.


People who are smart follow the rules.

a)

people

b)

follow

c)

rules

2.

Is this a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence?


After the storm passed, the birds began singing again.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

d)

compound-complex

3.

Choose the correct pronoun.


Each of the teachers establishes (their, his/her) own homework policies.

a)

their

b)

his/her

4.

Is this sentence indicative, imperative, conditional, or subjunctive?


Antonia wants me to take tennis lessons from her tennis instructor, too.

a)

indicative

b)

imperative

c)

conditional

d)

subjunctive

5.

Is this sentence indicative, imperative, conditional, or subjunctive?


We are going to the new water park when it opens this spring.

a)

indicative

b)

imperative

c)

conditional

d)

subjunctive

6.

You may want to do this on your new backpack to personalize it.

a)

telegram

b)

diagram

c)

epigram

d)

monogram

7.

Is the underlined word a verb or gerund?


We will be practicing tomorrow after school for the science bowl.

a)

verb

b)

gerund

8.

What is the plural of ostrich?

a)

ostrichi

b)

ostrichs

c)

ostriches

d)

ostrichis

9.

What is the plural of rose?

a)

ross

b)

roses

c)

rose

d)

rosses

10.

What is the plural of deer?

a)

doe

b)

deers

c)

deer

11.

Choose the correct pronoun.


Please ask those girls if one of them has forgotten (their, her) coat.

a)

their

b)

her

12.

Is the underlined phrase a simile, metaphor, or idiom.


How he teeters, skitters, tingles, teases,

Taunts them, hovers like an ecstatic bird.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

13.

Is the underlined phrase a preposition or an infinitive?


He wants to learn to cook?

a)

preposition

b)

infinitive

14.

Does this sentence use active or passive voice?


The plane arrived on time.

a)

active

b)

passive

15.

Choose the correct modifier.


Of the three books, this one is (better, best).

a)

better

b)

best

16.

Choose the correct word.


A (compliment, complement) will often product better results than an insult.

a)

compliment

b)

complement

17.

Is the underlined phrase a dangling participle or misplaced modifier?


Cold and refreshing, the girl swam in the waters of the creek.

a)

dangling participle

b)

misplaced modifier

18.

What is the singular possessive of the word book?

a)

books

b)

booke's

c)

beek

d)

book's

19.

Is this a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?


We went tubing on the river, it was a pleasant way to spend a hot summer day.

a)

fragment

b)

run-on

c)

complete sentence

20.

Choose the correct verb.


He returned the shirt because it (was, were) too tight.

a)

was

b)

were