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Grammar Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the prepositional phrase: Hannah rode her bike at the park.

a)

Hannah rode

b)

rode her bike

c)

the park

d)

at the park

2.

Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?

a)

Gerald hobbies include swimming and dancing.

b)

Gerald enjoys swimming; however, dancing is his true passion.

c)

Gerald hates swimming but loves dancing.

d)

Gerald loves to swim and he also loves to dance.

3.

Identify the introductory phrase: Excited for lunch, Finley opened his lunchbox to reveal many delicious snacks.

a)

many delicious snacks

b)

Finley opened

c)

Excited for lunch

d)

Excited for lunch, Finley opened

4.

Is the following appositive essential or nonessential?: My cousin Jeremy is the valedictorian of his class.

a)

Essential

b)

Nonessential

5.

Identify the correctly punctuated complex sentence.

a)

Because Holly despises cleaning, her room is always a wreck.

b)

Holly does not like to clean; therefore, her room is always a wreck.

c)

Holly hates cleaning and keeping her room clean.

d)

Holly's room is a mess, for she does not enjoy cleaning.

6.

Where is the comma needed?: Brett remembered to buy his mother a gift for mother's day, flowers; however he did not remember she was allergic to plants.

a)

after gift

b)

before remember and after allergic

c)

after not

d)

after however

7.

Identify the appositive in the sentence: A delicious treat, ice cream is an eight billion dollar industry in the United States.

a)

ice cream

b)

eight billion dollar industry

c)

a delicious treat

d)

a delicious treat, ice cream

8.

Where is a comma needed?: While school is extremely important students must learn how to balance both academics and external interests.

a)

after students

b)

after important

c)

after academics

d)

after and

9.

Select all that applies to the underlined portion of the sentence: After dinner, Martha helps her father clear the dishes.

a)

appositive

b)

prepositional phrase

c)

dependent clause

d)

introductory phrase

10.

What type of clause is the underlined portion of the sentence?: Kyle wrote an excellent essay for English while his roomate procrastinated the paper.

a)

introductory clause

b)

independent clause

c)

main clause

d)

dependent clause

11.

What type of clause is the underlined portion of the sentence?: Lauren got her nails done because prom is this weekend.

a)

independent clause

b)

regular clause

c)

dependent clause

d)

introductory clause

12.

Which of the following are prepositions found in the following sentence?: During the movie, Vivi ran out to get some popcorn.

a)

ran, get

b)

movie, Vivi

c)

during, to

d)

movie, popcorn

13.

Is the following appositive essential or nonessential?: Jenny, my little sister, recently got her leaners permit.

a)

Essential

b)

Nonessential

14.

Where is a comma needed?: Nev, the host of Catfish recently had a baby boy.

a)

after Nev

b)

after Catfish

c)

after recently

d)

after baby

15.

Which of the following is NOT a compound sentence?

a)

I hiked to the very top of the mountain; the view was amazing.

b)

Niagra falls was beautiful, but I also enjoy my local waterfalls.

c)

Because it was overcast, I was unable to see the vast expanse of the mountains at the overlook.

d)

Generally, I enjoy hiking; however, when it's raining outside, I would rather stay cozy indoors.