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ENGLISH7 2nd Quarter Exam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 8hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Harrison went under the desk to find his water bottle.  What is the preposition?
a)
Harrison
b)
desk
c)
under
d)
find
2.
Mohammad put his chair up on the desk.
What is the preposition?
a)
chair
b)
up
c)
Mohammad
d)
desk
3.
Hala went inside her house to drink water.  What is the preposition?
a)
Hala
b)
went inside
c)
house
d)
inside
4.
Keagan threw the ball through the tire.  What is the prepositional phrase?
a)
threw the ball
b)
through the tire
c)
through
d)
Keagan
5.
Rishi threw her trash down the trash chute.  What is the prepositional phrase?
a)
Rishi threw
b)
her trash
c)
down the trash chute
d)
trash chutr
6.

Identify the appositive:

Santa Claus gave his favorite reindeer, Rudolph, a special treat on Christmas Eve.

a)

Santa Claus

b)

reindeer

c)

Rudolph

d)

special treat

7.

Identify the appositive phrase:

Did you know that Mr. Angel, my new English teacher, drives a 1969 Dodge Charger?

a)

Mr. Angel

b)

English teacher

c)

my new English teacher

d)

1969 Dodge Charger

8.

Identify the appositive phrase:

Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

the author

c)

the author of A Christmas Carol

d)

in a shoe polish factory

9.

Identify the appositive phrase:

The fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, can travel more than 100 miles per hour at certain times.

a)

The fastest animal

b)

the peregrine falcon

c)

can travel more than 100 miles per hour

d)

at certain times

10.

Identify the appositive phrase:

Queen Victoria, one of England's greatest monarchs, ruled for sixty-three years.

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

one of England's greatest monarchs

c)

England's greatest monarchs

d)

rules for sixty-three years

11.

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

To give to others is so important.

a)

to give to others

b)

to others

c)

is so important

d)

so important

12.

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

My entire life I have always wanted to be a teacher.

a)

my entire life

b)

I have

c)

always wanted

d)

to be a teacher

13.

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy.

a)

eating a balanced diet

b)

balanced

c)

allows a person

d)

to keep healthy

14.

The way to please your parents is by obeying at all times.

a)

the way to please

b)

to please your parents

c)

by obeying

d)

at all times

15.

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

After Bobby fell to the ground, he needed to go to the hospital.

a)

Bobby fell

b)

to the ground

c)

to go

d)

to the hospital

16.
What type of phrase is in red?
Trembling with rage, she stalked out. 
a)
infinitive
b)
participial
c)
gerund
d)
appositive
17.
What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
a)
Sweeping across the night sky,
b)
the bats hunted 
c)
hunted their prey.
d)
across the night sky
18.

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

a)

sailed

b)

ship

c)

striking

d)

distance

19.

Find the participle: The children took off their snowy jackets and crowded by the warming fire.

a)

warming

b)

crowded

c)

took

d)

snowy

20.

Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.

a)

sleep

b)

blinking

c)

could

d)

power

21.

Identify the gerund phrase:

After the accident, Laura was afraid of driving her car.

a)

After the accident

b)

Laura was afriad

c)

Afraid of driving

d)

driving her car

22.

Identify the gerund phrase:

Learning a new language is taking longer than I expected.

a)

Learning a new language

b)

a new language is taking

c)

is taking longer than

d)

longer than I expected

23.

Identify the gerund phrase:

Paul finished painting the kitchen.

a)

Paul finished painting

b)

Paul finished

c)

finished painting

d)

painting the kitchen

24.

Identify the gerund phrase:

The worst way to spend a Saturday afternoon is babysitting a pack of crying children.

a)

babysitting a pack

b)

babysitting a pack of crying children

c)

of crying children

d)

crying children

25.

Identify the gerund phrase:

Cooking at higher altitudes often requires recipe adjustments.

a)

cooking at

b)

cooking at higher

c)

cooking at higher altitudes

d)

at higher altitudes

26.

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative

27.

The Smurfs are blue.

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative

28.

I'm on pins and needles waiting for an answer.

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative

29.

She is a fast runner.

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative

30.

He has a heart of stone.

a)

Literal

b)

Figurative