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English Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a noun?

a)

A doing or action word.

b)

A naming word: place name or object.

c)

A describing word that ends with -ly.

2.

What is a verb?

a)

A doing or action word.

b)

A describing word.

c)

A naming word.

3.

What is an adjective?

a)

A word that describes a noun.

b)

A word that describe an action word.

c)

A naming word.

4.

What is an adverb?

a)

A word that describes a noun.

b)

A word that describes a verb.

c)

An action word.

d)

A naming word.

5.

What 2 words will you always find in a sentence that is a simile?

a)

like or as

b)

like or and

c)

as or but

d)

but or and

6.

What Is a connective?

a)

a word that joins two sentences

b)

a word that is at the end of a sentence

c)

a word that starts with a capital letter

7.

Where is ______ textbook I lent you last week?

a)

a

b)

an

c)

the

d)

-

8.

I have _____ terrible headache.

a)

a

b)

an

c)

the

d)

-

9.

He drives ______ eighteen-wheeler truck.

a)

a

b)

an

c)

the

d)

-

10.

CONJUNCTIONS connect words and phrases.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Which word below is NOT a CONJUNCTION?

a)

and

b)

but

c)

or

d)

an

12.
There are _________ types of conjunctions.
a)
three
b)
four
c)
two
d)
seven
13.
The two types of conjunctions are
a)
Contrasts and Contradictions
b)
Words of the Wiser
c)
Complete and Incomplete
d)
Coordinating and Subordinating
14.
An independent clause is a
a)
fragment
b)
incomplete sentence
c)
complete sentence
d)
run-on sentence
15.

All the boys are playing football. The noun phrase of the sentence is ..........

a)

are playing

b)

boys are

c)

the boys

d)

all the boys

16.

You are a really good student. The noun phrase of the sentence is ..........

a)

you are a

b)

a student

c)

good student

d)

a really good student

17.

Helena reads a historical English book. The noun phrase of the sentence is .........

a)

helena reads

b)

a historical English book

c)

English book

d)

a historical book

18.

What is an adverbial?

a)

Word or words that go at the beginning of a sentence and used to describe a verb

b)

Something that argues with something else

c)

A kind of debate

19.

What is special about a fronted adverbial? There are 2 correct answers to choose from.

a)

It is placed at the beginning of a sentence

b)

it is not used in writing

c)

It must be followed by a comma

d)

it doesn't describe the verb

20.

Spot the fronted adverbial: Despite his cold, Bradley went swimming.

a)

Bradley

b)

Despite his cold,

c)

went swimming.