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Fall Semester Exam GC II Rules

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of verb indicates existence?

(a)  

2.

What part of speech shows how a word (noun, pronoun) is related to some other word in the sentence?

a)

interjection

b)

preposition

c)

conjunction

d)

verb

3.

What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?

(a)  

4.

What part of speech takes the place of a noun?

(a)  

5.

What part of speech joins words or groups of words?

a)

interjection

b)

preposition

c)

adverb

d)

conjunction

6.

What part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun?

a)

preposition

b)

adverb

c)

adjective

d)

interjection

7.

What part of speech is not related to other words in a sentence and shows strong emotion or feeling?

a)

interjection

b)

pronoun

c)

conjunction

d)

adverb

8.

What part of speech are the following words: taste, smell, be, am, are?

a)

conjunctions

b)

verbs

c)

adjectives

d)

adverbs

9.

What type of conjunction are the following words: and, but, or, not, for, yet?

(a)  

10.

What part of speech are the following words: either - or, neither - nor, both - and, not only - but also?

a)

pronouns

b)

adverbs

c)

conjunctions

d)

prepositions

11.

Pick all of the prepositions in the list.

a)

about

b)

although

c)

within

d)

while

e)

toward

12.

What part of speech are the following words: aboard, across, except, during, beyond, by, until, upon, like, into?

a)

pronouns

b)

conjunctions

c)

verbs

d)

prepositions

13.

What type of clause cannot stand alone?

a)

Independent clause

b)

Dependent clause

14.

What type of clause can stand alone?

a)

Independent clause

b)

Dependent clause

15.

What are the following words: herd, class, jury, committee, orchestra, and ensemble?

a)

compound nouns

b)

proper nouns

c)

collective nouns

16.

Plural subjects take (a)   verbs.

17.

(a)   verbs usually end in "s."

18.

Collective nouns that do not function as one group, take which kind of verb?

a)

singular verb

b)

plural verb

19.

What type of punctuation is used to show ownership?

(a)  

20.

Mark all the examples that could be used as the salutation of a letter.

a)

Dear Grandma,

b)

Dear Sirs:

c)

Yours Truly,

d)

Sincerely,

21.

What form of punctuation is used for poems, song titles, and articles?

(a)  

22.

What form of punctuation is used for names of ships, books, and newspapers?

(a)  

23.

What verb tense is formed from "will" or "shall" plus the present?

a)

future

b)

present perfect

c)

past perfect

d)

future perfect

24.

What verb tense is formed from "will have" or "shall have" plus the past participle?

a)

future

b)

present perfect

c)

past perfect

d)

future perfect

25.

What verb tense is formed from "have" or "has" plus the past participle?

a)

future

b)

present perfect

c)

past perfect

d)

future perfect

26.

What verb tense is formed from "had" plus the past participle?

a)

future

b)

present perfect

c)

past perfect

d)

future perfect

27.

Verbs that have receivers for the action are called _______ verbs.

a)

transitive

b)

intransitive

28.

Can an intransitive verb be active or passive?

a)

yes, both

b)

only active

c)

only passive

d)

no, neither

29.

If the subject is RECEIVING the action, the verb is in the _______ voice.

a)

active

b)

passive

30.

If the subject is DOING the action, the verb is in the _______ voice.

a)

active

b)

passive

31.

What type of phrase does the verbal end in -ing and the phrase functions only as a noun?

a)

gerund phrase

b)

infinitive phrase

c)

participial phrase

d)

prepositional phrase

32.

What type of phrase could the verbal end in -ing and the phrase functions only as an adjective?

a)

gerund phrase

b)

infinitive phrase

c)

participial phrase

d)

prepositional phrase

33.

What type of phrase begins with "to" plus a verb and has many functions?

a)

gerund phrase

b)

infinitive phrase

c)

participial phrase

d)

prepositional phrase

34.

What type of phrase begins with a preposition and has many functions?

a)

gerund phrase

b)

infinitive phrase

c)

participial phrase

d)

prepositional phrase

35.

What type of clause begins with a signal/clue word?

a)

noun clause

b)

adjective clause

c)

adverb clause

36.

What type of clause begins with one of the following words: that, whether, if, who, whom, which, what, whoever, whomever, whichever, and whatever?

a)

noun clause

b)

adjective clause

c)

adverb clause

37.

What part of speech joins words or groups of words?

a)

interjection

b)

preposition

c)

adverb

d)

conjunction

38.

What part of speech is not related to other words in a sentence and shows strong emotion or feeling?

a)

interjection

b)

pronoun

c)

conjunction

d)

adverb

39.
True or False: It is necessary to capitalize titles of books, magazines, poems, songs, etc.
a)
False; it is never necessary.
b)
True; it is sometimes necessary.
c)
False; it is sometimes necessary.
d)
True; it is always necessary
40.

Which of the following sentences uses correct manuscript form?

a)

We live in A.D. 2018.

b)

We live in 2018 A.D.

c)

We live in 2018, A.D.

41.

Which of the following sentences uses correct manuscript form?

a)

15 people will be arriving to visit my aunt this afternoon.

b)

Out of the 235 baseball players, only 10 went to the two week training program.

c)

In the 3rd grade, I lost three teeth.

42.

Which item is capitalized correctly?

a)

math, English, history

b)

math, English, History

43.

Capitalize summer and spring when used as the seasons of the year.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Capitalize words when they refer to the Deity and Holy Scriptures.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

When preceded by the word the, the titles Reverend and Honorable

a)

may be abbreviated

b)

must be spelled out

46.
This mark is used before a list or quote, between hours and minutes, or mathematical ratios.
a)
colon
b)
ellipis
c)
exclamation point
d)
parentheses
47.
This mark indicates that part of the text has been intentionally left out.
a)
hyphen
b)
ellipsis
c)
semicolon
d)
apostrophe
48.
This mark separates two independent clauses in a compound sentence.
a)
semicolon
b)
quotation mark
c)
period
d)
parentheses
49.

What type of verb precedes a direct object?

a)

action verb

b)

linking verb

50.

What type of verb precedes an indirect object?

a)

action verb

b)

linking verb

51.

What type of verb precedes an predicate nominative?

a)

action verb

b)

linking verb

52.

What complement answers to whom or for whom or to what or for what the action is being done?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

53.

What complement answers who or what and receives the action from the verb?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

54.

What follows a linking verb and explains or identifies the subject?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

55.

What follows right after a noun or pronoun and explains or identifies that noun or pronoun?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

56.

What is the function of a noun or pronoun in a prepositional phrase?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

57.

What punctuation is used to divide a word at the end of a line?

(a)  

58.

What punctuation is used in the salutation of a business letter?

(a)  

59.

What type of noun names a group?

(a)  

60.

What type of sentence gives a command?

(a)  

61.

What type of sentence asks a question?

(a)  

62.

What punctuation is used when writing fractions?

(a)  

63.

Choose all of the ways you can correct a run on sentence.

a)

just a comma

b)

a comma and a coordinating conjunction

c)

just a conjunction

d)

just a semicolon

64.

What is a verb form that does not function as the main verb of the sentence (these may function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs; and may end in -ing, -d, -t, -en, or be "to" plus a verb)?

(a)  

65.

What function of a noun refers to the person being spoken to in the sentence?

a)

direct object

b)

appositive

c)

direct address

d)

object of the preposition

66.

What do lie, lying, lay, have lain mean?

(a)  

67.

What tense is the following verb: looks?

a)

present

b)

past

c)

future

d)

present perfect

e)

past perfect

68.

What tense is the following verb: looked

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

69.

What function of a noun is diagrammed in parentheses ( )?

a)

direct object

b)

appositive

c)

direct address

d)

object of the preposition

70.

What function of a noun is diagrammed on a line above the main diagram and it is not connected?

a)

direct object

b)

appositive

c)

direct address

d)

object of the preposition

71.

What function of a noun is diagrammed after the verb with a vertical (straight up and down) line that does not extend below the horizontal line (side to side)?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

72.

What function of a noun is diagrammed after the verb with a slanted line that points towards the subject that does not extend below the horizontal line (side to side)?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

73.

What function of a noun is diagrammed under the verb on an "L" shape where the vertical line extends below the horizontal "L" line?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of the preposition

e)

appositive

74.

What is diagrammed on stairs?

a)

gerund

b)

infinitive

c)

participle

d)

noun clause

75.

What is diagrammed on a broken "L" usually on stilts?

a)

gerund

b)

infinitive

c)

participle

d)

noun clause

76.

What is diagrammed like a normal sentence only it is always on stilts?

a)

gerund

b)

infinitive

c)

participle

d)

noun clause

77.

Choose all the words that can signal a noun clause.

a)

if

b)

that

c)

with

d)

who

e)

whether

78.

Choose all the prepositions.

a)

of

b)

in

c)

to

d)

where

e)

with

79.

What kind of noun refers to a physical object that can be touched?

(a)  

80.

What type of noun refers to an idea or concept; something that cannot be touched?

(a)  

81.

What verb tense is used to show ongoing action and ends in -ing?

a)

emphatic

b)

progressive

82.

What verb tense is formed by adding the basic present form of the verb to the present tense of the verb "do," "does," or "did"? Example: did wash

a)

emphatic

b)

progressive

83.

What do adverbs modify?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

pronoun

d)

adjective

e)

adverb

84.

What word takes the place of a noun?

(a)  

85.

What is a group of related words that functions as a single part of speech but has no subject or verb?

(a)  

86.

What is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb?

(a)  

87.

What type of verbal ends in -ing and can only have a noun function?

(a)  

88.

What type of verbal is "to plus a verb" and can function as either a noun, an adjective, or an adverb?

(a)  

89.

Which degree of comparison compares two things?

a)

positive

b)

comparative

c)

superlative

90.

Which degree of comparison compares three or more things?

a)

positive

b)

comparative

c)

superlative

91.

What is an exclamatory word that is not related to the other words in a sentence; it is set off by an exclamation point and sometimes a comma?

(a)  

92.

(a)   is a group of words that does not contain a subject and verb, and it does not express a complete thought.

93.

What is always the subject of an imperative sentence?

(a)  

94.

What punctuation shows ownership?

(a)  

95.

What punctuation is used to separate items in a series if the items themselves contain commas?

(a)