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Fall Semester Exam GC I Rules

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 34mins

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.

Pick all of the prepositions in the list.

a)

about

b)

although

c)

within

d)

while

e)

toward

11.

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

12.

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

a)

compound nouns

b)

proper nouns

c)

collective nouns

13.

Plural subjects take (a)   verbs.

14.

(a)   verbs usually end in "s."

15.

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

a)

singular verb

b)

plural verb

16.

What type of punctuation is used to show ownership?

(a)  

17.

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,

18.

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

(a)  

19.

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

(a)  

20.
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
21.

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.

22.

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.

23.

Which item is capitalized correctly?

a)

math, English, history

b)

math, English, History

24.

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

a)

True

b)

False

25.

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

a)

True

b)

False

26.

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

a)

may be abbreviated

b)

must be spelled out

27.
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
28.
This mark indicates that part of the text has been intentionally left out.
a)
hyphen
b)
ellipsis
c)
semicolon
d)
apostrophe
29.
This mark separates two independent clauses in a compound sentence.
a)
semicolon
b)
quotation mark
c)
period
d)
parentheses
30.

What type of verb precedes a direct object?

a)

action verb

b)

linking verb

31.

What type of verb precedes an indirect object?

a)

action verb

b)

linking verb

32.

What type of verb precedes an predicate nominative?

a)

action verb

b)

linking verb

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

(a)  

39.

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

(a)  

40.

What type of noun names a group?

(a)  

41.

What type of sentence gives a command?

(a)  

42.

What type of sentence asks a question?

(a)  

43.

What punctuation is used when writing fractions?

(a)  

44.

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

45.

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)  

46.

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

47.

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

(a)  

48.

What tense is the following verb: looks?

a)

present

b)

past

c)

future

d)

present perfect

e)

past perfect

49.

What tense is the following verb: looked

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

50.

What tense is the following verb: will look

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

51.

What tense is the following verb: will have looked

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

52.

What tense is the following verb: has looked

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

53.

What tense is the following verb: had looked

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

54.

What tense is formed the following way: have or has plus the past participle

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

55.

What tense is formed the following way: will have or shall have plus the past participle

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

56.

What tense is formed the following way: will or shall plus the present

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

57.

What tense is formed the following way: had plus the past participle

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present perfect

d)

past perfect

e)

future perfect

58.

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

a)

direct object

b)

appositive

c)

direct address

d)

object of the preposition

59.

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

60.

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

61.

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

62.

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

63.

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

(a)  

64.

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

(a)  

65.

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

(a)  

66.

Which clause can stand alone?

a)

dependent

b)

independent

67.

What is always the subject of an imperative sentence?

(a)