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Business English

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are _________ parts of speech.

 



a)

Seven

b)

Six

c)

Nine

d)

Eight

2.

     A pronoun is a word used ________________.

 



 

a)

In place of a verb

b)

In place of a noun

c)

in place of an adjective`

d)

in place of a predicate

3.

An abstract noun, names a ______or ________ rather than something physical.

 


a)

Quantity or commodity

b)

Quality or concept

c)

Quotation or character

Quotation or

d)

Figure or assessment

4.

A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and verb or predicate and that expresses a _______________________.

 


a)

Persons facial expression

b)

A complete thought

c)

A criticism

d)

An emotion

5.

  A __________ is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea.

 


a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

adjective

d)

noun

6.

If you were asked to give an example of a noun, you would probably think of a ____________, a physical object that you can see, hear, feel, taste, or smell.

 


a)

Abstract noun

b)

Common noun

c)

concrete noun

d)

improper noun

7.

A ____________, as its name suggests, is the name of a general person, place, thing, or idea.

 


a)

abstract

b)

common noun

c)

concrete noun

d)

proper noun

8.

A ________ is a word (or group of words) that expresses action or a state of being.

 



a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

predicate

d)

verb

9.

If you want to give the name of a ____________ person, place, thing, or idea, you would use a proper noun.


a)

specific

b)

number

c)

vague

d)

inaccurate

10.

Proper nouns are always __________________. 

 


a)

Italicized

b)

Underlined

c)

Capitalized

d)

Highlighted

11.

  A ____________________ names one persons, place, thing, or idea.

 


 

a)

Pronoun

b)

Plural noun

c)

concrete noun

d)

singular noun

12.

A plural noun names ______________.

 


a)

Less than one

b)

equal to one

c)

more than one

d)

none of the above

13.

The first kind of verb is called an _______________.

 



 

a)

Linking Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Action Verb

d)

Inaction Verb

14.

  The second kind is known as a ______________.

 


a)

Linking Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Action Verb

d)

  Inaction Verb

15.

Without a verb, you have no ____________ because the verb makes a statement about the subject.

 



 

a)

Phrase

b)

Sentence

c)

  Paragraph

d)

Rhyme

16.

Without a verb, you have no ____________ because the verb makes a statement about the subject.

 


a)

Phrase

b)

Sentence

c)

Paragraph

d)

Rhyme

17.

Most verbs express action of some sort; either __________ or __________.

 


a)

Physical or mental

b)

Relaxed or Serene

c)

Concise or Unconcise

d)

Happy or Sad

18.

  A small, but important group of verbs do not express action. Instead, they simply ________ the subject with words that describe it.

 


a)

Expand

b)

Explain

c)

Nullify

d)

Link

19.

An ___________ is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

 



 

a)

Adverb

b)

Predicate

c)

Pronoun

d)

Adjective

20.

You can make a sentences with only nouns or pronouns and verbs, but most of the time you’ll need to add other parts of speech to make the meaning of the sentence ________ or more __________.

 


a)

Clearer or more complete

b)

Confusing or more incomplete

c)

Concise or more brevity

21.

An Adjective is a word that modifies a ________ or ___________.

 



a)

Verb or Adverb

b)

Predicate or Pronoun

c)

Noun or Pronoun

d)

Predicate or Preposition

e)

None of the above

22.

Adjectives ________________________ about the nouns or pronouns they describe.

 


a)

Give a description

b)

Answer questions

c)

Make it easy to read

d)

Make meaningful expressions

23.

Adjectives may come ________ or ___________ the nouns or pronouns they modify.

 



 

a)

With or without

b)

before or after

c)

to the right or left of

d)

In English or Spanish

24.

An _____________ is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

 



 

a)

Preposition

b)

Predicate

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb

25.

  __________ often answer the following questions: When? Where? How? Or, to what extent?

 


a)

Adjectives

b)

Nouns

c)

Verbs

d)

Adverbs

26.

Although these words in ly; friendly, stately, and ugly, they are ______________, not adverbs.

 


a)

Adjectives

b)

Pronouns

c)

Nouns

d)

Verbs

27.

The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition is called the object of the preposition, and the entire group of words is called a ________________

 


a)

Predicate phrase

b)

Prepositional phrase

c)

Interjection phrase

d)

Conjunction phrase

28.

A _______________ is a word; such as and, or, or but that joins words or groups of words.

 


a)

Predicate

b)

Prepositions

c)

Conjuction

d)

Interjection

29.

An Interjection is a word that expresses ______________________.

 



 

a)

Strong emotions

b)

weak emotions

c)

strong interjections

d)

prepositional phrases

30.

A book, stapler, computer, bicycle are examples of a _______________ noun.

 


a)

Abstract noun

b)

Common noun

c)

Concrete noun

d)

improper noun

31.

Success, happiness, sadness, patience, or skills are examples of an _____________ noun.

 


a)

abstract noun

b)

common noun

c)

concrete noun

d)

improper noun

32.

Armstrong, watch, computer, motorcycle, victory are examples of a ________ noun.

 


a)

Double negative

b)

Singular

c)

Plural

d)

Multiple

33.

Watches, computers, motorcycles and victories are examples of a noun.

 



 

a)

Singular

b)

Multiple

c)

Plural

d)

Collective

34.

  Other forms of linking verbs involve the ________, such as feels, looks, smells, sounds and taste.

 


a)

Senses

b)

Thoughts

c)

Actions

d)

Ideas