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Warm Up Quiz Practice

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the best way to combine the three sentences below. Ten new mummies were discovered. They were discovered in 2016. They were discovered in Egypt.

a)
A. Ten new mummies were discovered in Egypt, they were discovered in 2016.
b)
B. In 2016, ten new mummies were discovered in Egypt.
c)
C. In 2016, ten new mummies were discovered by Egypt.
d)
D. In Egypt ten new mummies were discovered from 2016.
2.

Identify the type of verbal used below. We waited for over an hour to ride the roller-coaster.

a)
A. Gerund
b)
B. Participle
c)
C. Infinitive
3.

Identify if the sentence below is active or passive. He said that his room would be cleaned by 5:00 p.m.

a)
A. Active Voice
b)
B. Passive Voice
4.

Choose the matching analogy. cobra : venomous

a)
A. prisoner : captive
b)
B. inventor : anxious
c)
C. visionary : trivial
d)
D. trinket : rare
5.

Identify the verb mood in the sentence below. Will you lock the doors and windows?

a)
A. Imperative
b)
B. Indicative
c)
C. Interrogative
d)
D. Subjunctive
e)
E. Conditional
6.

If you are obliged to do something...

a)
A. it is optional.
b)
B. you are excited to do it.
c)
C. you are required to do it.
d)
D. it is expensive.
7.

Choose the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below. As a fledgling just out of college, you should look for an internship.

a)
A. n. A young bird just learning to fly
b)
B. n. A young and inexperienced person
c)
C. adj. New and untested
8.

Select the best way to combine the sentences below. Bats can hunt prey in the dark. They use echolocation to find their prey.

a)
A. Bats can hunt prey in the dark because they use echolocation to find their prey in the dark.
b)
B. Bats can hunt prey in the dark using echolocation.
c)
C. Bats can hunt prey in the dark; they use echolocation to help them find their prey while hunting.
d)
D. Bats can hunt prey in the dark; they are using echolocation to find their prey.
9.

Identify the type of verbal used below. The laughing children made me smile.

a)
A. Gerund
b)
B. Participle
c)
C. Infinitive
10.

Identify the function of verbal used below. The laughing children made me smile.

a)
A. Noun
b)
B. Adjective
c)
C. Adverb
11.

Identify if the sentence below is active or passive. The conference will be attended by many teachers.

a)
A. Active Voice
b)
B. Passive Voice
12.

Choose the matching analogy. article : magazine

a)
A. wolf : canine
b)
B. poem : stanza
c)
C. cloth : thread
d)
D. chapter : book
13.

Identify the verb mood in the sentence below. Last month, my family traveled to Brazil.

a)
A. Imperative
b)
B. Indicative
c)
C. Interrogative
d)
D. Subjunctive
e)
E. Conditional
14.

MULTIPLE SELECT You would probably feel lethargic after...

a)
A. eating too much food on Thanksgiving.
b)
B. drinking a large cup of coffee.
c)
C. walking to the front of the room to sharpen your pencil.
d)
D. staying up too late on a school night.
15.

Choose the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below. The angry students began to grapple in the hallway.

a)
A. v. To struggle with in close combat; to wrestle
b)
B. v. To come to grips with
c)
C. n. An iron shaft with a claw for grasping and holding things.
16.

Identify if the sentence below is active or passive. I ate a piece of cake after Dad sliced it.

a)
A. Active Voice
b)
B. Passive Voice
17.

Identify if the sentence below is active or passive. The kite was flown by the boy all day.

a)
Active Voice
b)
Passive Voice
18.

Identify the type of verbal used below. To read is his favorite hobby.

a)
Gerund
b)
Infinitive
c)
Participle
19.

Identify the function of verbal used below. To read is his favorite hobby.

a)
Noun
b)
Adverb
c)
Adjective
20.

Select the sentence that DOES NOT contain an inappropriate shift in voice. (AKA, select the sentence that is correctly written.)

a)
I cooked breakfast this morning, but I dropped the eggs on the floor.
b)
I cooked breakfast this morning, but the eggs were dropped on the floor by me.
21.

Select the best way to combine the sentences below. Dawn's aunt is a teacher. She works for Floyd County Schools.

a)
Dawn's aunt is a teacher and she works for Floyd County Schools.
b)
Dawn's aunt is a teacher, she works for Floyd County Schools.
c)
Dawn's aunt is a teacher who works for Floyd County Schools.
d)
Dawn's aunt, the teacher who works in a school, lives in Floyd County.
22.

Choose the matching analogy. brazen : shame

a)
awkward : promise
b)
meek : reservation
c)
trustworthy : unreliable
d)
shy : reserved
23.

If you were spurned, you might feel...

a)
angry or sad
b)
loved and accepted
c)
energetic and motivated
d)
relaxed and carefree
24.

Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.

a)
While on the boat, we saw whales--blue whales to be exact.
b)
While on the boat we saw whales (blue whales to be exact).
25.

Choose the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below. To find a cure for the disease, the medical researchers must first discern how the virus attacks the body

a)
v. to detect with the eyes
b)
v. to understand or comprehend
c)
v. to recognize as separate or different
26.

Identify the verb mood in the sentence below. The farmers are harvesting the crops.

a)
Imperative
b)
Indicative
c)
Interrogative
d)
Subjunctive
e)
Conditional
27.

Sentences written in the interrogative mood...

a)
give a command or request.
b)
state a fact.
c)
ask a question.
28.

Sentences written in the indicative mood...

a)
give a command or request.
b)
state a fact.
c)
ask a question.
29.

Sentences written in the subjunctive mood...

a)
show a conditional state that will cause something else to happen.
b)
express a doubt, desire, suggestion, hypothetical situation, or condition contrary to fact.