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Grammar ( parts of speech )

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Grammar


5. ‘________ your grandparents this summer?’

‘Yes, and I can’t wait!’

a)

Are you visiting

b)

You are visiting

c)

Do you visit

d)

You do visit

2.

Grammar


2. My sister ________ in a school play tonight. Do you want

to come?

a)

is appearing

b)

is appearing

c)

does appear

d)

appears

3.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

weather

b)

wether

c)

weathir

d)

wethor

4.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

Grammer

b)

Grammar

c)

Grammur

d)

Gramir

e)

Gramar

5.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

Wisper

b)

Whispir

c)

Wispar

d)

Whisper

e)

Whisper

6.

I wish you.............me last night.

a)

call

b)

called

c)

had called

7.

If you listen to me, I...........you.

a)

help

b)

will help

8.

The study of meaning in language is known as:

a)

Semantics

b)

Morphology

c)

Pragmatics

d)

Syntax

9.

Which of the following refers to the basic building blocks of a sentence, such as subjects, verbs, and objects?

a)

Morphemes

b)

Constituents

c)

Phonemes

d)

Semantics

10.

What do we call modifiers placed before a noun that provide additional information? (e.g. the beautiful small black purse)

a)

Postnominal Modifiers

b)

Constituents

c)

Pronouns

d)

Prenominal Modifiers

11.
Jennifer and her brother picked up ___________ father's birthday present.
a)
his/her
b)
her
c)
their
12.
Before _______ left for school, Eleanor packed her lunch.
a)
their
b)
her
c)
she
13.
Whose shoes do you like better?  Kim's or ___?
a)
her
b)
my
c)
mine
d)
our
14.
Grandma comes to visit us _____ weekends.
a)
on
b)
at
c)
in 
d)
by
15.
Where _____ you last night around supper time?
a)
was
b)
were
16.
I love my car.  ___ has many nice features.
a)
It's
b)
its
c)
It
d)
itself
17.

We came _____ rail

a)

on

b)

with

c)

by

d)

in

18.

How did you arrive at _______ unholy hour?

a)

that a

b)

such an

c)

an such

d)

the such

19.

Jide was absent for _______ of the meeting

a)

plenty

b)

many

c)

much

d)

many of

20.

Emily enjoys _______ soccer

a)

to play

b)

play

c)

playing

d)

to be playing

21.

Grammar


3. Feeding a big family healthy meals ________ more and

more expensive.

a)

get

b)

is getting

c)

gets

d)

getting

22.

Grammar


1. Her songs about love, ________ she is very well-known,

are fantastic.

a)

which

b)

for which

c)

that

d)

for that

23.

Vocabulary


8. Since Mum went on strike, the dishes have been

________ in the kitchen sink.

a)

falling out

b)

falling apart

c)

piling up

d)

piling on

24.

Vocabulary


6. Parents should always ________ to talk to their children

about their problems.

a)

do time

b)

make chores

c)

do chores

d)

make time

25.

Vocabulary


5. I passed all my exams, so my parents are very ________

of me.

a)

proud

b)

calm

c)

ashamed

d)

cheerful

26.

Vocabulary


4. My best friend ________ me of breaking her iPod, but I

didn’t!

a)

accused

b)

argued

c)

discussed

d)

advised

27.

Vocabulary


3. You worked hard all day, Mum. Sit down and ________

while I get dinner ready.

a)

do your fair share

b)

put your feet up

c)

be sick and tired

d)

run errands

28.

Vocabulary


2. Some people say that ________ are just friends you

haven’t met yet.

a)

peers

b)

strangers

c)

coaches

d)

colleagues

29.

I have 12 months, 5 weeks and 31 days....Who am I ?

a)

Clock

b)

Calendar

c)

Map

d)

Globe

30.

Which linguistic term is concerned with the rules for organizing meaning in a language?

a)

Phonology

b)

Orthography

c)

Grammar

d)

Pragmatics

31.

What does Graphology refer to in linguistic terms?

a)

The pronunciation of words

b)

The writing system of a language

c)

The structure of words

d)

The order of words in a sentence

32.

Vocabulary


1. I've got lots of ____________ but I think Aunt Paula and Uncle Joe are my favourites.

a)

enemies

b)

partners

c)

classmates

d)

relatives

33.

It refers to how we combine, organize, and change parts of words, words and groups of words to make meaning

a)

Reading

b)

Listening

c)

Grammar

d)

Writting

34.

a word that expresses emotion

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

interjection

d)

conjunction

e)

adverb

35.

Identify the sentence which contains a prepositional phrase.

a)

From my point of view, it looks like the tower is leaning.

b)

My brother played catch.

c)

The crowd was very large.

d)

He quickly erased the chalkboard.

36.

Which of the following definition BEST describes the role of nouns?

a)

Nouns name a person, place, thing, idea, or animal.

b)

Nouns tell us who or what a sentence is talking about.

c)

Nouns are a part of speech found in all sentences.

d)

Nouns help us to know what things are.

37.

Is a word that expresses feeling rather than meaning.

a)

Conjunction

b)

Pronoun

c)

Interjection

d)

Noun

38.

Which part of speech is used for ‘naming’?

(a)  

39.

Identify the nouns in the following sentence(s):

Beginning at an early age, she recognized the injustices suffered by women, especially in education and politics.

Choose all that apply.

a)

injustices

women

b)

Beginning

early

c)

suffered

by

d)

recognized

education

e)

education

politics

40.

Identify the nouns in the following sentence(s):

As a young woman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton studied mathematics and the classics both at home and at Troy Female Seminary, from which she graduated in 1832.

Choose all that apply.

a)

woman

classics

home

from

in

which

b)

woman

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

mathematics

classics

home

Troy Female Seminary

c)

young

woman

studied

mathematics

and

graduated

d)

Elizabeth Cady Staton

Troy Female Seminary

1832

both

at

which

e)

none of these contain nouns

41.

A noun, as you know, is a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Knowing this, select the nouns from the following list. Choose all answers that may apply:

hero; teachers; are; Pacific Ocean; specific; sympathy; stereo; winking; sleeping; museum; waving; pulled; were

a)

hero

specific

sleeping

b)

hero

stereo

museum

c)

Pacific Ocean

teachers

sympathy

d)

are

specific

sympathy

e)

all of these are nouns

42.

Name the nouns in this sentence:

Such carriages were satisfactory for short trips, but they were not practical for long journeys.

Choose all answers that apply.

a)

Such

b)

carriages

c)

but

d)

were

e)

practical

43.

Name the nouns in this sentence:

Some exceptionally wealthy people kept carriages, but these were usually heavy vehicles that were pulled by two or more horses.

Choose all answers that apply.

a)

usually

b)

carriages

c)

vehicles

d)

were

e)

wealthy

44.

Name the nouns in this sentence:

Since the condition of the roads prevented extensive use of wheeled vehicles, the most reliable means of transportation in colonial times was the saddle horse.

Choose all answers that apply.

a)

condition

b)

reliable

c)

extensive

d)

saddle horse

e)

colonial

45.

modifier + noun =-----------------

(a)  

46.

------------------compares two things using the words ,like or as

eg: as slow as a sloth

fast like a cheetah

a)

alliteration

b)

adjective

c)

rhyme

d)

simile

47.

To have the same ending sound as another word;

to contain lines that end with words that sound the same is called

a)

alliteration

b)

rhyming

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

homophone

48.

The process of creating or using a word that phonetically imitates resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes is called --------

Example: The sheep went, “Baa.”

Those clucking chickens are driving me crazy!

a)

alliteration

b)

verb

c)

rhyme

d)

onomatopoeia

49.

The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in ‘he built a big boat’ is called

a)

alliteration

b)

homophone

c)

synonym

d)

pronoun

50.

I am the word you use instead of a noun

Example: he, she, we

I am ---------------

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

pronoun

d)

preposition