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WorksheetsGrammar ( parts of speech )
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Grammar
5. ‘________ your grandparents this summer?’
‘Yes, and I can’t wait!’
Are you visiting
You are visiting
Do you visit
You do visit
Grammar
2. My sister ________ in a school play tonight. Do you want
to come?
is appearing
is appearing
does appear
appears
Which is the correct spelling?
weather
wether
weathir
wethor
Which word is spelled correctly?
Grammer
Grammar
Grammur
Gramir
Gramar
Which word is spelled correctly?
Wisper
Whispir
Wispar
Whisper
Whisper
I wish you.............me last night.
call
called
had called
If you listen to me, I...........you.
help
will help
The study of meaning in language is known as:
Semantics
Morphology
Pragmatics
Syntax
Which of the following refers to the basic building blocks of a sentence, such as subjects, verbs, and objects?
Morphemes
Constituents
Phonemes
Semantics
What do we call modifiers placed before a noun that provide additional information? (e.g. the beautiful small black purse)
Postnominal Modifiers
Constituents
Pronouns
Prenominal Modifiers
We came _____ rail
on
with
by
in
How did you arrive at _______ unholy hour?
that a
such an
an such
the such
Jide was absent for _______ of the meeting
plenty
many
much
many of
Emily enjoys _______ soccer
to play
play
playing
to be playing
Grammar
3. Feeding a big family healthy meals ________ more and
more expensive.
get
is getting
gets
getting
Grammar
1. Her songs about love, ________ she is very well-known,
are fantastic.
which
for which
that
for that
Vocabulary
8. Since Mum went on strike, the dishes have been
________ in the kitchen sink.
falling out
falling apart
piling up
piling on
Vocabulary
6. Parents should always ________ to talk to their children
about their problems.
do time
make chores
do chores
make time
Vocabulary
5. I passed all my exams, so my parents are very ________
of me.
proud
calm
ashamed
cheerful
Vocabulary
4. My best friend ________ me of breaking her iPod, but I
didn’t!
accused
argued
discussed
advised
Vocabulary
3. You worked hard all day, Mum. Sit down and ________
while I get dinner ready.
do your fair share
put your feet up
be sick and tired
run errands
Vocabulary
2. Some people say that ________ are just friends you
haven’t met yet.
peers
strangers
coaches
colleagues
I have 12 months, 5 weeks and 31 days....Who am I ?
Clock
Calendar
Map
Globe
Which linguistic term is concerned with the rules for organizing meaning in a language?
Phonology
Orthography
Grammar
Pragmatics
What does Graphology refer to in linguistic terms?
The pronunciation of words
The writing system of a language
The structure of words
The order of words in a sentence
Vocabulary
1. I've got lots of ____________ but I think Aunt Paula and Uncle Joe are my favourites.
enemies
partners
classmates
relatives
It refers to how we combine, organize, and change parts of words, words and groups of words to make meaning
Reading
Listening
Grammar
Writting
a word that expresses emotion
verb
noun
interjection
conjunction
adverb
Identify the sentence which contains a prepositional phrase.
From my point of view, it looks like the tower is leaning.
My brother played catch.
The crowd was very large.
He quickly erased the chalkboard.
Which of the following definition BEST describes the role of nouns?
Nouns name a person, place, thing, idea, or animal.
Nouns tell us who or what a sentence is talking about.
Nouns are a part of speech found in all sentences.
Nouns help us to know what things are.
Is a word that expresses feeling rather than meaning.
Conjunction
Pronoun
Interjection
Noun
Which part of speech is used for ‘naming’?
(a)
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.
injustices
women
Beginning
early
suffered
by
recognized
education
education
politics
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.
woman
classics
home
from
in
which
woman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
mathematics
classics
home
Troy Female Seminary
young
woman
studied
mathematics
and
graduated
Elizabeth Cady Staton
Troy Female Seminary
1832
both
at
which
none of these contain nouns
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
hero
specific
sleeping
hero
stereo
museum
Pacific Ocean
teachers
sympathy
are
specific
sympathy
all of these are nouns
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.
Such
carriages
but
were
practical
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.
usually
carriages
vehicles
were
wealthy
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.
condition
reliable
extensive
saddle horse
colonial
modifier + noun =-----------------
(a)
------------------compares two things using the words ,like or as
eg: as slow as a sloth
fast like a cheetah
alliteration
adjective
rhyme
simile
To have the same ending sound as another word;
to contain lines that end with words that sound the same is called
alliteration
rhyming
onomatopoeia
homophone
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!
alliteration
verb
rhyme
onomatopoeia
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
alliteration
homophone
synonym
pronoun
I am the word you use instead of a noun
Example: he, she, we
I am ---------------
verb
adjective
pronoun
preposition
