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WorksheetsVerbs, Questions, Contractions, and Prepositions
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
A verb that requires a complement to complete its meaning is a verb of:
Complete predication
Incomplete predication
Which of these sentences contains a transitive verb?
The baby slept soundly.
The girl kicked the ball.
In the sentence "The letter brought us good news," us is the:
Direct object
Indirect object
Which of these sentences contains an intransitive verb?
The chef cooked dinner.
The leaves fell.
In the sentence "He hurt himself," the verb is used:
Transitively
Reflexively
In the sentence "The flowers smell sweet," 'sweet' is a:
Object
Complement
A subjective complement completes the verb's meaning about the:
Object
Subject
In the sentence "They named him class monitor," 'class monitor' is a/an:
Subjective complement
Objective complement
Which of these verbs is often a verb of incomplete predication?
Run
Seem
In the sentence "The cake tastes delicious," 'delicious' is a/an:
Object
Complement
Which question expects a "yes" or "no" answer?
What is your name?
Are you coming?
In the question "Does he like music?", 'does' comes:
After the subject
Before the subject
A short question added to a statement is a/an:
Wh-question
Tag question
In the tag question "... , isn't he?", the statement is positive, so the tag is:
(a)
Which of these is a wh-question?
Are you going?
Where are you going?
Which word is used to ask about a person's identity?
Who
Where
Which word is used to ask about belonging?
What
Whose
Which word is used to ask about time?
Where
When
Which word is used to ask about place?
Why
Where
Which question offers alternatives?
Tea or coffee?
What time is it?
A contraction is a/an:
Expanded form
Shortened form
In contractions, missing letters are replaced by:
A comma
An apostrophe
The contraction of 'you are' is:
You's
You're
'They'll' is the contraction of:
They are
They will
'He's' can be the contraction of 'he is' or:
He have
He has
In the contraction "it's," the apostrophe 's never stands for:
Possession
It is
'She'd' can be the contraction of 'she had' or:
She has
She would
In contractions, 'not' is shortened to:
n'
n't
'Won't' is the contraction of:
Would not
Will not
Which sentence uses a contraction correctly?
It's tail was wagging.
It's a nice day.
A preposition tells us:
How
Where
A preposition is usually placed before its:
Verb
Object
'In' is an example of a:
Complex preposition
Simple preposition
'In front of' is an example of a:
Complex preposition
Simple preposition
In the sentence "The cat is on the chair," 'on' is a:
Conjunction
Preposition
Which sentence places the preposition at the end?
Who did you give the book to?
To whom did you give the book?
The object of a preposition is usually a:
Verb
Noun
In the sentence "He won because of his effort," 'because of' is a:
Simple preposition
Complex preposition
Which sentence correctly omits a preposition?
The postman gave the letter to him.
The postman gave him the letter.
In the sentence "The cat jumped off the table," 'off' is a:
Conjunction
Preposition
Which sentence uses the correct preposition?
The cat is jumping to the table.
The cat is jumping onto the table.
"In spite of" is a:
Simple preposition
Complex preposition
Identify the preposition in the sentence: "The gift is for you."
Gift
For
Which sentence correctly omits the preposition?
She read a story for the children.
She read the children a story.
In the question "From where did you get that?", the preposition is placed:
At the end
Before the question word
Which of the following is a simple preposition?
In accordance with
At
The word governed by a preposition is its:
Subject
Object
"By means of" is a:
Simple preposition
Complex preposition
Which sentence has the preposition in a different position?
(a)
