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ELA Semester Test

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is store a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

2.

Is Target a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

3.

Is animal a proper noun or common

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

4.

Is juice a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

5.

Is Jacob a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

6.

Is Jordan a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

7.

Is movie a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

8.

Is Barack Obama a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

9.

Is dog a proper noun or common?

a)

Common

b)

Proper

c)

Both

d)

None

10.

What is a proper noun?

a)

A SPECIFIC person, place, or thing

b)

A GENERAL person, place, or thing

c)

Something you can smell, see, touch, and taste

d)

Something you CANNOT smell, see, touch, and taste

11.

What is a common noun?

a)

A SPECIFIC person, place, or thing

b)

A GENERAL person, place or thing

c)

Something you can smell, see, touch, and taste

d)

Something you CANNOT smell, see, touch, and taste

12.

Is the noun RAIN concrete or abstract?

a)

concrete

b)

abstract

13.

Which noun is abstract?

a)

clouds

b)

happiness

c)

hot cheetos

d)

rain

14.

Is the noun IDEA concrete or abstract?

a)

concrete

b)

abstract

15.

Identify the concrete noun in this sentence. The storm will soon be here.

a)

soon

b)

will

c)

storm

d)

her

16.

Which noun is abstract?

a)

wind

b)

rock

c)

school

d)

hope

17.

Identify the concrete nouns in this sentence. The boy is very afraid of lightning.

a)

afraid

b)

lightning

c)

boy

d)

very

18.

Identify the concrete noun in the sentence. We hang out at the pool

a)

at

b)

pool

c)

out

d)

at

19.

Which noun is abstract?

a)

equality

b)

raincoat

c)

lightning

d)

cloud

20.

Is the noun RAINBOW concrete or abstract?

a)

concrete

b)

abstract

21.

Is the noun SNOW concrete or abstract?

a)

concrete

b)

abstract

22.
The music sounded loud.
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking Verb
23.
Have you ever tasted ostrich?
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking verb
24.
In one act he handled 40 big cats at once.
a)
Action Verb
b)
Linking Verb
25.
This feat was unusually dangerous.
a)
Action Verb
b)
Linking Verb
26.
What is the verb in the sentence below?
Phillip reads a few pages everyday.
a)
Phillip
b)
reads
c)
pages
d)
every
27.
What is the verb in the sentence below?
Haley climbed the mountain on Friday.
a)
Haley
b)
Friday
c)
climbed
d)
the mountain
28.
What is the verb in the sentence below?

Jeff studied very hard for the test.
a)
test
b)
Jeff
c)
hard
d)
studied
29.
Is the verb action or linking?
My new game is awesome.
a)
action
b)
linking
30.
Is the verb action or linking?
The dog chased the squirrel up the tree.
a)
action
b)
linking
31.
Is the verb action or linking?
She was sad during lunch.
a)
action
b)
linking
32.
Is the verb action or linking?
My new game is awesome.
a)
action
b)
linking
33.
Which word in this sentence is an action verb?
Some dogs bark loudly.
a)
some
b)
dogs
c)
bark
d)
loudly
34.
Which word in this sentence is an action verb?
My sister dances around.
a)
my
b)
sister
c)
dances
d)
around
35.
The race was a big challenge for him.
a)
action
b)
linking
36.
The little boy cried over his torn pants.
a)
action
b)
linking
37.

What is a preposition?

a)

A word or phrase that shows direction, location, time, or introduce an object.

b)

A word or phrase that shows action in a sentence.

c)

A word or phrase that shows the subject of a sentence.

d)

A word or phrase that shows where the subject of a sentence is going.

38.

Which of these is an example of a preposition word?

a)

them

b)

dog

c)

beside

d)

sprint

39.

What is the preposition in this sentence?

"The movie will start in one minute."i

a)

will

b)

movie

c)

one

d)

in

40.

What is the preposition in this sentence?

"She found her homework on the bed."

a)

she

b)

found

c)

on

d)

bed

41.

What is the object of a preposition?

a)

The action word in a sentence containing a preposition.

b)

The noun or pronoun that always comes before the preposition in a sentence.

c)

The subject of a sentence containing a preposition.

d)

The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition in a sentence.

42.

What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?

"The kids are playing inside the playhouse."

a)

kids

b)

playing

c)

inside

d)

playhouse

43.

What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?

"The child gave a flower to his mother."

a)

child

b)

flower

c)

to

d)

mother

44.

What is a prepositional phrase?

a)

A phrase that is in all sentences.

b)

A phrase formed by prepositions and their objects.

c)

A phrase that identifies the subject of a sentence.

d)

A phrase that shows the action in a sentence.

45.

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

"During class, we practiced prepositions."

a)

During class

b)

we practiced

c)

we practiced prepositions

d)

practiced prepositions

46.

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

"My friend lives across the street."

a)

My friend

b)

lives across

c)

the street

d)

across the street

47.

What is an adjective?

a)

words that indicate person,places, things

b)

a word or phase that describes a noun or pronoun

c)

used to indicate actions

d)

a word

48.

What are examples of adjective?

a)

warm and fat

b)

him

c)

strawberry

d)

Carlos

49.

what kind of adjective is taller?

a)

past, future, and present

b)

possesive and number

c)

comparative

d)

superlative

50.

What is the adjective in the sentence. Jack is a nice man?

a)

man

b)

is

c)

nice

d)

Jack

51.

Choose the correct adjective. The beautiful lady smiled at the boy.

a)

beautiful

b)

lady

c)

smiled

52.

Choose the correct adjective. The man lived in a poor area in the city.

a)

man

b)

poor

c)

lived

53.

Which adjective best fits in the sentence. It was a ________ day when i went to the beach.

a)

long

b)

cold

c)

sight

54.

Choose the correct adjective. The kind man gave the beggar a dollar.

a)

kind

b)

grave

c)

beggar

d)

dollar

55.

Fill in the blank with the correct adjective. Those are probably the ________ curtains in the store.

a)

fancyest

b)

fanciest

c)

most fanciest

56.

Fill in the blank. Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for ________ Christmas than that?

a)

a merryer

b)

the merriest

c)

a merrier

57.

Have you ever been to the aquarium?

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

58.

I am going to the zoo this weekend.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

59.

It's my sister's birthday today!

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

60.

Do you have 5$ I can borrow?

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

61.

I can't wait for Christmas!

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

62.

Have you put up your Christmas tree?

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

63.

There's pizza for lunch today.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

64.

Bring me a snack from the store.

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

65.

Look out there's a car coming!

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

66.

How old are you?

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

interrogative

d)

exclamatory

67.

Identify the simple subject in the sentence: The teacher graded the homework papers.

a)

The teacher

b)

teacher

c)

graded

d)

graded the homework papers

68.

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence: The teacher graded the homework papers.


a)

The teacher

b)

teacher

c)

graded

d)

graded the homework papers

69.

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: The teacher graded the homework papers.

a)

The teacher

b)

teacher

c)

graded

d)

graded the homework papers

70.

Identify the complete subject in the sentence: The teacher graded the homework papers.

a)

The teacher

b)

teacher

c)

graded

d)

graded the homework papers

71.

Identify the simple (complete) sentence.

a)

I went to the park and lake.

b)

I went to the mall.

c)

I went to the store, and I bought a dress.

d)

After shopping, we went to eat.

72.

Identify the complex sentence.

a)

I went to the park and lake.

b)

I went to the mall.

c)

I went to the store, and I bought a dress.

d)

After shopping, we went to eat.

73.

Identify the compound sentence.

a)

I went to the park and lake.

b)

I went to the mall.

c)

I went to the store, and I bought a dress.

d)

After shopping, we went to eat.

74.

Identify the sentence that has two simple (complete) sentences.

a)

I went to school, and I learned how to multiply.

b)

I went to school and recess.

c)

I went to the mall, and the foodcourt.

d)

I went to the cafeteria, and bought fries.

75.

Identify the independent clause in the following complex sentence:

While I'm writing, I like to listen to music.

a)

While

b)

While I'm writing

c)

I like

d)

I like to listen to music

76.

Identify the dependent clause in the following complex sentence:

While I'm writing, I like to listen to music.

a)

While

b)

While I'm writing

c)

I like

d)

I like to listen to music