Grammar and Punctuation Semester 1 Test

Which sentence has been punctuated correctly?

• David Livingstone journeyed through africa?
• David livingstone journeyed through africa?
• David Livingstone journeyed through Africa?
• david livingstone journeyed through africa?

Which group of words is a list of a collective nouns?

• explorers, adventures, travellers, sailors
• party, crew, army, band
• explorations, adventure, travel, voyage
• China, Australia, Asia, Europe

____________are naming words. They name people,animals,places, things, qualities and feelings.

• Verbs
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Collective nouns

What is the collective noun for a group of birds?

• A pod of birds
• A family of birds
• An army of birds
• A flock of birds

_____________ showed us their photos of whales.

• Them
• They
• Him
• Her

I didn't see _______________ near the beached whale.

• somebody
• someone
• anyone
• no-one

Which pair of pronouns complete this sentence correctly?
I heard _________in the water, but didn't see _______________

• nothing, something
• something, nothing
• something, none
• something, anything

All of the pitchers were told by Coach Guzman that they would have to buy new mitts for _____________ because the school couldn't afford them.

• they
• himself
• their
• themselves

Replace the blue word with a pronoun:
I wanted to go with Jill to the park. 

• him
• her
• them
• she

What is the adjective in the sentence?
A volcanic eruption frightened the islanders.

• islanders
• frightened
• eruption
• volcanic