Grammar Quiz 1 Sally Matthews

What is the subject of this sentence?

Leicester is a city in the East Midlands.

• Leicester

• is

• city

• East

• Midlands

What is the subject of this sentence?

My dog injured his leg last week.

• last week

• his leg

• my dog

• injured

What is the subject of this sentence?

He was hit by a bike.

• by

• a bike

• was

• he

What is the verb in this sentence?

My dog injured his leg last week.

• my dog

• injured

• his leg

• last week

What is the verb in this sentence?

He was hit by a bike.

• He

• was

• was hit

• by

An adjective is a word that described a noun (an object, place, person or animal).

What are the adjectives in this sentence.

My dog, Boots, is old and slow.

• dog

• Boots

• old

• slow

What are the adjectives in these sentences.

I walk him in my local park. It is usually busy, especially in the summer.

• local

• park

• usually

• busy

• summer

An adverb is a word that described a verb. It says something about how the action in the sentence is done.

What is the adverb in this sentence.

My dog walks slowly now he is.

• dog

• walks

• slowly

• now

• old

What is the adverb in this sentence.

He knows lots of people in our park and many people regularly greet him.

• lots

• our

• many

• regularly

Choose the verb to match the subject in this sentence.

• Boots is a retired racing greyhound.

• Boots are a retired racing greyhound.