Semester Exam Review: Grammar

The scientist did not elaborate on his ideas but instead made his point in a perfunctory way. Perfunctory means

• Cursory, required

• or Brisk

• Indifferent

• Half-hearted

An adverb's job is to . . .

• Describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Example: more, perhaps, too, wildly

• Describe nouns: two, red, round, blank, rude, athletic

• Describe the action: read, write, spell, scream, cry, vomit, die

• Describe person, place, thing, object, idea, event.

The fearful look on Tom's face showed us that he was cowering while on the ledge. Cowering means that he was

• Cringing, falling back

• Holding on

• Standing

• Moving slowly and carefully

"And I'm going to show you that it ain't no trouble when you pack double." This is an example of what type of language?

• Informal, colloquial

• slang

• Formal

• Register

“Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth United States president, is one of history’s many interesting women.” What part of speech is many?

• Adjective, describing women

• Adverb, describing interesting

• Noun

• Verb

“The dynamic wife of James Madison became the unofficial first lady during Jefferson’s eight years as president." Both underlined words are what part of speech?

• Both are prepositions.

• Both are adjectives

• Both are adverbs

• Both are nouns.

Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?

• Roger has never performed a solo in his life.

• Eduardo looked in the basement, but the puppy wasn’t there.

• Sakkom hung wind chimes because she loves the sound.

• The leader of the troop took the scouts to the lake.

Jason became famous after his video went viral on TikTok. What is the part of speech?

• Predicate adjective

• Predicate noun

• Direct object

• Predicate nominative

Maria is a nurse at Swedish Hospital. What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Predicate noun/nominative

• Predicate Adjective

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

"The grain of the western prairies is a major source of income." What is the underlined word's part of speech?

• Predicate noun/nominative

• Predicate Adjective

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object