English Grammar Test

What is a noun?

• A type of action.

• A word that describes a verb.

• A person, place, thing, or idea.

• A word that links the subject to the rest of the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the following is an example of an adjective?

• Quickly.

• The.

• Beautiful.

• Ran.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is the primary function of a verb?

• To describe a noun.

• To express action or link the subject to the rest of the sentence.

• To show possession.

• To take the place of a noun.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which term describes a word that receives the action of a verb?

• Indirect object.

• Direct object.

• Adverb.

• Conjunction.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the role of a linking verb?

• To describe a noun.

• To give a command.

• To link a word after the verb to a word before the verb.

• To introduce a subordinate clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which type of pronoun ends in -self or -selves?

• Intensive pronoun.

• Reflexive pronoun.

• Possessive pronoun.

• Relative pronoun.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.6.1B

What is an interrogative sentence?

• A sentence that gives a command.

• A sentence that asks a question.

• A sentence that describes a noun.

• A sentence that shows possession.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What does the term "passive voice" refer to in grammar?

• A verb is active when the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb.

• A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence acts on the verb.

• A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb.

• A verb is passive when it does not take any objects.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Which of the following best defines "predicate nominative"?

• A noun or pronoun that follows a verb and receives the action.

• A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject.

• An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.

• A verb that links the subject to its complement.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

What is a "predicate adjective"?

• An adjective that directly modifies a noun and is not linked by a verb.

• An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.

• A noun that modifies an adjective linked to the verb.

• An adjective that modifies a verb or an adverb.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E