8th grade English Semester Test A

Which of the following is defined as "short exclamation"?

• conjunction

• pronoun

• interjection

• adverb

Which of the following is defined as "describes a noun"?

• pronoun

• verb

• adverb

• preposition

Which of the following is "described as a thing or person"?

• pronoun

• noun

• verb

• adverb

Which of the following is described as "an action or state"?

• adverb

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

Which of the following describes "a verb, adjective or adverb"?

• adverb

• verb

• pronoun

• noun

Which of the following describes "joins clauses or sentences"?

• noun

• adverb

• verb

• conjunction

Which of the following is defined as "links a noun to another word"? (or as Ms. Barbee says 'anything a squirrel can do to a tree)

• interjection

• adjective

• conjunction

• preposition

Which of the following is described as "describes a noun"

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

Which of the following is defined as "the recipient of the direct object"?

• indirect object

• preposition

• adjective

• adverb

Which of the following is defined as "is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb"?

• direct object

• indirect object

• adjective

• adverb