Grammar Test #1

What is a pronoun?

• expresses an action or a state of being

• takes the place of a noun

• describes how a verb is performed

"I want to go to a university in the United States."

What part of speech is university?

• adjective

• preposition

• noun

Fill in the blank: A pronoun ______.

• describes how a verb is performed

• takes the place of a noun

• expresses an action or a state of being

"She is a talented artist."

What part of speech is she?

• verb

• noun

• pronoun

What is the subject of a sentence?

• the action word

• a state of being

• who or what the sentence is about and is doing the action

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• A) The verb and all related words to the verb in the sentence

• B) Who or what is doing the action

• C) a noun or a pronoun only

Identify the subject in the following sentence:

"My sister decided to go to graduate school."

• graduate

• school

• sister

Identify the subject in the following sentence:

"Sometimes she goes to bed before dark."

• Sometimes

• she

• bed

Identify the predicate in the following sentence:

"The cat slept on the mat."

• The cat

• slept on the mat

• on the mat

Identify the predicate in the following sentence.

"The horse galloped around the race track."

• galloped around the race track

• The horse galloped

• around