Grammar Test: Are You Ready?
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- Q1The word in brackets are which of the following: [Huffing and puffing,] Joe ran past his little sister.verbsprepositionsnounsadjectives30s
- Q2The words in brackets are which of the following: Mary ran [around the room] six times before stopping.dependent clauseindependent clauseprepositional phraseparticiple phrase30s
- Q3What part of speech is the following word in brackets? [The] boy sat on the rock.conjunctionadjectiveadverbinterjection30s
- Q4The words in brackets are which of the following? [Standing there in the middle of the street], Mary suddenly thought of Halloween, of the pumpkins and candy.independent clausedependent clauseprepositional phraseparticiple phrase30s
- Q5Identify the subject in the following sentence: The sun rose clear and bright, after the moon faded in the distance.afterdistancesunmoon30s
- Q6Identify the main verb in the following sentence: Sitting up in bed and eating breakfast, we saw the lake and mountains across the lake.sittingeatingsawwe30s
- Q7The words in brackets are which of the following: [When spring arrives,] the flowers bloom.participle phraseindependent clausedependent clauseprepositional phrase30s
- Q8The words in brackets are which of the following: [The poor woman had no money] because she had lost her job.independent clauseparticiple phraseprepositional phrasedependent clause30s
- Q9What part of speech is the word in brackets? Dismayed by what had happened, he buried his face in [his]hands and cried.nounpronounprepositionadverb30s
- Q10What part of speech is the word in brackets? I [spent] the entire day in a sulk, staring out the window, waiting for the rain to stop.pronounnounadverbverb30s
- Q11What part of speech is the word in brackets? I could [hardly] hear them speaking.nounverbadjectiveadverb30s
- Q12What part of speech is the word in brackets? [Hurray!] The Georgia Bulldogs are the SEC East Champions!interjectionparticipleprepositionconjunction30s
- Q13What part of speech is the word in brackets? The [islands] of Hawaii are made of lava and ash.adverbpronounadjectivenoun30s
- Q14What part of speech is the word in brackets? Do your work at study hall [or] do it at home.nounadjectiveprepositionconjuction30s
- Q15What part of speech is the word in brackets? [Into] the woods we headed after dark.prepositionverbconjunctioninterjection30s