1st Six Weeks Cumulative English Test
A quick review of key concepts for the test scheduled at the end of the six weeks' grading period.
- 1.A ___ shows action or a state of being.
- A.
A. adjective
- B.
B. adverb
- C.
C. pronoun
- D.
D. verb
- 2.A(n) ____ is a modifier for nouns and pronouns.
- A.
A. adjective
- B.
B. adverb
- C.
C. noun
- D.
D. preposition
- 3.A(n) _____ is an outburst of emotion.
- A.
A. adverb
- B.
B. conjunction
- C.
C. interjection
- D.
D. pronoun
- 4.A ___ is a person, place, thing, or idea.
- A.
A. conjunction
- B.
B. interjection
- C.
C. noun
- D.
D. pronoun
- 5.A ___ joins words, clauses, and phrases in a sentence.
- A.
A. adverb
- B.
B. conjunction
- C.
C. interjection
- D.
D. verb
- 6.A(n) ____ is a modifier of adjectives and verbs.
- A.
A. adjective
- B.
B. adverb
- C.
C. conjunction
- D.
D. noun
- 7.Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence. My son drank some Tropicana Berry Punch with dinner.
- A.
A. adjective
- B.
B. conjunction
- C.
C. noun
- D.
D. verb
- 8.Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence. Mama gave the money to me.
- A.
A. adverb
- B.
B. noun
- C.
C. preposition
- D.
D. pronoun
- 9.Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence. We listened to some old U2 albums last night.
- A.
A. adjective
- B.
B. conjunction
- C.
C. noun
- D.
D. preposition
- 10.Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence. The mountains are a lovely vacation destination for our family each year.
- A.
A. conjunction
- B.
B. interjection
- C.
C. noun
- D.
D. preposition
- 11.What is true about non-count nouns?
- A.
A. They are the same as count nouns.
- B.
B. They cannot be made plural.
- C.
C. You can add a number in front of them.
- D.
D. How am I supposed to know this?
- 12.Which of the following is the non-count noun?
- A.
A. painting
- B.
B. thunder
- 13.Which of the following is a non-count noun?
- A.
A. astronomy
- B.
B. star
- 14.Which of the following is a non-count noun?
- A.
A. Mrs. Johnson
- B.
B. teacher
- 15.What sentence structure has one independent clause?
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
- 16.Which sentence structure has two independent clauses, a coordinating conjunction, and a comma?
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
- 17.Which sentence structure has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses?
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
- 18.Identify the sentence structure. Cats hunt birds in my front yard.
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
- 19.Identify the sentence structure. Mr. Whiskers and Miss Mittens must hunt for sport because I feed them regular meals each day.
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
- 20.Identify the sentence strucuture. A fierce Chihuahua named Monster chased Mr. Whiskers from the yard, and I saw Mr. Whiskers run up the neighbor's tree.
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
- 21.A dependent clause has a subject and verb and makes sense on its own.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.A preposition can have a verb or adjective as its object.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.A song's title and a novel's title are punctuated the same way—with quotation marks and underlining.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.A prepositional phrase has at least two words in it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Identify the sentence structure of the following sentence. Use the version attribute to define the HTML standard version that you followed when composing the document (Musciano and Kennedy 46).
- A.
A. complex
- B.
B. compound
- C.
C. simple
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