English Literature And Grammar, Grades 6th-7th
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The first test of the semester, over Nouns, Compound nouns -single, hyphenated, separate words, common and proper nouns, pronouns and their antecedents, personal pronouns, singular and plural, 1st, second, and 3rd person. , demonstrative pronouns. Also, over the short story "Water" by Helen Keller, basic points of the story, and vocabulary. "How to write a poem about the sky" "I'll tell you how the sun rose". -vocabulary words, "Be Like the Bird" and "Stage Fright". Vocabulary, about the authors.
- 1.What is a Noun?
- A.
Person
- B.
Place
- C.
Thing
- D.
Idea
- E.
All of the Abover
- 2.The Noun "Father-in-Law" is what kind of compound noun?
- A.
Single word compound noun
- B.
Separate words compound noun
- C.
Hyphenated words compound noun
- 3."city" is a common noun. Which of these examples if a proper noun?
- A.
Cat
- B.
Chicago
- C.
Mop
- D.
Singer
- 4.What is a pronoun's purpose?
- A.
To replace a verb
- B.
To replace an adjective
- C.
To replace an article
- D.
To take the place of a noun.
- 5.Find the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence:"Florida is popular because it has a warm climate."
- A.
It
- B.
Climate
- C.
Florida
- D.
Warm
- E.
Has
- 6.Find the pronoun in this sentence:"Marie said she would visit on Tuesday"
- A.
Marie
- B.
Tuesday
- C.
She
- D.
Visit
- E.
Said
- 7.List all four of the 1st person, singular pronouns.
- 8.List the three 2nd person, singular pronouns
- 9.List all four 3rd person, plural pronouns.
- 10.List one of the 1st person, plural pronouns.
- 11.In the sentence, "I read that lenses could beam light downwards", what is the personal pronoun?
- 12.The personal pronoun "we" is which kind of personal pronoun?
- A.
2nd person, singular
- B.
3rd person, plural
- C.
1st person, singular
- D.
1st person, plural
- E.
3rd person, singular
- 13.What is the purpose of a demonstrative pronoun?
- 14.Which of these is a demonstrative pronoun?
- A.
My
- B.
This
- C.
When
- D.
Tomorrow
- 15.In the short story , "Water" by Helen Heller, what is the name of her teacher?
- A.
Miss Mary
- B.
Mrs. Yvonne
- C.
Annie Sullivan
- D.
Mrs. Keller
- 16.Which of these are among Helen Keller's disabilities as a child?
- A.
Deafness
- B.
Paralysis
- C.
Blindness
- D.
Both a and c
- E.
None of the above
- 17.Which of these moments is the climax of the story?
- A.
When Helen meets her new teacher for the first time.
- B.
When Helen breaks the doll.
- C.
When Helen walks outside for the first time.
- D.
When Helen feels the water running on her hand and knows it has a name.
- 18.Did Helen Keller ever learn to speak?
- A.
No
- B.
Yes
- 19.What did Helen do immediately after coming back into the house after the water situation?
- A.
Try to put the doll back together
- B.
Apologize to her parents for being very bad.
- C.
Ask her teacher for some more water.
- 20.Who wrote the poem "I'll tell you how the Sun rose---"?
- A.
Arthur Miller
- B.
Miss Kaighla!
- C.
Dwight Eisenhower
- D.
Emily Dickinson
- 21.In the poem "I'll tell you how the Sun rose---", what "untied their bonnets?"
- A.
Little girls
- B.
The hills
- C.
The steeples
- D.
The squirrels
- 22.Who wrote the poem, "Be Like the Bird"?
- A.
Mark Twain
- B.
Elizabeth I
- C.
William Shakespeare
- D.
Victor Hugo
- 23.Why does the bird sing, according to the author of "Be Like the Bird"?
- 24.In the speech, "Stage Fright", why is the author able to relate to people who are giving their first speech?
- A.
He is blind.
- B.
He has a speech impediment.
- C.
He remembers his first speech and how scary it was.
- D.
He can't relate.
- 25.Where did the author of "Stage Fright" give the speech?
- A.
At a dinner party
- B.
At his daughter's first singing recital
- C.
At his wedding
- D.
At his dad's funeral
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