Improve Your Grammatical Skills! Language Test!
In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clauses, phrases, and words. Improve Your Grammatical Skills in this Language Test!
- 1.Select all the words that are time connectives:
- A.
Then
- B.
Was
- C.
Finally
- D.
Later
- E.
Carefully
- F.
Next
- 2.Select the sentence that is an example of indirect speech:
- A.
The kangaroo asked Tiddalik where all the water had gone.
- B.
"There is plenty of water for all of us!" cheered the animals.
- C.
Suddenly Tiddalik laughed.
- 3.Select the sentence that is an example of direct speech, that has correct punctuation:
- A.
"I will show you how to clean your teeth properly, Anna, said Dr Jones."
- B.
"I will show you how to clean your teeth properly, Anna." said Dr Jones.
- C.
"I will show you how to clean your teeth properly, Anna," said Dr Jone.
- 4.Select the sentence that has an adverbial phrase that tells where:
- A.
A long time ago in the Dreaming time, lived a frog.
- B.
Next, the kangaroo jumped over the emu.
- 5.Select the regular past tense action verb in the following sentence: * Dr Jones carefully checked Anna's sore tooth.
- A.
Sore
- B.
Carefully
- C.
Checked
- 6.Select the regular past tense action verb in the following sentence: * Tiddalik gulped all of the water because he was thirsty.
- A.
Gulped
- B.
Water
- C.
Thirsty
- 7.Select the regular past tense action verb in the following sentence: * As soon as we got there, we parked next to the town hall.
- A.
Soon
- B.
Got
- C.
Parked
- 8.Choose the most suitable irregular past tense action verb to complete this sentence: * Tiddalik ______________ until there was no water left.
- A.
Drunk
- B.
Drank
- 9.Choose the most suitable irregular past tense action verb to complete this sentence: * Anna _________ up with a sore tooth.
- A.
Wake
- B.
Woke
- 10.Choose the most suitable irregular past tense action verb to complete this sentence: * The students ______________ in a straight line.
- A.
Stand
- B.
Stood
- C.
Stooded
- 11.Choose the most suitable irregular past tense action verb to complete this sentence: * Anna's mum __________ the dentist.
- A.
Rung
- B.
Rang
- C.
Ring
- 12.Choose the present tense action verb that best completes this command: * ___________ the performance
- A.
Listen
- B.
Visit
- C.
Watch
- 13.Choose the present tense action verb that best completes this command: * __________ your lunch.
- A.
Stand
- B.
Eat
- C.
Play
- 14."Wondered", "thought" and "remembered" are thinking verbs?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15."Liked", "enjoyed" and "loved" are feeling or sensing verbs?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16."Immediately" and "quickly" are:
- A.
Verbs?
- B.
Adjectives?
- C.
Adverbs?
- D.
Commands?
- 17."Asked", "shouted" and "cheered" are:
- A.
Feeling or sensing verbs?
- B.
Relating verbs?
- C.
Thinking verbs?
- D.
Saying verbs?
- 18.Select how the homonym (underlined) is being used: *I love to dance.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Action verb
- 19.Select how the homonym (underlined) is being used: * The dance was fun to watch.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Action verb
- 20.Select how the homonym (underlined) is being used: * The brightly coloured light was beautiful.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Action verb
- 21.Select how the homonym (underlined) is being used: * I will light the lantern.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Action verb
- 22.Select the sentence that is written in timeless present tense.
- A.
Last year I went to the Lantern Festival.
- B.
The Lantern Festival celebrates Chinese New Year.
- C.
I had a great time at the Lantern Festival.
- D.
I will be going to the Lantern Festival tomorrow.
- 23.Select all verbs that have high modality:
- A.
Will
- B.
Might
- C.
Must
- D.
May
- E.
Could
- 24.Select the first person pronoun in this sentence: * I want you to go to the festival.
- A.
I
- B.
You
- C.
Festival
- 25.Select the first person pronoun in this sentence: * We will buy you a dumpling if you come to the festival.
- A.
We
- B.
You
- C.
If
- D.
Festival
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