Mr. Good's 9th Grade English Mid Term
Directions: Correctly Answer Each Question on This Midterm. You have all period to complete the required material. Use your notes. Good Luck.
- 1.This part of speech identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.
- A.
Pronoun
- B.
Preposition
- C.
Noun
- D.
Verb
- E.
Conjunction
- 2.This part of speech joins words, phrases, and clauses.
- A.
Preposition
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Pronoun
- E.
Conjunction
- 3.This part of speech shows action or state of being.
- A.
Interjection
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Pronoun
- E.
Comma
- 4.This replaces a noun in a sentence.
- A.
Article
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Proper Noun
- D.
Pronoun
- E.
Exclamation
- 5.This part of speech shows emotion.
- A.
Interjection
- B.
Preposition
- C.
Conjunction
- D.
Verb Phrase
- E.
Semantics
- 6.Which of these words is not a pronoun?
- A.
His
- B.
He
- C.
Jim
- D.
She
- E.
Their
- 7.This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.
- A.
Interjection
- B.
Preposition
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Adverb
- E.
Alliteration
- 8.This part of speech modifies a noun.
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Pronoun
- D.
Noun
- E.
Simile
- 9.This part of speech can be used in the following test sentence: The boy ran _______ the hill.
- A.
Interjection
- B.
Conjunction
- C.
Preposition
- D.
Adverb
- E.
Verb Phrase
- 10.Identify the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence: Why did Janet take her dog to the veterinarian?
- A.
Did
- B.
Janet
- C.
Her
- D.
Why
- E.
Veterinarian
- 11.Identify the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence:Lee hit his first home run today.
- A.
Lee
- B.
His
- C.
First
- D.
Today
- E.
Hit
- 12.Identify the entire prepositional phrase:The man in the house is crazy!
- A.
(The man)
- B.
(man in the house)
- C.
(house is crazy)
- D.
(in)
- E.
(in the house)
- 13.Identify the entire prepositional phrase:That dog from the park bit my arm!
- A.
(from the park)
- B.
(bit my arm)
- C.
(That dog)
- D.
(dog from the park)
- E.
(my arm)
- 14.Identify the verb phrase:Eight of the scientists were poisoned with toxic gases.
- A.
Toxic gases
- B.
Poisoned
- C.
Were
- D.
Were poisoned
- E.
Of the scientists
- 15.Choose the correct verb:Pamela and Jordan ______ with the laundry.
- A.
Help
- B.
Helps
- 16.Choose the correct verb:Neither Frank nor his parents ______ the directions.
- A.
Have
- B.
Has
- 17.Identify the correct verb:Neither Jim nor Bob ______ wooden statues.
- A.
Makes
- B.
Make
- 18.Identify the correct verb:Both Herman and Tonya ______ the bus to work.
- A.
Take
- B.
Takes
- 19.Which is not a requirement for a complete sentence?
- A.
Express a complete thought
- B.
Punctuation
- C.
Capitalization of the first word
- D.
Subject
- E.
Prepositional phrase
- 20.Identify the subject in the following sentence:Go get the food from the store.
- A.
Store
- B.
Food
- C.
Go
- D.
(You)
- E.
Get
- 21.Identify the subject in the following sentence:Everybody at Jim's wedding clapped for the couple.
- A.
Jim's
- B.
Wedding
- C.
Everybody
- D.
Clapped
- E.
Couple
- 22.Identify the subject in the following sentence:Nathaniel Hawthorne was a very accomplished author.
- A.
Author
- B.
Was
- C.
Accomplished
- D.
Very
- E.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 23.Where should your last name and page number appear in the running header of the MLA format?
- A.
Upper left-hand corner
- B.
Upper right-hand corner
- C.
Lower right-hand corner
- D.
Lower left-hand corner
- E.
Nowhere
- 24.In which paragraph should your thesis statement appear?
- A.
Body Paragraph 1
- B.
Conclusion
- C.
Body Paragraph 3
- D.
Introduction
- E.
Body Paragraph 2
- 25.Who wrote "The Colomber"?
- A.
Edgar Allan Poe
- B.
Dino Buzzati
- C.
Jacob Good
- D.
Ray Bradbury
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