Test 4, Units 1-9

Question 1

A word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.

Answer 1

preposition

Question 2

A word which joins words or groups of words

Answer 2

conjunction

Question 3

A word that names a person, place, thing or idea

Answer 3

noun

Question 4

A word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Answer 4

adjective

Question 5

A word that is exclamatory

Answer 5

interjection

Question 6

A word that shows action or links another word to the subject

Answer 6

verb

Question 7

Action or Linking: The postman’s unexpected delivery mystified me.

Answer 7

mystified - A

Question 8

Action or Linking: The unusual red box looked mysterious.

Answer 8

looked - L

Question 9

Action or Linking: I looked in vain for a return address on the label.

Answer 9

looked - A

Question 10

Action or Linking: Finally I tore off the outside paper.

Answer 10

tore - A

Question 11

Action or Linking: It was a new pair of gym shoes from my brother.

Answer 11

was - L

Question 12

Subject, verb, participle, word modified by participle:

The scrambled eggs tasted delicious.

Answer 12

Sub - eggs

verb - tasted

part. - scrambled
mod. - eggs

Question 13

Subject, verb, participle, word modified by participle:

The cars racing past shook the bleachers.

Answer 13

sub - cars

verb - shook

part - racing

mod - cars

Question 14

Subject, verb, participle, word modified by participle:

The fish swimming toward me was a catfish.

Answer 14

sub - fish

verb - was

part - swimming

mod - fish

Question 15

Subject, verb, participle, word modified by participle:

Exhausted from work, John collaspsed on the couch.

Answer 15

sub - John

verb - collaspsed

part - exhausted

mod - John

Question 16

Subject, verb, participle, word modified by participle:

Meowing pitifully, the kitten shivered in the cold.

Answer 16

sub - kitten

verb - shivered

part - meowing

mod - kitten

Awwww… bring it inside the house!!!!!

Question 17

Verb - past, present, or future:

Six long years passed before the war ended.

Answer 17

past

Question 18

Verb - past, present, or future:

Will you go to the homecoming game?

Answer 18

future

Question 19

Verb - past, present, or future:

Ashley likes apple pie and ice cream.

Answer 19

present

Question 20

Verb - past, present, or future:

Mia left as soon as the bell rang.

Answer 20

past

Question 21

Noah has (finish, finished) reading his book.

Answer 21

finished

Question 22

Please (bring, take) my coat to the cleaners.

Answer 22

take

Question 23

Her picture is now (sitting, setting) on my desk.

Answer 23

sitting

Question 24

I (knowed, knew) that I was late.

Answer 24

knew (if you missed this, I’m demoting you to 1st grade!)

Question 25

Who (brought, brung) the largest moth to class?

Answer 25

brought

Question 26

Who has not yet (eat, eaten) lunch?

Answer 26

eaten

Question 27

The smoke began to (rise, raise) from the campfire.

Answer 27

rise

Question 28

James (lay, laid) his books on the bench yesterday and now cannot find them.

Answer 28

laid

Question 29

(Let, Leave) me take care of your dog.

Answer 29

let

Question 30

The child’s balloon (bursted, burst) before he left the store.

Answer 30

burst

Question 31

Until last summer, she had never (ridden, rode) a horse.

Answer 31

ridden

Question 32

We almost (froze, freezed) in the blizzard.

Answer 32

froze

Question 33

Yesterday we (lay, laid) in the sun too long.

Answer 33

lay

Question 34

If you (take sick, become ill), you may lie down on the bed.

Answer 34

become ill

Question 35

No one has (chosen, chose) the new boy yet to be on a team

Answer 35

chosen

Question 36

Since it is late, I (better, had better) leave for home now.

Answer 36

had better

Question 37

Coach, (can, may) I pitch the next time we play the Cougars?

Answer 37

may

Question 38

Should a gentleman (rise, raise) when a lady enters a room?

Answer 38

rise

Question 39

My new shirt (shrinked, shrank) when Mom washed it.

Answer 39

shrank

Question 40

You should not leave valuables (laying, lying) around unprotected.

Answer 40

lying

Question 41

Diagram:

Nicholas and I ran to the corner and caught our bus.

Answer 41

Nicholas ran

and and

I caught

Question 42

Diagram:

Cats sometimes screech and howl at night.

(boy, I’m glad Baxter doesn’t)

Answer 42

screech

Cats and

                               howl

Question 43

Sentence, Fragment or Run-on:

Students who know how to make the most of their study time.

Answer 43

F

Question 44

Mark Twain, who wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of seventy-five.

Answer 44

S

Question 45

Sentence, Fragment or Run-on:

I have been to Montreal I have never been to Quebec.

Answer 45

RO

Question 46

Sentence, Fragment or Run-on:

The only person to make such detailed records of stars and their movements.

Answer 46

F

Question 47

Sentence, Fragment or Run-on:

In quiet confidence, neither timid or scared.

Answer 47

F

Question 48

Sentence, Fragment or Run-on:

The assigned poem for tonight is “Mending Wall” tomorrow’s assignment is “The Road not Taken”.

Answer 48

RO

Question 49

Add Caps & punctuation:

At the request of president Woodrow Wilson, Congress passed the clayton antitrust act in 1914 and established the federal trade commission.

Answer 49

At the request of President Woodrow Wilson, Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act in 1914 and established the Federal Trade Commission.

Question 50

Add Caps & punctuation:

The Panama-Pacific International exposition of 1915 was held when europe was involved in a war nevertheless, it was very successful.

Answer 50

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 was held when Europe was involved in a war; nevertheless, it was very successful.