7th final

parts of speech

100

1. In the sentence “The cheerful dog barked loudly at the mail carrier,” what part of speech is the word “cheerful”?
   A. Verb
   B. Adjective
   C. Adverb

adjective

200

1. Wow! That roller coaster was amazing.

A. Pronoun B. Interjection C. Noun D. Verb

B Interjection

300

The baby slept peacefully through the night.

A. Noun B. Adjective C. Preposition D. Verb

D. Verb

400

4. In the sentence “James and Lily played soccer together,” what part of speech is the word “and”?
   A. Interjection
   B. Preposition
   C. Conjunction
   D. Adverb

conjunction

500

We walked across the bridge during the storm.

A. Conjunction B. Interjection 

C. Preposition D. Adjective

Preposition

phrase types

100

1. In the sentence “The boy with the red backpack ran home,” what type of phrase is “with the red backpack”?
   A. Verb phrase
   B. Prepositional phrase
   C. Noun phrase
   D. Adjective phrase

Prepositional phrase

200

2. In the sentence “Running through the park, Mia felt happy,” what type of phrase is “Running through the park”?
   A. Participial phrase
   B. Noun phrase
   C. Prepositional phrase
   D. Adverb phrase

Participial phrase

300

3. In the sentence “To win the game was their goal,” what type of phrase is “To win the game”?
   A. Gerund phrase
   B. Adjective phrase
   C. Infinitive phrase
   D. Verb phrase

 Infinitive phrase

400

4. In the sentence “Eating ice cream on hot days is fun,” what type of phrase is “Eating ice cream on hot days”?
   A. Infinitive phrase
   B. Gerund phrase
   C. Adverb phrase
   D. Prepositional phrase

 Gerund phrase

500

5. In the sentence “The students have been studying for hours,” what type of phrase is “have been studying”?
   A. Verb phrase
   B. Noun phrase
   C. Participial phrase
   D. Prepositional phrase

Verb phrase

sentence structures

100

Sarah studied hard because she wanted to earn a good grade.

        A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Run-on

C

200

Before dinner, my brother finished his chores.

        A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Fragment

C Complex

300

3. Which sentence follows the Subject–Linking Verb–Predicate Noun (S–LV–PN) pattern?
   A. The soup tastes salty.
   B. Tripp reads books.
   C. My father is an engineer.
   D. The children played outside.

My father is an engineer.

400

I wanted to go outside, but it started to thunder.

         A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Fragment

B compound

500

5. Which sentence follows the Subject–Verb–Indirect Object–Direct Object (S–V–IO–DO) pattern?
   A. Alekz sent his friend a message.
   B. Angel slept peacefully.
   C. The sky became dark.
   D. Ashlynn cleaned her room.

Alekz sent his friend a message.

modifiers

100

1. Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?
   A. The teacher nearly gave homework to every student.
   B. Nearly every student finished the homework.
   C. The teacher gave homework to nearly every student.
   D. Every student nearly finished the homework.

 

Every student nearly finished the homework.

200

Which sentence is correct?

    A. Jumping into the pool, the water splashed everywhere.

         B. Jumping into the pool, Carlos made water splash everywhere.

 

B

300

3. Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
   A. Walking to school, Bethany saw a rainbow.
   B. After finishing dinner, we watched a movie.
   C. Running quickly, the bus was missed by Jordan.
   D. While reading, Roslyn Olivia took notes.

C. Running quickly, the bus was missed by Jordan.

400

Which is correct?

 A. Emma ate the cupcake covered in frosting.

B. Covered in frosting, Emma ate the cupcake. 

A

500

5. Which sentence places the modifier correctly?
   A. Jase almost ate all the pizza by himself.
   B. Almost Jase ate all the pizza by himself.
   C. Jase ate all almost the pizza by himself.
   D. Jase ate by himself almost all the pizza.

Jase almost ate all the pizza by himself.

verbals

100

The broken window needed to be repaired. (Broken describes the window.)

         A. Gerund B. Infinitive C. Participle D. Adverb

C Participle

200

2. In the sentence “The broken window needed repair,” what type of verbal is “broken”?
   A. Gerund
   B. Infinitive
   C. Participle
   D. Predicate noun

Participle

300

Kayla hopes to travel someday.

      A. Participle B. Gerund C. Infinitive D. Preposition

infinitive

400

4. Which sentence contains a gerund phrase?
   A. To sing loudly is fun.
   B. Singing loudly annoyed the neighbors.
   C. The loudly singing bird woke us up.
   D. She will sing at the concert.

Singing loudly annoyed the neighbors.

500

5. Which sentence contains a participial phrase?
   A. To finish early was our goal.
   B. Hiking in the mountains is exciting.
   C. Exhausted from practice, the team rested quietly.
   D. They hoped to win the game.

Exhausted from practice, the team rested quietly.