Complete Sentences
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A. Running through the park
B. The brown dog chased the ball
The brown dog chased the ball
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In the sentence "James and Kevin worked on their science project," the word "their" is what type of pronoun?
A. Reflexive pronoun (examples, himself, herself, yourself, etc.)
B. Possessive pronoun (shows ownership)
B. Possessive pronoun (shows ownership)
Which word is the subject in the sentence: "The excited students cheered loudly at the game."
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A. excited
B. students
B. students
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What is an adjective?
A. A word that shows action
B. A word that describes a noun or pronoun
B. A word that describes a noun or pronoun
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Which of the following is an abstract noun?
A. teacher
B. happiness
C. mountain
B. happiness
Which is a complete sentence?
A. Eating ice cream on Sunday
B. When the bell rings
C. The teacher graded the tests
The teacher graded the tests
In the sentence "The students completed their projects," which word is the pronoun?
A. Students
B. Their
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B. Their
In the sentence "Lightning flashed across the dark sky," what is the subject?
A. across
B. dark
C. Lightning
C. Lightning
Which word is NOT an adjective?
A. beautiful
B. jump
C. Tiny
B. JUMP
In the sentence "The dog showed bravery when it rescued the child," which word is an abstract noun?
A. dog
B. showed
C. bravery
D. child
C. bravery
Choose the complete sentence:
A. Before dinner time
B. Swimming in the pool
C. My sister wrote a letter
D. Without any hesitation
C. My sister wrote a letter
In the sentence "The books were so interesting that everyone wanted to read them," what is the antecedent of "them"?
A. Everyone
B. Interesting
C. Books
C. Books
Identify the subject in: "My younger sister plays soccer every weekend."
A. soccer
B. weekend
C. sister
C. sister
Which of these is a proper adjective?
A. funny
B. American
C. round
D. little
B. American
Which group contains only concrete nouns?
A. Love, peace, honesty
B. Book, tree, cat
C. Friendship, chair, kindness
B. Book, tree, cat
Which group of words is a sentence fragment?
A. The children played games
B. She baked cookies yesterday
C. Walking to school slowly
D. The cat sleeps soundly
Walking to school slowly
What is an antecedent?
A. The noun that a pronoun replaces or refers to
B. A type of adjective that describes pronouns
C. A verb that follows a pronoun
A. The noun that a pronoun replaces or refers to
What is the subject in: "Through the forest, the tired hikers walked slowly."
A. Forest
B. walked
C. slowly
D. hikers
D. hikers
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Which sentence contains a mental action verb?
A. She thought about her vacation.
B. The car is red.
C. They have three dogs.
A. She thought about her vacation.
What is an abstract noun?
A. A noun that names a specific person, place, or thing
B. A noun that names something you can see or touch
C. A noun that names an idea, feeling, or quality
C. A noun that names an idea, feeling, or quality
Choose the best correction for each run-on sentence.
A. She went to the market in the morning. She then had to return in the evening.
B. She went to the market in the morning and so she then had to return in the evening.
C. She went to the market in the morning because she then had to return in the evening.
A. She went to the market in the morning. She then had to return in the evening.
What happens when a pronoun doesn't clearly refer to its antecedent?
A. A run-on sentence
B. A sentence fragment
C. An unclear reference
C. An unclear reference
Which word is the subject in: "Near the shore, tall waves crashed powerfully."
A. waves
B. shore
C. powerfully
D. crashed
A. waves
Action verbs tell what the subject:
A. is
B. has
C. does
D. feels like
C. does
Which sentence contains both a concrete and an abstract noun?
A. The flowers are blooming in the garden.
B. My sister showed kindness to the new student.
C. We played games during recess.
D. The teacher wrote on the whiteboard.
B. My sister showed kindness to the new student.