Grammar 7 Midterm Review

Sentence or Fragment

100

The boy jumped

What is a sentence

200

Over the river

What is a fragment?

300

Blue skies and snow make for perfect skiing weather.

What is a sentence?

400

I love to sing and dance.

What is a sentence?

500

The girl sitting at the beach

What is a fragment?

Parts of Speech

100

What is the subject in this sentence?

Neil Armstrong was the first man to set his foot on the moon.

Who is Neil Armstrong.

200

Give 2 examples of a proper noun and 2 examples of a common noun.

Answers vary.

300

Create 3 adjectives that modify this word:

bird

Answers vary.

400

What is the verb in this sentence:

The sun rises in the east.

What is "rises"

500

FANBOYS

For

and

nor

but

or

yet

so

Sentences

100

What are the four types of sentences and what end marks are used with each?

Declarative.  

Imperative.

Exclamatory!

Interrogative?

200

What is this sentence type and what end mark is needed?

Heather was happy to have her children home

Declarative

.

300

Classify this sentence:

Who still needs to turn in the homework

Interrogative

?

400

Type of sentence and end mark needed:

Clean your desk

Imperative

.

500

Type of sentence and end marks needed:

Ouch  That hurt

Exclamatory

!

Nouns, Pronouns, or Adjectives

100

Homer was probably born around 725 B.C.

Homer is used as a _________________

noun

200

He was born on the coast of Asia Minor- the modern Turkish coast.

Modern is ______________________

an adjective

300

He came at the end of a long line of bards.

The function of He is as a _________

Pronoun

400

He is a Greek writer whose work has survived generations.

Greek is functioning as an __________________

Adjective

500

State a sentence using the following:  a noun, verb, and two adjectives. 

varies