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Curriculum: Grammar And UsageGrades: 6–8Questions: 12Mode: Practice

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1. Which word in this sentence is the noun: 'The dog ran quickly'?

  1. the
  2. quickly
  3. dog
  4. ran
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Answer: C. dog
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea, and 'dog' names an animal, so it is the noun in the sentence.

2. Which word in this sentence is the verb: 'She sings beautifully every morning'?

  1. beautifully
  2. sings
  3. morning
  4. every
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Answer: B. sings
A verb shows an action or state of being, and 'sings' tells what the subject is doing.

3. Which word is the adjective in: 'The tall boy climbed the fence'?

  1. fence
  2. tall
  3. boy
  4. climbed
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Answer: B. tall
An adjective describes a noun, and 'tall' describes what the boy is like.

4. Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

  1. The cat runs fast and jump.
  2. The cat run fast.
  3. The cats runs fast.
  4. The cats run fast.
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Answer: D. The cats run fast.
Plural subjects like 'cats' need a plural verb form, so 'cats run' agrees correctly.

5. Which pronoun correctly completes: 'Maria and ___ went to the store'?

  1. them
  2. I
  3. me
  4. her
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Answer: B. I
'I' is the subject pronoun needed here because it is doing the action of going, along with Maria.

6. What is the correct plural form of 'box'?

  1. boxes
  2. boxs
  3. boxies
  4. box
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Answer: A. boxes
Words ending in -x, -s, -sh, or -ch usually form plurals by adding -es, so 'box' becomes 'boxes'.

7. Which punctuation mark correctly ends this sentence: 'Please close the door___'

  1. ?
  2. !!!
  3. .
  4. ,
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Answer: C. .
A period ends a statement or a polite command, and this sentence is a request, so a period is correct.

8. Which sentence uses capitalization correctly?

  1. we visited Paris last summer.
  2. We visited Paris last summer.
  3. We visited paris last Summer.
  4. We Visited Paris Last Summer.
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Answer: B. We visited Paris last summer.
Only the first word of the sentence and the proper noun 'Paris' need capital letters; common words like 'summer' stay lowercase.

9. Choose the correct word: 'I think ___ going to rain today.'

  1. its
  2. their
  3. it's
  4. they're
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Answer: C. it's
'It's' is the contraction for 'it is', which fits the sentence meaning 'it is going to rain'.

10. Which of these is a complete sentence, not a fragment?

  1. Running through the park.
  2. Because it was raining.
  3. After the long game.
  4. The students finished their homework.
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Answer: D. The students finished their homework.
This choice has both a subject ('students') and a verb ('finished') and expresses a complete thought.

11. What is the past tense of the verb 'walk'?

  1. walks
  2. walk
  3. walking
  4. walked
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Answer: D. walked
Regular verbs form the past tense by adding -ed, so 'walk' becomes 'walked'.

12. Which word is the adverb in: 'The turtle moved slowly across the yard'?

  1. slowly
  2. moved
  3. turtle
  4. yard
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Answer: A. slowly
An adverb often describes how an action happens, and 'slowly' tells how the turtle moved.
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