Grammar and Usage Quizzes for Fifth Grade English Language Arts

Question 1

Identify the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement:

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The team is practicing hard for its game.

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The team are practicing hard for their game.

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The team practice hard for their game.

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No correction needed.

Question 2

In the sentence 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog,' what part of speech is the word 'the'?

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Article

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Noun

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Verb

Question 3

Read the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away.' What type of sentence is it? Explain your reasoning.

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Compound sentence: It has two independent clauses.

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Simple sentence: It has only one independent clause.

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Complex sentence: It has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Question 4

In the sentence 'The tall, handsome stranger walked into the room', which adjectives describe which nouns?

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Tall describes stranger; handsome describes stranger

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Tall describes stranger; handsome describes room

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Handsome describes tall; stranger describes room

Question 5

In the sentence 'She gave the book to me, and I thanked her for it', identify the pronouns and the person or thing each one refers to.

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She - the person speaking; me - the person receiving the book; her - the person who gave the book

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She - the book; me - the person receiving the book; it - the person who gave the book

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She - the person speaking; me - the book; I - the person who gave the book

Question 6

In the sentence 'The brave boy kicked the soccer ball into the net', what part of speech is the word 'boy'?

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

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Adverb

Question 7

In the sentence, 'Excited about the assembly, the students ran down the hallway', identify the type of phrase 'excited about the assembly' and its role in the sentence.

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Prepositional phrase, modifying the verb 'ran'

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Noun phrase, acting as the subject of the sentence

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Adverbial phrase, modifying the adjective 'excited'

Question 8

In the sentence 'The cat the dog and the bird are all pets', insert commas where necessary. Explain the rules you applied.

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The cat, the dog, and the bird are all pets.

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The cat, the dog and, the bird are all pets.

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The cat, the dog, and the bird, are all pets.

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The cat the, dog and the bird are all pets.

Question 9

In the sentence, "Wow! That was an amazing performance," what part of speech is the word "Wow"?

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Interjection

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 10

Which group of words in the sentence 'The book is on the table' is a prepositional phrase?

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on the table

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The book is

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is on the

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table the

Question 11

In the sentence **I saw the movie yesterday**, which type of determiner is used?

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Article

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Demonstrative

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Possessive

Question 12

In the sentence 'He walked slowly towards the door', identify the type of adverb used and explain how it modifies the verb 'walked'.

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Manner; it describes how he walked.

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Time; it tells us when he walked.

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Place; it tells us where he walked.

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Frequency; it tells us how often he walked.

Question 13

In the sentence 'The blue whale is bigger than the humpback whale, but the blue whale is the biggest whale of all', which words show the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective 'big'?

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Comparative: bigger, Superlative: biggest

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Comparative: big, Superlative: biggest

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Comparative: bigger, Superlative: big

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Comparative: big, Superlative: more big

Question 14

In the sentence 'The book is positioned on the table', which word is a preposition and what does it tell us about the book's location?

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The preposition is 'on' and it indicates that the book is situated atop the table.

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The preposition is 'the' and it signifies that the book is particular.

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The preposition is 'is' and it expresses the book's existence.

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There is no preposition in this sentence.

Question 15

Which word in the sentence expresses necessity?

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Must

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You

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Study

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Hard

Question 16

In the sentence "She was so hungry, she could eat a horse," what type of figurative language is used to create emphasis and humor?

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Hyperbole

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Personification

Question 17

In the sentence 'The excited children eagerly played soccer in the park,' identify the subject, verb, complement, and object.

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Subject: children, Verb: played, Complement: eagerly, Object: soccer

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Subject: children, Verb: played, Complement: soccer, Object: in the park

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Subject: children, Verb: soccer, Complement: played, Object: eagerly

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Subject: park, Verb: played, Complement: eagerly, Object: children

Question 18

Which word best completes the sentence: I might go to the store if I have time?

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might

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should

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have to

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will

Question 19

What is the correct possessive form of the noun 'car' in the sentence: The ______ car is blue?

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car's

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cars

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cars'

Question 20

Identify the sentence that has an indefinite pronoun as the subject:

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Someone left their umbrella in the hallway.

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The students are working on their project.

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The teacher gave a homework assignment to the class.

Question 21

What is a noun?

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A word that describes a person, place, or thing

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A word that describes an action

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A word that connects words or phrases

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A word that shows ownership

Question 22

Which of the following is the correct possessive pronoun to complete the sentence: "The book belongs to ____."?

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His

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He

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Him

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They

Question 23

Which type of sentence is the following: "The children played happily in the park."?

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Statement

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Question

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Command

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Exclamation

Question 24

Which punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

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Comma

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Period

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Semicolon

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Colon

Question 25

Which of the following sentences is written in the present tense?

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I am visiting my grandmother right now.

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I visited my grandmother yesterday.

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I will visit my grandmother tomorrow.

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I have visited my grandmother already.

Question 26

What is the preposition in the sentence: "The cat jumped over the fence."?

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Over

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The

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Cat

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Fence

Question 27

Which of the following words is an adverb?

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Quickly

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Happy

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Dog

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Big

Question 28

Which conjunction is used to connect two ideas that are similar?

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And

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But

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Or

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So

Question 29

What is the subject of the sentence: "The children ran quickly across the street."?

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The children

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Quickly

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Across the street

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Ran

Question 30

Which of these words names a person, place, thing, or idea?

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Book

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Run

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Quickly

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Happy

Question 31

In the sentence 'The dog chased the ball', who or what is doing the action?

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The dog

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The ball

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Chased

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Dog

Question 32

Which word describes how something is done?

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Slowly

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Walked

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Park

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Tree

Question 33

What punctuation mark should come at the end of this sentence: 'The girl ran home from school'?

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. (period)

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, (comma)

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! (exclamation point)

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? (question mark)

Question 34

What kind of sentence is this: 'Wow, that movie was great!'?

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An exclamation

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A statement

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A question

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A command

Question 35

Which of these words is a preposition?

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In

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The

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And

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Because

Question 36

Which subordinate conjunction shows when something happens?

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before

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and

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but

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or

Question 37

Which word describes how something is done?

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slowly

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beautiful

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the

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and

Question 38

What is the word that receives the action of the verb?

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the cat

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in the box

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ran quickly

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yesterday

Question 39

When an author hints at something that will happen later in the story, what literary device is being used?

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Foreshadowing

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Flashback

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Imagery

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Simile

Question 40

Which of these is a noun, a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea?

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dog

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run

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quickly

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the

Question 41

What kind of sentence is this: 'The cheerful children played in the park.'?

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A statement that tells something

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A question that asks something

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An exclamation that shows strong feeling

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A command that tells someone to do something

Question 42

Which word in the sentence 'The boy kicked the soccer ball' is a verb, a word that describes an action?

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kicked

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The

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boy

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ball

Question 43

Which of the following words should be capitalized in this sentence: 'my dog, spot, is very playful.'?

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spot

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my

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dog

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is

Question 44

What is the subject of this sentence: 'The tall giraffe reached for the leaves in the tree.'?

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giraffe

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The

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leaves

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tree

Question 45

What is the correct way to punctuate this question: 'can you pass me the book'

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Can you pass me the book?

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Can you pass me the book.

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Can you pass me, the book?

Question 46

Which of the following is a compound sentence, a sentence that has two or more independent clauses?

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The dog chased the ball, and the cat slept on the rug.

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The cat sat on the mat.

Question 47

What is the correct way to use quotation marks in this sentence: 'she whispered I love you'

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'She whispered, 'I love you'

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'She whispered' I love you.'

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'She whispered I love you.'

Question 48

In the sentence 'I enjoy painting and listening to music', identify the gerund and infinitive, and explain their roles.

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Gerund: painting; Infinitive: listening; Gerund functions as the subject, infinitive functions as the object of the preposition 'to'

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Gerund: listening; Infinitive: painting; Gerund functions as the object of the verb 'enjoy', infinitive functions as the subject

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Gerund: painting; Infinitive: listening; Both gerund and infinitive function as objects of the verb 'enjoy'

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Gerund: listening; Infinitive: painting; Both gerund and infinitive function as subjects of the sentence

Question 49

How would you write this sentence using reported speech? "The teacher said, 'Be quiet and listen carefully.'"

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The teacher said that the students should be quiet and listen carefully.

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The teacher said, 'Did the students be quiet and listen carefully?'

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The teacher asked the students to be quiet and listen carefully.

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The teacher exclaimed that the students should be quiet and listen carefully!

Question 50

Which modal verb in the sentence 'You should study hard for your test' is used to provide advice?

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Should

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Can

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Must

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May

Question 51

In the sentence, 'The students studied hard because they wanted to pass the test,' which clause can stand alone as a complete thought, and which clause depends on the other for its meaning?

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Independent clause: The students studied hard. Dependent clause: because they wanted to pass the test.

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Independent clause: because they wanted to pass the test. Dependent clause: The students studied hard.

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Both clauses are independent clauses.

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Both clauses are dependent clauses.

Question 52

Which of these words names a person, place, thing, or idea?

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book

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run

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beautiful

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slowly

Question 53

Which of these words shows where or when something happens?

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in

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and

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the

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quickly

Question 54

Which of these words describes an action?

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run

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happy

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slowly

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and

Question 55

Which of these sentences uses a comma to separate two complete ideas?

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I went to the store, and I bought milk.

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I went to the store and I bought milk.

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I went, to the store and I bought milk.

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I went to the store and, I bought milk.

Question 56

Which of these words describes a noun?

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beautiful

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quickly

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the

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and

Question 57

Which of these words tells how something is done?

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slowly

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the

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and

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beautiful

Question 58

Which of these sentences ends with a period?

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I went to the store.

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I went to the store

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I went to the store?

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I went to the store!

Question 59

Which of these words connects words, phrases, or clauses?

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and

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the

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slowly

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beautiful

Question 60

Identify the type of phrase underlined in the sentence and its role: **The teacher, who was very patient, helped the struggling students.**

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Noun phrase; describes the teacher

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Verb phrase; describes the teacher's action

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Prepositional phrase; shows the location of the teacher

Question 61

Which word names a person, place, thing, or idea?

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dog

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run

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happy

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quickly

Question 62

In the sentence 'The boy is running', who or what is doing the action?

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boy

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The

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is

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running

Question 63

Which sentence has the correct punctuation?

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The boy went to the store, and he bought milk.

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The boy went to the store and he bought milk.

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The boy went to the store. And he bought milk.

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The boy went to the storeand he bought milk.

Question 64

Which word should be capitalized in the following sentence: 'the president visited our school today.'

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president

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the

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school

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and