English 1 test
When you go home today you can say, "Flocabulary _____ me about the irregular verbs!"
Taught
Which word is the adverb in the following sentence? The gray whale swam slowly through the ocean.
Slowly
What is the adjective in this sentence? The spooky ghost haunted the house?
Spooky =
Which of the following words is an adverb? Ridiculous, crazy, weird, strangely
Strangely
What word does the adverb modify in the following sentence? They grey whale swam slowly through the ocean.
Swam
What is an antecedent?
The word a pronoun replaces or refers to
Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun? After AMina and Pedro left, they called Robert at home
They
Which of the following words is a verb? Think, idea, intelligent, creatively
Think
What noun does the adjective describe in this sentence? The spooky ghost haunted the house?
Ghost
Which of the following words is an adjective? Green, color, rainbow, paint?
Green
Which is the correct adverb form of "happy"? Happy, happyly, happily, happiely
Happily
Liza needs to explain that she emailed Jeremiah. What should she say?
"I wrote an email"
Kelly tossed the toy bear to Marvin. How can Marvin describe what happened?
"She threw the bear"
D'Angelo and his brother went to hear the gospel choir sing. How can they tell their mother what happened?
"The choir sang."
To put a regular verb into the past tense, add
-ed
What letters come at the end of most past tense words?
-ed
What letters do adverbs commonly end with? -en, -ist, -er, -ly
-ly
In the sentence below, replace the word "Robert" with the correct pronoun. Robert didn't answer his phone because "Robert" didn't hear it ring.
He
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adverb?
A word that describes verbs and adjectives
What part of speech can usually be changed into an adverb by adding -ly?
Adjective
Pronouns and antecedents must agree in ____. Gender, number, point of view, all of the above
All of the above - Gender, number, and point of view
What is a verb?
An action word
Choose the noun from the sentence that is an idea. Kira screamed with anger when her brother stepped on her foot.
Anger
Where does an adjective usually go in a sentence?
Before a noun
Choose the noun from the sentence that is a place. Jeremy and Maira loved their trip to Boston.
Boston
Yesterday, Monique tossed the basketball at Samantha, and Samantha _____ it.
Caught
What do you do to an irregular verb to put it in the past tense?
Change the spelling
Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?
Kendra has chosen the game.
How do you pluralize the noun continent? Continent, continents, continentes, continenten
Continents
Which of the following words is an auxiliary or helping verb? Could, crave, carve, call
Could
True or False: There is one simple rule for putting irregular verbs into the past tense.
False
Which word in the following sentence is a verb? Plane, flew, through, air
Flew
Which word in the following sentence is incorrect? THat morning, the mother told her daughters to take his raincoats with them. Mother, her, his, them
His
A noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or ______.
Idea
If you can't make a noun plural just by adding "s" that noun is ____.
Irregular
Which word in the following sentence is incorrect? Lana told us that the papers were on the desk right where he had left it. - us, on, we ,it?
It
Read the sentence, and choose the proper noun. All the peasants brought presents to King George's birthday party. Peasants, presents, party, King George
King George
A pronoun is a part of speech that can replace a ____ in a sentence.
Noun
Which of the following is an irregular plural noun? Oxen, ghosts, bears, vampires
Oxen
Which of the following choices in NOT a type of adjective? Color, size, person, opinion
Person
Which kind of nouns can you experience with the five senses?
Person, place and thing nouns
Which word in the following sentence is an antecedent for the pronoun "it"? All afternoon, the phone rang, but Robert didn't hear it.
Phone
What kind of noun would you use to show you have more than one of something?
Plural noun
Which of the following words is an adjective? Run, love, pretty, or quickly?
Pretty
Which kind of noun is a specific name for a person, place or thing? Irregular, proper, plural, abstract
Proper
What is the adjective in this sentence? I really want the purple shoes I saw at the mall
Purple
Which word is the adverb in the following sentence? Silly Lilly ran quickly through Sicily.
Quickly
Which of the following words is a verb? Sneakers, shoelaces, run, quick
Run
Complete the following sentence with the correct pronoun. Before Camila falls asleep, _____ always reads a book. They, she, her, you
She
What noun does the adjective describe in this sentence? I really want the purple shoes I saw at the mall
Shoes
Which word in the following sentence is a verb? The choir sings many songs.
Sings
Which of the following words can be an adverb? Wall, upstairs, house, basement
Upstairs
What should you do to check if you have used the correct form of an irregular verb?
Use your eyes, ears and common sense.
Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun? Every July, we go to the beach.
We
What does a verb's tense tell you?
When something happened
Adverbs describe ________ and ______ an action happens.
When; where
Which of the following words is NOT a form of the verb "to be"? Was, is, were, will
Will