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Test 1
4
Fill in the blanks: Nouns name what?
Nouns name persons, places, actions, qualities, ideas, and things.
Form nouns from:
accurate: accuracy
famous: fame
Give plurals for:
pizza: pizzas
man: men
(Note: no apostrophes.)
compare: comparison
sad: sadness
child: children
berry: berries
Complete the table giving personal pronouns for the following as subject, object and
hoof: hooves/hoofs
tooth: teeth
’
possessive.
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Subject Object Possessive
children they them their/theirs
woman she her her/hers
man he him his/his
dog it it its/its
Mary and Tom they them their/theirs
your own name I me my/mine
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5 Underline the correct word(s) to insert:
I need an office to myself I can get some work done.
so
so that
although
when
since
6 Combine the sentences using the connectives given in parentheses:
I master the horse with patience. I master the horse with kindness. I master the
horse with firmness. I will get a satisfactory mount. (if, and, then)
If I master the horse with patience, kindness and firmness, then I will get a
satisfactory mount.
The boys have been vandalising school property. They will be severely punished.
There might be a court case over it. (as, and)
As the boys have been vandalising school property, they will be severely
punished, and there might even be a court case over it.
The pool man said it would be finished by Christmas. The pool man lied. I believed
the pool man. I wanted to believe the pool man. (even though, when, because)
Even though the pool man lied when he said it would be finished by
Christmas, I believed him because I wanted to believe him.
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The first quiz was easy. This one is extremely difficult. (while/whilst)
The first quiz was easy while this one is extremely difficult.
7 Create contractions of the following:
I am: I’m you are: you’re
she is: she’s it is: it’s
do not: don’t she would: she’d
they had: they’d would not have: wouldn’t’ve
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8 Explain the difference in the spelling of the following (for example, their: possessive
pronoun; they’re: contraction of they are):
you’re: contraction of you are your: possessive pronoun
its: possessive pronoun it’s: contraction of it is
whose: possessive pronoun who’s: contraction of who is
amongst: for one thing in the middle of many among: for one or many things in
the middle of many
9 Underline the correct answer:
She will give a presentation later the day.
a on in
b in
c both are correct
The clerk took the boxes the table.
a off
b off of
c of
The client left that pen on the table.
a must have
b must of
c both are correct
They divided the reward money Rynn, Cass, and Rick.
a among
b between
c amongst
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10 Underline the correct answer:
Star Wars is the movie I’ve ever seen
a most excited
b most exciting
c most excitable
My cold is definitely this morning.
a worse
b worst
c worser
Those are probably the curtains in the store.
a fancyest
b fanciest
c most fanciest
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11 Underline the adjectives in the following:
A wild goose never laid a tame egg.
Three little kittens lost their mittens.
Don’t carry all your eggs in one basket.
The early bird catches the worm.
12 Form adjectives from:
fright: frightful/frightened/frightening terror: terrible/terrorising
sympathy: sympathetic youth: youthful/young/youngish
danger: dangerous not interested: uninterested
13 Underline the verbs in the following:
a To fly or to fight: that is what I must decide.
b I may come over tonight.
c She did commit the murder, but she pleaded her innocence.
d I grow old, I grow old.
14 Suggest an appropriate adverb for use with each of the following verbs (suggestions
only):
snore: loudly
believe: completely
turn: suddenly
rust: gradually
sew: furiously
15 Suggest an appropriate adverb for the following adverbs (suggestions only):
quite dangerously
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very happily
naturally awkwardly
certainly quickly
fairly vaguely
16 Suggest an appropriate adverb for the following adjectives:
predictably hard
extremely pretty
absolutely lovely
possibly needy
relatively easy
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Test 2
1 Use the word log
as a noun: I keep a log of the time I spend on the computer.
as a verb: I log the hours I spend on the computer.
2 State what part of speech the word round is in each of the following:
If it has a rough edge, round it off to smooth it: verb.
I’ll shout the next round: noun.
We’ll meet round two o’clock tomorrow: preposition.
They don’t use a round ball in Australian Rules football: adjective.
3 State what is wrong with the following:
Having been sentenced to death, I know he won’t come home.
It wrongly suggests that I have been sentenced to death. This is a dangling
participle, not connected to the right subject, which should be he, not I.
You should of known.
Of is a preposition, not a verb, which is what should be here. The correct verb
would be have.
The sun shined for a while before it rained.
Shine is an irregular verb, the past tense of which is shone, not shined.
Its Marys’ birthday
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Its is a possessive pronoun, and it is incorrectly used here. The word should
be the contraction, it’s, for it is. The girl’s name is Mary, not Marys and the
apostrophe must not interfere with the spelling of her name. It should come
after the y and before the s, not after it.
Children love there computer games.
There is an adverb indicating a place (which I can tell because it has the word
here in it), not a possessive pronoun, which is what is required here. That
possessive pronoun would be their (and I can take another cue from the fact
that their has the pronoun I in it).
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4 Underline the verbs in each of the following sentences:
Coming home, I couldn’t’ve been more excited. (Coming is a participle only; n’t
is a contraction of not, which is an adverb, not a verb.)
The best country in the world is where you can feel safe, secure and prosperous.
For a good night’s sleep it’s best to have a cup of steaming hot cocoa before
retiring. (Retiring is a participle only; ’s is a contraction of is, which is a non-action
verb.)
Leaving home for the last time, with all my belongings in a single suitcase and my
handbag, and looking back to see the children smiling at me, I burst into tears.
(Leaving, looking, and smiling are participles only; the only verb here is burst.)
I’ve got myself stuck in a fix and I don’t know how to get myself out of it. (’ve is
a contraction of have, which is the auxiliary used with the participle, got, so the
complete verb is have got; n’t is a contraction of not, which is an adverb used to
make the contraction don’t, so do is the auxiliary used with the participle, know to
make the complete verb, do know.
5 Correct the following:
She live’s and breath’s this stuff.
Live is a verb, the present tense of which is lives, and apostrophes are never
used on verbs. It should just be lives, without the apostrophe. Breath is a
noun, and not a possessive one in this instance, so it should not have an
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apostrophe. Even so, it appears that the verb breathe is intended, and this is
the word that should be used here.
All our CD’s are at a special price.
There are no apostrophes on plural nouns just because they’re plural.
An apostrophe can only be used if the noun is possessive, and it is not in this
case.
The horse has broken it’s leg.
It’s is a contraction of it is, and incorrectly used here. The word required is its,
the possessive pronoun.
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They tell me that its her’s.
Its is a possessive pronoun, used incorrectly here. What is required is the
contraction, it’s, for it is. Also, hers is the word that is required here, for it is a
possessive pronoun, and there’s no such word as her’s.
Whose to blame for the accident?
Whose is a possessive pronoun, and incorrectly used here. What is needed is
the contraction, Who’s, for Who is.
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