Review – 9-Week Grammar test

PHRASES

1. Please pick up the keys on the table.

on the table—adj 2. They decided to watch a movie. to watch a movie—infinitive 3. The glasses are on the shelf. on the shelf—adv 4. Katie, an excellent writer, wrote

an article for a magazine. An excellent writer—app

COMPLEMENTS IO, DO, PA, PN 1. Did Randy seem angry and frustrated to you? Angry, frustrated—pa, pa 2. She wrote me a long letter yesterday. Letter—do, me—io 3. My father is a skilled boxer. boxer– pn 4. Kendall sent the teachers tickets to a

museum . tickets—do, teachers—io 5. The action in this movie is too violent! Violent—pa 6. Green Eggs and Ham is the best book ever! book--pn

Part of speech 1. Some of these baseball cards are quite

valuable. Pronoun 2. Some baseball cards are valuable. Adjective 3. Let’s go outside and pass the football. Adverb 4. We will meet you outside the main entrance. Preposition 5. Please turn off the light. Noun 6. Will you light the candle? Verb

pro, n, v, adj, adv, prep, int, con, 1. Good! I am glad you agree. Interjection 2. We all agreed that the plan was a good one. Adjective 3. We decided to go to a Georgia and a GA

Tech game. Conjunction 4. Sheila was quite interested in helping out. Adverb 5. She moved slowly for a young girl. Adverb 6. We will go to the mall after school. pronoun

Commas—taan, app, tabn, iis, in, adv, ph 1. The loud, excited group got into

trouble. Tabn During the earthquake, the students hid

under the desks. Intro adv ph I ate popcorn, cookies, and candy. IIS Bethany, the college student, made the

Dean’s list. app

Capitalization 1. Did pastor William make it to the church

on time? YES 2. Our old high school is not there anymore. NO 3. The vice president’s airplane landed in

Washington. YES 4. You could tell she was from the south

because of her accent. YES 5. I love my ford explorer car. YES YES NO

Simile, metaphor, personificaiton (S,M, P) 1. Twiggy was a model in the 60s who was

as skinny as a twig. Simile 2. She was a bear when she got angry. Metaphor 3. The jacket swallowed me whole! Personification 4. The TV was screaming at me from the

other room. Personification 5. That joke is as old as the hills! Simile 6. The test is a killer! metaphor

Fragments, run-on, comma splice

(F, RO, CS) When she and I get there. Fragment It is late, I want to go to bed. Comma splice Went to the movies. Frag We went to the store she came home

with us. Run-on