1. Grammar Review Friday, July 10, 2009

2. Parts of Speech – 100 points An adverb modifies all of the following except: A. An adverbC. A verb B. An adjective D. A noun

3. Parts of Speech - 200 What is the comparative and superlative for the adjective good?

4. Parts of Speech-300 Underline the auxiliary (helping) verb in the following sentence. Since that time, governments have been printing paper money, sometimes with disastrous results.

5. Parts of Speech- 400 Write a sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

6. Syntax - 100 Every sentence must at least have: A) An idea and a independent clause. B) A preposition and a pronoun. C)A subject and a verb. D) A period at the end.

7. Syntax- 200 Identify the subject in this sentence: Walking down the street, the young woman spotted her parents on a bus.

8. Syntax- 300 Identify direct object in the following sentence. John played basketball in his backyard with Joyce and Timothy. A. backyard B. basketball C. JohnD. played

9. Syntax- 400 What is wrong with this sentence? The explorers finally discovered that the place where they landed did not have none of the minerals they wanted.

10. Punctuation- 100 Underlining or italics are us for the titles of: A. Books B. Magazine Articles C. Songs D. Short Stories

11. Punctuation- 200 Which of the following is incorrect. A. Genesis 1:18-20 B. Dear Mr. Peterson: C. There was no running and no shouting; all the children behaved very well; therefore, they will all get a treat. D. The use of these punctuation marks often confuses students; comma, semicolon, colon, hyphen, a nd dash.

12. Punctuation - 300 Place commas where necessary (2). Serious problems may be prevented if we plan now for possible future energy shortages by learning how to conserve by seeking new sources of energy and by stockpiling fossil fuels like coal and oil. Clue! Think of a list.

13. Punctuation- 400 Rewrite this dialogue using quotation marks. (1 minute extra) Jerrison: What are you doing after summer school? Yasmine: My mom said “we’re going to Memphis.” Jerrison asked, “____. Yasmine said, “_____.”

14. Misc. - 100 Fill in the blank. “Misc.” is a(n) ___________________for the word miscellaneous. Clue! Doctor  Dr.

15. Misc. -200 What is the name of the location that from January 1, 1892, until November 12, 1954 was the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States?immigrantsUnited States

16. Misc. - 300 What country is Ms. Francis from?

17. Misc. - 400 What part of speech is represented in this photo?