GRAMMAR180

1. The hot and steamy sidewalk could easily burn your feet, if you walked on it without your shoes.

The sentence above is:A. simple sentence

B. Complex sentenceC. Modified sentenceD. Compound sentence

2. Leonardo da Vinci was an artist of many talents who lived in Renaissance Italy.

Which sentence would not provide a supporting detail to the topic sentence?

A. Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting in is the Mona Lisa.B. Leonardo da Vinci was not the only famous artist in Renaissance Italy.C. Leonardo da Vinci invented designs for a flying machine and a submarine.D. Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings of dead human bodies have been used to teach human anatomy.

3. Which sentence below contains a predicate nominative?

A. The elephant is the symbol of our club.B. The elephants ran across the dusty plain.C. Elephants are huge, but they are surprisingly graceful.D. Elephants often damage trees by stripping off the bark.

4. For years, the Empire State Building were the tallest building in the world. Which change makes the sentence correct?A. Change were to isB. Change were to areC. Change were to was

D. Change tallest to taller

5. What is the highest building in New York City?In the sentence above, which part of speech is the underlined word?A. VerbB. PronounC. Preposition

D. Conjunction

6. To find out the name of the company that published your book, you should lookA. In the index.B. In the glossaryC. At the title pageD. At the table of contents

7. The horse, a real beauty, came trotting around the track.Which underlined word is a preposition?A. AB. CameC. TrottingD. Around

8. Jonathan’s dad gave him a list of chores to do. As it turns out, Jonathan had a basketball game at noon. Before he could play, he had to finish his chores. Jonathan decided to finish his chores. He went to his game and scored fifteen points, and he was glad he finished his chores! Which sentence is the closing sentence in this paragraph?A. As it turns out, Jonathan had a basketball game at noon.B. Before he could play, he had to finish his chores.C. Jonathan decided to finish his chores.D. He went to his game and scored 15 points, and he was glad he finished his chores.

9. Which is a good method for taking notes for a research paper?A. Write information on note cards.B. Photocopy pages from a printed source.C. Memorize information from videotapes.D. Print information from a computer source.

10. Which word is the indirect object in the sentence below?I gave the baby a rattle.A. IB. GaveC. Baby

D. Rattle

11. (1) Sarah and Dianne went to the movies. (2) First, they bought tickets at the window. (3) Then, they went inside and bought popcorn. (4) They bought soda to wash down the popcorn. (5) They loved the movie and had a really good time. Which sentence is the topic sentence of this paragraph?A. Sentence 1B. Sentence 3C. Sentence 4D. Sentence 5

12. I really like my English teacher, Ms. Wiley. The first reason that I like Ms. Wily is that she has made me realize how much fun it can be to read. Secondly, I like Ms. Wily because she makes me want to learn as much as I can.Which word acts as a transition in the passage?

A. ReasonB. SheC. SecondlyD. because

13. Her favorite spot was near an enormous maple tree.What is the simple subject in the sentence?A. HerB . TreeC. Maple

D. Spot

14. Which sentence contains a direct object?A. Jerry loves to eat, but he stays skinny.B. Rainbows are beautiful; I love it when they appear.C. Lisa looked around for her comb but eventually gave up.

D. The cat climbed the oak tree to get away from the yapping poodle.

15. Play me a song, before you go to bed, for old time’s sake.Which underlined word is used as an indirect object?A. MeB. Before

C. SakeD. To

16. Which is an interrogative sentence?

A. Do you like to go to the beach?B. Tell Marcie the chocolate chip cookies are done.C. My brother wants to go to college in Seattle, Washington.D. If I make straight A’s my parents are going to take me to Disney World.

17. If you kick the ball hard, you may score a goal in the game.

Which word in this sentence is an adverb?A. HardB. May

C. ScoreD. Goal

18. Which sentence is correctly punctuated?A. Anyone, who knows this trail, may join us.B. Mariko, an experienced hiker, led the group.C. Anyone, who enjoys hiking would like this trail.

D. Mariko welcomes any hiker, who follows her rules.

19. Since the citizens of France were in great need, King Louis XIV’s riegn was a very turbulent time in their history.Which of the underlined words in the sentence is misspelled?A. Citizens

B. RiegnC. TurbulentD. History

20. Where should you look to find the meaning of unusual or difficult words used in a book?A. IndexB. GlossaryC. Title pageD. Bibliography