Title: Default for Course Template
Course: Introduction to Grammar

Q: Identify the proper noun in this sentence: I went to Paris over summer vacation.
- I
- summer
- Paris
- vacation
A: Paris

Q: Identify the preposition in this sentence: After the long bus ride, he slept.
- the
- slept
- After
- long
A: After

Q: Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: We must leave early, so we can make it to the wedding reception.
- so
- must
- the
- early
A: so

Q: Identify the verb in the following sentence: The Blackjacks pummeled the Vikings in the football game.
- Blackjacks
- football
- game
- pummeled
A: pummeled

Q: Identify the noun in the following sentence: She was disappointed when Vampire Diaries started rerunning their episodes.
- disappointed
- rerunning
- episodes
- She
A: episodes

Q: Identify the noun in the following sentence: The giggling boy was enraptured by the jumping puppy.
- puppy
- giggling
- enraptured
- the
A: puppy

Q: Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: He was neither afraid nor repentant regarding his upcoming jail sentence.
- repentant
- nor
- jail
- was
A: nor

Q: Identify the preposition in the following sentence: He fell down the stairs.
- He
- fell
- down
- the
A: down

Q: Identify the verb in the following sentence: The birds flew south for winter.
- birds
- winter
- south
- flew
A: flew

Q: Identify the adverb in the following sentence: Patty slept peacefully that night.
- Eventually
- slept
- peacefully
- that
A: peacefully

Q: Identify the adverb in the following sentence: Lisa speaks Spanish fluently.
- Lisa
- speaks
- Spanish
- fluently
A: fluently

Q: Identify the adjective in the following sentence: The dainty teacup crashed to the floor.
- The
- dainty
- teacup
- crashed
A: dainty

Q: Identify the adjective in the following sentence: Despite their woozy stomach, the kids ate the nasty school lunch.
- nasty
- their
- ate
- Despite
A: nasty

Q: Identify the pronoun in the following sentence: He hurt himself during gym class.
- hurt
- gym
- himself
- He
A: himself / He

Q: Identify the pronoun in the following sentence: Will she watch Billy while Sarah goes shopping?
- Will
- she
- watch
- Sarah
A: she

Q: Identify the interjection in the following sentence: Oh, all right, Nick.
- Oh
- all
- right
- Nick
A: Oh

Q: Identify the interjection in the following sentence: Oops! I dropped my plate.
- Oops
- I
- dropped
- my
A: Oops

Q: Identify the proper noun in the following sentence. DBHS is the best school around.
- DBHS
- is
- the
- best
A: DBHS

Q: Identify the preposition in the following sentence: Cindy walked aboard the ship.
- Cindy
- walked
- aboard
- the
A: aboard

Q: Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: He was happy, but she was bored.
- was
- bored
- He
- but
A: but

Q: Identify the correct phrase in capital letters.
- DRIED food was needed on the CAMPING trip. | participle (adjective)
- KNOWN FOR HER PATIENCE, Mrs. Sieg was her favorite teacher. | participle (adjective)
- TWIRLING THEIR CANES, the dancers tapped across the stage. | participle (adjective)
- A PEELED and SLICED cucumber can be added to a garden salad. | participle (adjective)
- STRETCHING HIS LEGS, Ryan got ready to run. | participle (adjective)
- Charlie contemplates ways TO WORK on the production system. | infinitive
- The coyotes run AFTER THE RABBIT. | prepositional phrase
- I prefer READING VAMPIRE BOOKS. | gerund
- The poem, ONE OF ROBERT FROST'S BEST, is called "The Death of the Hired Man." | appositive
- Chelsey ran WITH GREAT SPEED. | participle (adverb)
- He answered IN A RUDE MANNER. | participle (adverb)
- Let us cease from work FROM THIS MOMENT. | participle (adverb)
- He does his work WITHOUT CARE. | participle (adverb)
- SLEEPING SOUNDLY IN HER BED, Sharon was not going to be disturbed by any of her kids. | participle (adjective)
- Charging wildly down the street, the bulls tried TO CRUSH THE CITIZENS OF PAMPLONA. | infinitive
- We tried SHOOTING WITH THE NBA'S NEW BASKETBALL and found it to be challenging. | gerund

Q: Choose the sentence that corrects the dangling modifier in the following sentence: Having been thrown in the air, the dog caught the stick.
- After it was thrown in the air, the dog caught the stick.
- When the stick was thrown in the air, the dog caught it.
- The dog caught the stick.
A: When the stick was thrown in the air, the dog caught it.

Q: Choose the best sentence that corrects the split infinitive in this sentence: Mark decided to quickly remove Amy's cats.
- Mark decided quickly to remove Amy's cats.
- Mark decided to grab Amy's cats and set them free before she got back from the store.
- Mark decided to remove quickly Amy's cats.
A: Mark decided to remove quickly Amy's cats.

Q: In a sentence with an appositive in the middle, set off nonrestrictive elements with a comma before and after it.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Gerund phrases virtually never require punctuation.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: A phrase must have a subject and a verb.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Identify the correct phrase in capital letters.
- The marine biologist, DIVING NEAR A REEF, saw a shark. | participle (adjective)
- KNOWN FOR HER PATIENCE, Mrs. Sieg was her favorite teacher. | participle (adjective)
- TWIRLING THEIR CANES, the dancers tapped across the stage. | participle (adjective)
- A PEELED and SLICED cucumber can be added to a garden salad. | participle (adjective)
- STRETCHING HIS LEGS, Ryan got ready to run. | participle (adjective)
- DRIED food was needed on the CAMPING trip. | participle (adjective)
- Our house, A BRICK BUNGALOW, is on Main Street. | appositive
- Groucho Marx, THE STAR OF MANY FILM COMEDIES, also had his own television show. | appositive
- The poem, ONE OF ROBERT FROST'S BEST, is called "The Death of the Hired Man." | appositive
- Chelsey ran WITH GREAT SPEED. | participle (adverb)
- He answered IN A RUDE MANNER. | participle (adverb)
- Let us cease from work FROM THIS MOMENT. | participle (adverb)
- He does his work WITHOUT CARE. | participle (adverb)
- SLEEPING SOUNDLY IN HER BED, Sharon was not going to be disturbed by any of her kids. | participle (adjective)
- TO SLEEP, perchance TO DREAM. | infinitive
- We tried SHOOTING WITH THE NBA'S NEW BASKETBALL and found it to be challenging. | gerund
- TO RUN A MILE IN LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES is nearly impossible. | infinitive
- My grandmother prefers READING SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS. | gerund
- PLAYING BASKETBALL takes up too much of her time. | gerund
- I like SWIMMING. | gerund
- Look at the boat WITH THE BLUE SAIL. | prepositional phrase
- The coyotes run AFTER THE RABBIT. | prepositional phrase
- The park is NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL. | prepositional phrase
- Charlie contemplates ways TO WORK on the production system. | infinitive

Q: Identify the correct phrase in capital letters.
- DRIED food was needed on the CAMPING trip. | participle (adjective)
- KNOWN FOR HER PATIENCE, Mrs. Sieg was her favorite teacher. | participle (adjective)
- TWIRLING THEIR CANES, the dancers tapped across the stage. | participle (adjective)
- A PEELED and SLICED cucumber can be added to a garden salad. | participle (adjective)
- STRETCHING HIS LEGS, Ryan got ready to run. | participle (adjective)
- Charlie contemplates ways TO WORK on the production system. | infinitive
- The coyotes run AFTER THE RABBIT. | prepositional phrase
- I prefer READING VAMPIRE BOOKS. | gerund
- The poem, ONE OF ROBERT FROST'S BEST, is called "The Death of the Hired Man." | appositive
- Chelsey ran WITH GREAT SPEED. | participle (adverb)
- He answered IN A RUDE MANNER. | participle (adverb)
- Let us cease from work FROM THIS MOMENT. | participle (adverb)
- He does his work WITHOUT CARE. | participle (adverb)
- SLEEPING SOUNDLY IN HER BED, Sharon was not going to be disturbed by any of her kids. | participle (adjective)
- Charging wildly down the street, the bulls tried TO CRUSH THE CITIZENS OF PAMPLONA. | infinitive
- We tried SHOOTING WITH THE NBA'S NEW BASKETBALL and found it to be challenging. | gerund
- TO SLEEP, perchance TO DREAM. | infinitve