Grammar in General

English Grammar Pre-Test I

1. Explain the following grammatical classifications:

1. Noun
2. Verb
3. Direct Object
4. Indirect Object
5. Pronoun
6. Adjective
7. Adverb
8. Predicate Nominative

2. What is meant by number (of nouns, adjectives, and verbs)?

3. Name a definite article and an indefinite article, in English.

4. Does a verb or noun have case?

5. Read this sentence and answer the following questions:
Apollo and Diana are Jupiter's children.

1. What is the subject?
2. What is the predicate?
3. Is the predicate a predicate nominative or a direct object?
4. How can you tell?
5. What word shows possession?

6. Name some personal pronouns

7. How many principal parts are there in an English verb?

8. List the principal parts of the verbs 'to eat' and 'to watch'

9. What is an infinitive?

10. Give the meanings of the the following grammatical classifications:

1. Person
2. Number
3. Tense
4. Voice
5. Mood

11. What is a participle?

12. What is a gerund?

13. Explain the subjunctive

14. What is an imperative?

Special thanks to Patrick Yaggy, University of Georgia

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