Basic Posttest
Write your answers to the following questions on the lines at the right.
Sentence 1 The large bull charged angrily across the field.
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1. Name the adjective. 2. Name the adverb. 3. Name the preposition. 4. Name the subject. 5. Name the object of the preposition 6. What word does angrily modify? |
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Sentence 2 I sent Hal a long letter today.
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7. Name the direct object. 9. Name the verb. 10. Name the pronoun. 11. Name the article. 12. Name the indirect object. 13. What word does long modify? |
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Sentence 3 Do not drink the soda before lunch, Nancy.
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are there in Sentence 3?
15. Name the direct object. 16. Name the noun of direct address. 17. Name the subject. 18. Name the verb phrase. 19. Name the adverb. |
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Sentence 4 We are afraid of the snake, and I wish it would disappear.
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20. Name the coordinating conjunction. 21. Name the helping verb. 22. Name the "being" or "linking" verb. 23. How many subjects are there in Sentence 4? 24. Name the adjective. |
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Sentence 5 Wow, the story is really scary?
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25. Name the verb. 26. Name the adverb. 27. Name the interjection. 28. Name the article. |
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Sentence 6 She and Lorenzo were the best actors in the school play.
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29. How many adjectives are there in Sentence 6? 30. Name the object of the preposition. 31. Name the subject(s). 32. Name the predicate nominative. 33. What part of speech is school? |
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