Abeka 9th grade Grammar Semester Exam

When "well, yes, or no" come at the beginning of the sentence, which of the following would follow?

Comma

What punctuation is used to introduce a formal quotation?

Colon

Which of the following statements about diagramming is true?

All of them

3 multiple choice options

What are verbs that have receivers called

Transitive

What follows a linking verb and renames the subject

predicate nominative

When should a semicolon be used between clauses

when the clauses are independent

Which question does an adverb answer

All of them

3 multiple choice options

Use a ____ between the name of the city and the state in the address

Comma

An _______ sentence gives a command or request

Imperative

Commas and periods always go ______ the closing quotations

inside

Verbs that have receivers for the action are called ______ verbs

transitive

Participles, gerunds, and infinitives are three kinds of ______ .

verbals

In active voice, the subject is _______ the action.

doing

Central Intelligence Agency is correctly abbreviated ______.

CIA

In an outline, the main headings have _____ numerals.

Roman

The following are correctly capitalized

the dean of students

Reader's Digest (magazine)

a friend of the Smith family

Mayor Lionel Jackson

What best describes the following verb or verb phrase

have lain --- past participle of lie

climbs --- present tense

am --- present tense

will have been considered --- future perfect tense

Identify as transitive or intransitive

Identify each transitive verb as active or passive

Lisa brought some sandwiches to the party. tr/act

All boats in the regatta started at the same time. intr

Strawberries are harvested in the early spring. tr/pass

The ingredients for the salsa were chopped by Megan. tr/pass

Ella copied the recipe to try at home. tr/act

Thoughtfulness ___ a desirable trait.

is

Both his parents and Brad ____ been sailing.

have

The rose bush in the hedges ____ blooming.

was

The class _____ talking excitedly among themselves about the upcoming party.

are

Mechanics ____ the study of punctuation and capitalization in grammar class.

is

Identify as subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, appositive, or direct address.

Ben brought his class some fudge for the Christmas party. i.o

When will you be ready, Jordan. d.a

The vice president will be the featured speaker at the seminar next month. p.n

His idea, a video blog of the mission trip, was unanimously accepted. ap.

He reads the online newspaper every day. d.o.

The small fish dangled on the end of Max's line. s.

gerund phrase

Begins with noun form of verb ending in -ing, plus any modifiers or complements

EX: Surprisingly, surfing at sunrise is one of my mother's hobbies.

Many Alaskans travel by flying from city to city.

infinitive phrase

Phrases that begin with an infinitive. (to + simple form of the verb)

EX: Melissa plans to write in her journal every day.

Their goal, to finish the yard work by noon, motivated David and Les.

Subject

who or what the sentence is about

predicate nominative

a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject

direct object

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

object of the preposition

the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition

appositive

A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.

noun clause

a subordinate clause used as a noun

EX: We decided that we would take our vacation in Flordia.

Eric would not tell anyone about who had won the contest.

indicative mood

used for statements of fact

EX: Krista wants Jeanne to volunteer on Saturday with her at the local animal shelter.

The verb here VOLUNTEER is used to state a fact

subject of the infinitive

an infinitive sometimes has a subject

EX: Krista wants Jeanne to volunteer on Saturday with her at the local animal shelter.

JEANNE functions as the subject of the infinitive.

Diagraming

Serving others brings joy.

Diagraming

The decision that he should run for mayor changed his life.