Grammar Final Review
Directions: You will be assessed on all of the parts of speech covered this semester. Write a definition for each of the grammar
terms listed then complete each of the practice exercises.
Grammar Terms
Definition
Nouns and Pronouns- Units 1-2
Noun
Concrete Noun
Abstract Noun
Compound Noun
Proper Noun
Common Noun
Pronoun
Antecedent
Verb
Action Verb
Verbs- Units 3-5
Mental Action
Visible Action
Subject of the Verb
Object of the verb
Transitive Verb
Intransitive Verb
Linking Verb
Helping Verb
Unit 6
Adjective
Unit 7
Adverb
Grammar Skill Exercises
Nouns & Pronouns:
Skill Check A: Highlight the common nouns, underline
Skill Check B: Highlight each pronoun, and draw an arrow
compound nouns, and circle the proper nouns.
to its antecedent.
1. Because insects are so small, they must have creative ways to
protect themselves, Sunday through Saturday, 365 days a year.
6. Insects do not learn their behavior from their parents.
2. A saddleback caterpillar has sharp hairs that will break and
7. In fact, an adult usually dies before her young are born.
release poison when they prick your skin.
8. Consequently, an insect must rely on its instincts to survive.
3. An inchworm and a walking stick use camouflage.
4. Often insects like syrphus flies, which cannot defend
9. The behavioral patterns are built deep in the nervous system,
themselves, mimic other insects that have better defenses.
and they are apparent when stimulated.
5. One species, found in North America, looks like a type that
10. Every insect reacts to its surroundings.
tastes bad to birds.
Verbs:
Skill Check A: Highlight the action verb in each sentence.
Then, label each V (visible action) or M (mental action).
1. The earliest Chinese people lived in the Yellow River valley.
2. Written records go back more than 4,000 years.
3. The Chinese believed in the importance of history.
13. The rulers of each territory were his appointees.
14. The other classes may have been less influential.
15. The commoners remained the largest group.
Skill Check D: Highlight the verb in each sentence. Then, label
it L (linking) or A (action).
4. Archaeologists wondered about the origin of the Chinese people.
16. The Zhou dynasty remained powerful for a time.
5. They investigated ancient sites.
17. Peasants grew millet, wheat, barley, and rice.
Skill Check B: Identify the action verb in each sentence.
18. Men and women grew tired from long hours in the fields.
Then, label it T (transitive) or I (intransitive).
19. They turned over the harvest to the ruler.
6. The Shang dynasty once ruled the territory of present-day China.
20. This system appears unfair to people today.
7. Agriculture sustained the early Chinese.
8. The people worked hard on small patches of land.
9. They also raised pigs, dogs, sheep, and oxen.
10. The rulers lived in fine palaces.
Skill Check C: Highlight the linking verb, and draw a doubleheaded arrow connecting the words linked by the verb.
11. The Shang was an aristocratic society.
12. The king became the head of a military nobility.
Adjectives & Adverbs:
Skill Check E: Highlight the verb phrase in each sentence.
Include all helping verbs, but do not include any words that
interrupt the verb phrase.
(21) The Qin dynasty had contributed much to the Chinese
culture. (22) However, the accomplishments of the Qin dynasty
must have been achieved at an enormous cost of wealth and
human life. (23) Taxation and forced labor might have been
responsible for the resentment of the dynasty. (24) The
indignant population will always be remembered because they
rebelled. (25) This power struggle could possibly have caused the
fall of the dynasty.
Skill Check A: Highlight the adverbs in these sentences.
Skill Check B: Label the underlined word as either an adverb
1. Public demand for transcontinental rail connections was
or an adjective. If it is an adverb, highlight the word it modifies
then label the part of speech of the highlighted word
(Verb/Adjective/Adverb).
originally inspired by two American statesmen.
2. This demand was further increased by the California Gold Rush
of 1849.
3. The need for transcontinental lines was felt so urgently that
construction began during the extremely costly Civil War.
4. The Union Pacific rails began in Omaha, Nebraska, and stretched
westward.
5. The Central Pacific rails began in Sacramento, California, and
later stretched eastward.
6. The two rails were joined at Promontory, Utah, in 1869.
7. Thus, the coast-to-coast connection for trains was finally completed.
8. It was now possible to cross the country in a matter of weeks instead
of months.
9. Migration west was greatly accelerated by the transcontinental
railroad.
10. Western cities very soon began to flourish due to the swifter arrival
of eastern supplies.