7th Grade Language Usage
Block 3 Mastery Test
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Question #1:
Which word is an adjective in this sentence?
Brazil is larger than Portugal.
A. than
B. is
C. larger
Question #2:
Is the capitalized word a noun adjective or pronoun?
Nearly all of BRAZIL'S industries are in three
cities.
A. noun
B. pronoun
C. adjective
Question #3:
Is the capitalized word a noun adjective or pronoun?
They lived by farming SMALL patches of land and
hunting animals.
A. pronoun
B. adjective
C. noun
Question #4:
What question do adjectives answer?
A. when
B. what kind
C. to what extent
Question #5:
Which noun is modified by the capitalized adjective?
The rainforest, beautiful and UNIQUE, is being
burned.
A. beautiful
B. rainforest
C. burned
Question #6:
What is the degree of the adjective in this sentence?
Mrs. James was the angriest person at the meeting.
A. positive
B. comparative
C. superlative
Question #7:
What is the degree of the adjective in this sentence?
Reba is younger than Howard.
A. comparative
B. superlative
C. positive
Question #8:
What is the degree of the adjective in this sentence?
Luke's backpack is heavier than Perry's.
A. Positive
B. Superlative
C. Comparative
Question #9:
What is the degree of the comparative adjective?
He is a worse studier than I am.
A. superlative
B. comparative
C. positive
Question #10:
What is the degree of the adjective in this sentence?
Two of the biggest grape growing countries in
western Europe are Italy and France.
A. positive
B. comparative
C. superlative
Question #11:
Which of the answer choices is an adverb?
The government quickly banned publication of many
of Pasternak's novels.
A. many
B. novels
C. quickly
Question #12:
Which word in the sentence is a negative?
When the Soviet Union broke apart into fifteen
nations, it was not hard to define borders.
A. define
B. not
C. hard
Question #13:
Choose the word to correctly complete this sentence.
Some people _______ like to hear news, music, and
sports.
A. especial
B. especially
7th Grade Language Usage
Block 3 Mastery Test
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Question #14:
Which word does the capitalized adverb modify?
The Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia is SURELY the
longest railroad in the world.
A. railroad
B. world
C. is
Question #15:
Which word does the capitalized adverb modify?
Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania did NOT join
the commonwealth.
A. did join
B. commonwealth
C. Estonia
Question #16:
What is the degree of the capitalized adverb?
The Ganges River plain is the MOST DENSELY
populated part of India.
A. superlative
B. positive
C. comparative
Question #17:
What is the degree of comparison for this adverb?
Most frequently
A. comparative
B. positive
C. superlative
Question #18:
Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.
Farmers who left their land behind faced _______
hardships.
A. really
B. real
Question #19:
Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.
Hinduism is ________ the principal religion of India.
A. undoubted
B. undoubtedly
Question #20:
Choose the correct word to complete this sentence.
Islam is ________ the world's second largest
religion.
A. sure
B. surely
Question #21:
Which of these answer choices is a preposition?
In West Africa, most people still live in mud and
thatched houses.
A. in
B. still
C. most
Question #22:
Choose the word that is the object of the preposition.
Subsistence farmers are barely able to grow enough
food for their families.
A. farmers
B. families
C. barely
Question #23:
Choose the word that is the object of the preposition.
Overgrazing and drought have hastened the
advance of the Sahara Desert into the Sahel.
A. drought
B. advance
C. Sahel
Question #24:
Is the prepositional phrase an adjective or adverb?
BEFORE EUROPEAN COLONIZATION, there were no
separate countries.
A. adverb
B. adjective
Question #25:
Is the prepositional phrase an adjective or adverb?
The Nigerian government had used money FROM
OIL EXPORTS to develop industry.
A. adjective
B. adverb
7th Grade Language Usage
Block 3 Mastery Test
Answer Key
1. C -larger
2. C -adjective
3. B -adjective
4. B -what kind
5. B -rainforest
6. C -superlative
7. A -comparative
8. C -comparative
9. B -comparative
10. C -superlative
11. C -quickly
12. B -not
13. B -especially
14. C -is
15. A -did join
16. A -superlative
17. C -superlative
18. B -real
19. B -undoubtedly
20. B -surely
21. A -in
22. B -families
23. C -Sahel
24. A -adverb
25. A -adjective