Grammar Vocabulary Quiz 4

You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. It tests some of the words defined on our Grammar Vocabulary page.

1. A sentence is a group of words that expresses

an English thought a complete thought
a) an English thought b) a complete thought

2. A sentence must contain

a verb an adjective
a) a verb b) an adjective

3. A sentence ends with a full stop, an exclamation mark or

a comma a question mark
a) a comma b) a question mark

4. A sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and

an object a predicate
a) an object b) a predicate

5. The predicate gives us information about a sentence's

subject topic
a) subject b) topic

6. The tense form of a verb helps us to understand

the time of the action the place of the action
a) the time of the action b) the place of the action

7. Which would you be most likely to use when talking about your childhood?

present tense forms past tense forms
a) present tense forms b) past tense forms

8. For things that are happening now, or are true now, we use one of the

future tense forms present tense forms
a) future tense forms b) present tense forms

9. The present continuous tense can be used to talk about the present or

the future the past
a) the future b) the past

10. A verb is a word that describes

an action or state a person or thing
a) an action or state b) a person or thing

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