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Grammar Practice Test

Test your grammar skills with this free practice test. Whether you are studying for a school exam, studying English as a second language or just looking for exams to take for fun, this grammar practice test will challenge your grammar knowledge.

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1.	Indicate the verb in the following sentence. "John has a message for his mother."
		a. Has
		b. Message
		c. For
		d. His
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2.	Transitive verbs need another word to complete the idea of the expression.
		True
		False
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3.	Indicate which type of verb is used in the following sentence: "The tulip bloomed."
		a. Transitive
		b. Intransitive
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4.	Indicate the direct object in the following sentence. "Stephanie gave her mother a pencil."
		a. Gave
		b. Her
		c. Mother
		d. Pencil
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5.	Indicate the indirect object in the following sentence. "Stephanie gave her mother a pencil."
		a. Gave
		b. Her
		c. Mother
		d. Pencil
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6.	Perfect tenses tell about actions that have not yet been completed.
		True
		False
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7.	Which perfect tense is used in the following sentence: "Tom had walked all the way home before his mom arrived."
		a. Present Perfect Tense
		b. Past Perfect Tense
		c. Future Perfect Tense
		d. None of the above
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8.	Indicate whether the verb is active or passive in the following sentence: "The ball broke the vase."
		a. Active
		b. Passive
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9.	Indicate whether the verb is active or passive in the following sentence: "The vase was broken."
		a. Active
		b. Passive
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10.	Indicate the pronoun in the following sentence: "What is the soup of the day?"
		a. Soup, Demonstrative
		b. Day, Interrogative
		c. What, Interrogative
		d. Soup, Interrogative
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11.	Indicate the pronoun in the following sentence: "The name of that is mango."
		a. Name, Demonstrative
		b. Of, Interrogative
		c. Mango, Demonstrative
		d. That, Demonstrative
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12.	Identify the pronoun and whether it is reflexive or intensive: " The ship's captain earned himself a good night sleep."
		a. Earned, Reflexive
		b. Sleep, Intensive
		c. Himself, Reflexive
		d. Himself, Intensive
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13.	Identify the pronoun and whether it is reflexive or intensive: "Ship captains themselves often stay up all night driving the ship."
		a. Ship, Relexive
		b. Themselves, Intensive
		c. Stay, Reflexive
		d. Night, Intensive
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14.	Indefinite pronouns usually refer to a specific person or thing.
		True
		False
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15.	All of the following are indefinite pronouns except ________________.
		a. Both
		b. No one
		c. Neither
		d. It
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16.	This chair is _______________. That is someone __________ chair.
		a. Your's; else's
		b. Yours; elses
		c. Yours; else's
		d. Your's; elses
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17.	____________ hot today.
		a. Its
		b. It's
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18.	Which of the following is a superlative adjective?
		a. Richest
		b. Rich
		c. Richer
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19.	After the game, John had ____________ baseballs.
		a. Less
		b. Fewer
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20.	Sally is taller than ________.
		a. Her
		b. She
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21.	Which of the following is the antonym of "beautiful"?
		a. Beauty
		b. Gorgeous
		c. Ugly
		d. Average
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22.	She skis ____________.
		a. Good
		b. Well
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23.	When my dog died, I felt ______________.
		a. Bad
		b. Badly
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24.	Which of the following words is an adverb?
		a. Lovely
		b. Lonely
		c. Slowly
		d. Friendly
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25.	An adjective can modify an adverb.
		True
		False
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26.	Adverbs can modify an adjective.
		True
		False
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27.	Which of the following is not an article?
		a. That
		b. A
		c. An
		d. The
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28.	In the following sentence, which word is the proper adjective? "American cars have a long history of design going back to the early 1900s."
		a. Long
		b. Going back
		c. American
		d. Early
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29.	The object of a preposition is a ________________.
		a. Adverb
		b. Adjective
		c. Verb
		d. Noun or pronoun
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30.	A preposition is a word that introduces a prepositional phrase and shows a relationship between its object and some other word in the sentence.
		True
		False
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31.	Does the following sentence contain an adjectival or adverbial prepositional phrase? "Patrick jumped up on the table."
		a. Advervial
		b. Adjectival
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32.	Does the following sentence contain an adjectival or adverbial prepositional phrase? "The child drew on a coloring book under a table."
		a. Adverbial
		b. Adjectival
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33.	Does the following sentence contain an adjectival or adverbial prepositional phrase? "Kathy saw a box on the table in the dining room."
		a. Adverbial
		b. Adjectival
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