Language Knowledge: Enhance Your Understanding of Language Structure

Question 1

In the sentence 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog', who is performing the action?

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The fox

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The dog

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The lazy

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Jumped

Question 2

What does the word 'jubilant' mean in the sentence: 'The students were jubilant after winning the competition'?

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Happy and excited

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Sad and disappointed

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Angry and upset

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Scared and frightened

Question 3

Which sentence is a question?

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Is the sun shining outside?

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The dog ran quickly across the street.

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Please close the door when you leave.

Question 4

In the sentence 'The teacher was adamant about the students completing their homework,' what does the underlined word 'adamant' tell us about the teacher's attitude towards the students' homework?

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The teacher strongly believes that the students must finish their homework.

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The teacher is not sure if the students can finish their homework.

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The teacher is not very concerned about the students finishing their homework.

Question 5

In the sentence 'The book is on the table', what does the word 'on' tell us?

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Where the book is

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When the book is on the table

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Why the book is on the table

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How the book is on the table

Question 6

What word means the opposite of 'happy'?

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Sad

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Cheerful

Question 7

Which word below is an adjective that describes a color?

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Blue

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Run

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And

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Quickly

Question 8

What word means the opposite of 'happy'?

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Sad

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Excited

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Angry

Question 9

Which sentence uses a metaphor, a figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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The sun smiled down on the town.

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The wind blew through the trees like a gentle breeze.

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The cat sat on the windowsill, watching the birds fly by.

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The book was as heavy as a brick.

Question 10

Which word in the list is a conjunction?

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And

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Noun

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The

Question 11

What does the idiom 'kick the bucket' mean?

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To die

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To win a lottery

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To get very angry

Question 12

Which part of the sentence tells us *when* the students read quietly?

'The students read quietly while the teacher was explaining the lesson.'

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'while the teacher was explaining the lesson'

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'The students read quietly'

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'the teacher was explaining'

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'the lesson'

Question 13

What does the prefix 'un-' do to the meaning of the word 'happy' in the sentence: 'The child was unhappy with the toy'?

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Makes the word mean 'not happy'

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Makes the word mean 'very happy'

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Makes the word mean 'slightly happy'

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Makes the word mean 'extremely happy'

Question 14

In the sentence 'The teacher gave the book to the student', who is the recipient of the book?

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The student

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The teacher

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The book

Question 15

Which word best connects the two ideas in this sentence: 'I like to read, _____ I like to play outside'?

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and

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because

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but

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so

Question 16

What word means the opposite of 'cold'?

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Hot

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Warm

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Cool

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Freezing

Question 17

In the sentence 'The car drove quickly down the road', what does the underlined word 'quickly' describe?

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How the car drove

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The car

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The road

Question 18

Which sentence uses a simile? A simile compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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The sun was as bright as a star.

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The sky was a vast blue sheet.

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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The rain fell heavily on the roof.

Question 19

Which of these is an action word?

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A verb

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A noun

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An adjective

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An adverb

Question 20

Which sentence is written correctly?

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The dog barks at the mailman.

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The dog bark at the mailman.

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The dog barked at the mailman.

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The dogs barks at the mailman.

Question 21

What is the suffix used to make a word into an adverb?

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'-ly'

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'-ing'

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'-ed'

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'-ful'

Question 22

In the sentence 'I am happy', which word shows that I am talking about the present?

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am

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I

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happy

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the

Question 23

What is the prefix that means 'not'?

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Un

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Re

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In

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Pre

Question 24

Which word means 'very big'?

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Colossal

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Tiny

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Small

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Medium

Question 25

Which word connects two words, phrases, or sentences?

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Conjunction

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 26

Which of the following is an adjective?

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happy

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dog

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quickly

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jumped

Question 27

What part of speech is the word 'quickly'?

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Adverb

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

Question 28

Which of the following sentences is in the present perfect tense?

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I have eaten dinner already.

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I ate dinner yesterday.

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I will eat dinner tonight.

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I am eating dinner now.

Question 29

The sentence 'The boy kicked the ball' is in the...

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active voice

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passive voice

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future tense

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past tense

Question 30

What type of word is 'because'?

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conjunction

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preposition

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interjection

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article

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a type of sentence?

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nonsense

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declarative

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interrogative

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imperative

Question 32

Which of these words means the opposite of 'sad'?

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(B) Joyful

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(A) Sad

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(C) Angry

Question 33

Which of these words refers to more than one 'dog'?

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(B) Dogs

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(A) Dog

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(C) Walk

Question 34

Which of these sentences tells about something that happens regularly?

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(A) I eat breakfast every day.

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(B) I ate breakfast yesterday.

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(C) I will eat breakfast tomorrow.

Question 35

Which of these words tells us where something is?

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(B) Over

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(A) And

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(C) The

Question 36

Which of these sentences shows that something was done to the cat?

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(B) The cat was chased by the dog.

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(A) The dog chased the cat.

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(C) The cat and dog played together.

Question 37

Which of these sentences shows who owns the toy?

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(A) The cat's toy is blue.

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(B) The toys cat is blue.

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(C) The cat toy is blue.

Question 38

Choose the word that best describes the underlined word in the sentence: 'The excited children ran through the park.'

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 39

What does the phrase 'to kick the bucket' mean?

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To die

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To score a goal

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To run away

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To be very tired

Question 40

What is the plural form of the word 'child'?

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Children

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Childs

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Childen

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Child

Question 41

What is the past tense of 'swim'?

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Swam

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Swimming

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Swimmed

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Swims

Question 42

Which word means the opposite of 'sad'?

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Happy

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Angry

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Tired

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Excited

Question 43

What is the past tense of the word 'go'?

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Went

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Goes

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Gone

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Going

Question 44

Which of these sentences is written correctly?

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The boy runs fast.

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The boy run fast.

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The boy runned fast.

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The boy be running fast.

Question 45

What is the prefix in the word 'unhappy'?

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Un-

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Dis-

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In-

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Re-

Question 46

Which word means the opposite of 'hot'?

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Cold

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Warm

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Freezing

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Chilly

Question 47

What is the root word in the word 'unhappy'?

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Happy

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Un-

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Unhap-

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Happ-

Question 48

Which word can connect two sentences?

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And

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The

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Happy

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Run

Question 49

What is the correct order of these words: 'the and book is table on'

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The book is on the table.

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On the table is the book.

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The table is on the book.

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Is the book on the table?

Question 50

What is a synonym for the word 'gigantic'?

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Enormous

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Tiny

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Average

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Small

Question 51

Complete the sentence: 'The boy kicked the _______.'

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ball

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balls

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balled

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baller

Question 52

Which word is a preposition?

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To

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And

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But

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The

Question 53

What is the root word of 'unhappy'?

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Happy

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Un

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Hap

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Pen

Question 54

Which word is a compound word?

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Schoolhouse

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Run

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Apple

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Big

Question 55

In the sentence 'The children played at the park.', what is the subject?

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Children

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Park

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Played

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At

Question 56

Which sentence asks a question using a special word called an interrogative pronoun?

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Who is the tallest person in the class?

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The red car is parked down the street.

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I like to play with my friends in the park.

Question 57

In the sentence 'The dog ran to the park,' what part of speech is the word 'to'?

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Preposition

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Conjunction

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Adverb

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Noun

Question 58

In the sentence 'The children played outside while the adults talked inside.', which part shows an action that was happening at the same time as another action?

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while the adults talked inside

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The children played outside

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The adults talked inside

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children played

Question 59

What does the phrase 'in retrospect' mean?

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Looking back at something

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Right now

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The opposite of what you meant to say

Question 60

Which word means the same as 'happy'?

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Joyful

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Sad

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Angry

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Gloomy

Question 61

Which of these sentences is correct?

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The boy is smart.

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The boy he is smart.

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The boy, he is smart.

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The boy is he smart.

Question 62

In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat', what kind of word is 'sat'?

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Verb

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Noun

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Adjective

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Adverb

Question 63

Which type of sentence has two main ideas joined by 'and' or 'but'?

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Compound sentence

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Simple sentence

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Complex sentence

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Run-on sentence

Question 64

Why do we use quotation marks in writing?

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To show someone is speaking

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To make a word sound important

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To give a name to something

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To ask a question