English Grammar Quizzes for Reception Students

Question 1

What kind of word can name a person, place, or thing?

Accepted Answer

Dog

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Run

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Quickly

Answer

Jump

Question 2

What do we use nouns for in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

To name people, places, or things

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To describe actions

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To show when something happened

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To connect different parts of a sentence

Question 3

Which words in the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat' are nouns?

Accepted Answer

cat and mat

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sat and on

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the

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cat and sat

Question 4

Who is doing the action in the sentence: "The dog is barking at the mailman"?

Accepted Answer

The dog

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Barking

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The mailman

Question 5

What part of the sentence tells us how many or which thing we are talking about?

Accepted Answer

Determiner

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 6

Why do we use different words when we talk or write?

Accepted Answer

To help people understand us better.

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To make our language more interesting.

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To follow what our teachers say.

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To make our sentences longer.

Question 7

Which word shows how the cat is related to the table in the sentence: "The cat is under the table"?

Accepted Answer

Under

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The

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Is

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Table

Question 8

In the sentence 'The dog is sleeping on the floor', which word tells us what the dog is doing?

Accepted Answer

is sleeping

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The

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dog

Question 9

Which word is an article? An article is a word that comes before a noun.

Accepted Answer

The

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Play

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And

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Dog

Question 10

Which word can we use to join two sentences together?

Accepted Answer

And

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Because

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The

Answer

Dog

Question 11

Which word describes something?

Accepted Answer

Big

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Jump

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But

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A

Question 12

Which word in the sentence 'Oh no! I lost my teddy bear!' shows how the person is feeling?

Accepted Answer

Oh

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No

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I

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Teddy

Question 13

What do adjectives do to nouns in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

Give more details about nouns

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Make nouns sound more exciting

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Replace nouns in a sentence

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Make nouns shorter

Question 14

Which word can we use to connect these two sentences: 'The cat is black.' and 'The cat is fluffy.'?

Accepted Answer

and

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but

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or

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because

Question 15

What is the correct way to make the word **leaf** plural?

Accepted Answer

leaves

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leafes

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leafs

Question 16

In the sentence: "The dog barked loudly," what type of noun is the word "dog"?

Accepted Answer

Common noun

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Proper noun

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Abstract noun

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Plural noun

Question 17

What word tells us more about the banana?

Accepted Answer

Yellow

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The

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Has

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A

Question 18

Which sentence asks a question?

Accepted Answer

What is your name?

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The dog barked loudly.

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The boy ran quickly.

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Please close the door.

Question 19

Who or what is doing the jumping in the sentence 'The cat jumped over the fence.'?

Accepted Answer

The cat

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The fence

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Over

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Jumped

Question 20

Which word can we use to join these two sentences together: 'The cat is black.' and 'The cat is fluffy.'

Accepted Answer

and

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or

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but

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so

Question 21

Which word tells us how the boy's hair looks?

Accepted Answer

curly

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boy

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quickly

Question 22

Which word in the sentence 'I can jump very high' shows that I am able to jump?

Accepted Answer

can

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I

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jump

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high

Question 23

Which word tells us how the tree is different from the others?

Accepted Answer

taller

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tree

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than

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park

Question 24

Which word in the sentence 'I played in the park yesterday' shows what I did?

Accepted Answer

played

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I

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in

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yesterday

Question 25

Which word in this sentence names a place: **The big red dog ran down the street**?

Accepted Answer

street

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The

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dog

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big

Question 26

Can you identify the type of noun used in the sentence, "The beautiful flowers filled the vase"?

Accepted Answer

Common noun

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Proper noun

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Abstract noun

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Collective noun

Question 27

What word helps to connect two parts of a sentence?

Accepted Answer

A conjunction

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A noun

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A verb

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An adjective

Question 28

What do verbs tell us about people or things in a sentence?

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What they do

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What they are

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Where they are

Question 29

Let's play a game! We're going to find out who owns these things. Which word shows who owns the bed?

Accepted Answer

The cat's bed is comfy.

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The cat is sleeping.

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The dog is playing.

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The dog's bone is big.

Question 30

What do prepositions show us in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

How words are linked

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What something is

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What something does

Question 31

Which words describe actions, like 'jump', 'run' or 'kick'?

Accepted Answer

Verbs

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Nouns

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Adjectives

Question 32

Which type of word can we use to connect two words or phrases?

Accepted Answer

A word that joins two words or phrases together

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A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

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A word that describes an action or a state of being

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A word that describes a noun or pronoun

Question 33

What kind of words are 'Wow!' and 'Oh, no!'?

Accepted Answer

Interjections

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Nouns

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Verbs

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Adjectives

Question 34

What are compound sentences and how do we make them?

Accepted Answer

Compound sentences are made by joining two or more complete ideas with words like 'and', 'or', or 'but'.

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Compound sentences have only one idea.

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Compound sentences are made by joining a complete idea with an incomplete idea.

Question 35

What kind of word names a person, place, or thing?

Accepted Answer

Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 36

Which word tells us what someone or something is doing?

Accepted Answer

Going

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Happy

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Red

Question 37

What kind of word tells us more about a person, place, or thing?

Accepted Answer

Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

Question 38

Which sentence has a verb?

Accepted Answer

The dog is playing fetch.

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The boy is happy.

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The house is big.

Question 39

Which word is a noun and describes a place?

Accepted Answer

Garden

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Smile

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Jump

Question 40

Which word is a verb and describes an action of a person?

Accepted Answer

Run

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Sad

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Table

Question 41

Which word is an adjective and describes a quality?

Accepted Answer

Cold

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Slowly

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Dog

Question 42

Which sentence uses a noun and an adjective correctly?

Accepted Answer

The big house is blue.

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The cat is running quickly.

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The happy dog is playing.

Question 43

What word tells us what the cat did in this sentence: 'The cat jumped over the fence.'?

Accepted Answer

Jumped

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The

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Cat

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Fence

Question 44

Which word in this sentence names the thing that ate an apple: 'The girl ate an apple.'?

Accepted Answer

Girl

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The

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Ate

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Apple

Question 45

What word tells us more about the dog in this sentence: 'The big dog barked.'?

Accepted Answer

Big

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The

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Dog

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Barked

Question 46

Which of these sentences has only words that name things?

Accepted Answer

Cat mat.

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The cat sat on the mat.

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Sit cat mat.

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Mat the sat.

Question 47

Which of these sentences has a word that describes something and a word that names something?

Accepted Answer

The big cat sat.

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The cat sat.

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Cat sat the.

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Sat the big cat.

Question 48

What word means the opposite of 'little'?

Accepted Answer

Big

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Little

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Tall

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Short

Question 49

Which word shows an action or something that happens?

Accepted Answer

Jump

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Red

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Slowly

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Box

Question 50

Which word describes how something looks, feels, or sounds?

Accepted Answer

Green

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Sing

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And

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Car

Question 51

Which sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop?

Accepted Answer

The cat runs quickly.

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the cat run quickly

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the Cat run quickly.

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Thecat Runs quickly.

Question 52

Which word can finish the sentence: 'The _______ is black.'?

Accepted Answer

Cat

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Running

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Quickly

Answer

And

Question 53

Which word describes the cat in the sentence: 'The black cat is running quickly.'?

Accepted Answer

Black

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Running

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Quickly

Answer

Cat

Question 54

Which sentence has the correct word order?

Accepted Answer

the cat is black

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is cat the black

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cat the black is

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black is the cat

Question 55

Which word means the opposite of 'small'?

Accepted Answer

Big

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Tall

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Red

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Green

Question 56

Which word names a person, place, or thing?

Accepted Answer

dog

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eat

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quickly

Question 57

Which word describes an action?

Accepted Answer

walk

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red

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big

Question 58

Which sentence is written correctly?

Accepted Answer

The boy runs to the store.

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The boy run to the store.

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The boy runned to the store.

Question 59

Which word can be added to the sentence to describe the dog: The dog is _________?

Accepted Answer

big

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running

Answer

a

Question 60

Which word means the opposite of 'happy'?

Accepted Answer

sad

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angry

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excited

Question 61

Which word best describes a person who always smiles?

Accepted Answer

cheerful

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playful

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imaginative

Question 62

Which of these is NOT a kind of sentence?

Accepted Answer

Making believe

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Telling

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Asking

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Showing excitement

Question 63

Which symbol is used to show the end of a question?

Accepted Answer

?

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.

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!

Question 64

Which word can join two words or phrases together?

Accepted Answer

and

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the

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but