Literacy Quiz
Read the questions carefully. When you have made you choices, click "Finished" to see a score out of ten.
1. Which of these words is not a verb? high
2. What letter pattern does an adverb usually finish with? ly
3. What type of word is a "describing word" an adjective
4. Which is the odd one out? frozen
5. Which of these is not a preposition? hiding
6. What do you call a word that describes "how you do something"? an adverb
7. What tense is this sentence in - "I am writing on the board?" present tense
8. Which of these words is the odd one out? through
9. Which of these words comes first in a dictionary? brick
10. What type of book would you use if you were looking for different words that all mean the same thing? a thesaurus
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10/10
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Grammatical Terms Quiz
Choose the term on the right that matches the definition on the left.
A word opposite in meaning to another: antonym
A group of words that usually go together (eg fish and chips): collocation
A group of words that includes a subject and a finite verb: clause
A word that connects two parts of a compound sentence: conjunction
A combination of two vowels: diphthong
A phrase that is not intended to be understood word for word: idiom
A verb that has a subject but no object: intrasitive
Expressing an action done to the subject: passive
The subject does the action and receives the action: reflexive verb
A phrase added to a statement to make a question: tag
Your score is:
100 %
active and passive voice grammar quiz
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate active and passive verb forms (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect). This is based on the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Indiana stole (steal) the idol from a temple, but it was stolen (steal) from him by Belloq. Then, Indiana had (have) to run from the natives, who had been told (tell) to kill Indiana. While he was running (run), he shouted (shout) "Start the plane!"
Later, Indiana was asked (ask) to find the Ark before the Nazis did (do). He went (go) to find Abner Ravenwood. He found (find) Ravenwood's daughter, Marion, in Mongolia. Marion was attacked (attack) by Nazis, but with Indiana's help she survived (survive).
Now, Indiana, Marion, and Belloq are (be) in Cairo. They are looking (look) for the Ark.
Change the following active sentences to the passive.
Many people have attacked Indiana
Indiana had been attacked (attack) by many people.
Many people had attacked Indiana before he left for Egypt.
Indiana had been attacked (attack) many times before he left for Egypt.
Indiana was teaching the female student who wrote "love you" on her eyelids.
The student who wrote "love you" on her eylids was being taught (teach) by Indiana.
Actually a friend wrote "love you" on the girl's eyelids.
"Love you" was written (write) by a friend.
The Germans are hunting Indiana.
Indiana is being hunted (hunt) by the Germans.
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