Name: ___________________________________ a. finish the graph b.

finishing the graph

Grammar Contest
c. do the graph d. graph
1. We call specific names as _____________.
11. What is the mood of the verb used:
a. specific noun b. proper name
If I were you, I will tell him the truth.
c. specific name c. proper noun
a. subjunctive b. declarative
2. Which possessive noun completes the sentence?
The jacket belongs to the man. It is c. indicative d. imperative
the jacket.
12. Complete the sentence below with the correct
a. mens b. mans' form of the verb in brackets.

c. man's d. mans If Peter_____________ (have) more money, he

_______________ (buy) a new car.
3. The plural form of the compound noun
lieutenant-colonel is ____________________. a. have/ will buy b. has/ would buy

a. lieutenant-colonels b. lieutenant-colonel c. had/ would buy d. had/ will buy

c. lieutenants-colonel d. lieutenant-scolonel 13. As she munched on a gingerbread cookie, she

heard that the school was closed because of the
4. Which of the following is a collective noun? snow day. How many articles are in this sentence?

a. apple b. water a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5

c. cheese d. troop 14. Molly can type almost 100 words per minute!
Which word is the correct one to use when
5. What is the function of the underlined noun: describing how she types?

Mr. Bubbles, the emcee on the show, handed the a. speedy b. quickly
contestant the keys to a brand new car.
c. fast d. slowly
a. appositive b. subject complement
15. Select the adverb on the sentence:
c. direct object d. object of the preposition The horse was galloping fast, so Cassandra
frightened.
6. Bobby was pleased when the teacher gave an
extra gold star to Jane and _____. a. horse b. fast

a. him b. he b. frightened d. galloping

c. himself d. his 16. She added Joanna and Mia recently.

What type of adverb is “recently”?
7. Complete the sentence:
a. adv. of frequency b. adv. of manner
The tools are for Mr. Froy. Please return _____ to
______. c. adv. of time d. adv. of degree
a. it, his b. its, him 17. Select the adverb on the sentence:
My brother always picks on me.
c. them, him c. them, his
a. brother b. picks
8. Complete the sentence with the choice that
represents the present progressive tense. c. always d. on

We ______________ with the ball. 18. Let’s have a picnic outside the house.
What part of speech is the underlined word?
a. play b. are playing
a. adverb b. preposition
c. have played d. played
c. noun d. adjective
9. What tense is this sentence's verb in? 'He saw
three bird eggs in the nest.' 19. What is the object of the preposition in the
sentence: The police caught the thief at the corner
a. Simple Past Tense c. Past Progressive Tense of Cascade and Plum Street.
c. Past Perfect Tense d. Past Tense a. police and thief
10. Choose the best ending for the following b. at the corner
sentence:
c. Cascade and Plum Street
What are we supposed to do after ___________?
d. caught at the corner
20. My bestfriend lives ____ Acacia Roda. 29. What figure of speech is in the statement?
The sack fell into the river with a splash
a. in b. on c. at d. corner
a. alliteration b. onomatopoeia
21. They remodeled the library ________ the school
was out. b. personification d. oxymoron

a. until b. while 30. Alex grew up beside the sea. He ____________

swim when he was four years old.
c. after d. unless
a. can c. must
22. I won’t come out _________ you cover your eyes.
b. might d. could
a. before b. although c. until d. as long as
31. What is the prefix in disassociate?
23. Choose the sentence that uses commas
correctly. a. ate b. dis

a. My grandpa was born in 1944, in Hattiesburg c. sociate d. as

Mississippi.
32. What is the function of the gerund in the
b. My sister Kelly, drove me to the movie theater sentence:
after school.
I avoid taking the car whenever possible, especially
c. After the rain stopped, I jumped in the puddles in big cities.
with my friend.
a. subject b. verb
d. I have a dog, his name is Prince and he likes to
chew on feet. b. direct object c. predicate nominative

24. Which sentence is perfectly grammatically 33. Write an imperative sentence.

correct?
a. The baby cried because she wanted candy to.
b. Please take you're clean socks out of the
hamper!
c. The screw on the toy always would come loose.
_____________________________________________
34. Future Progressive Tense (complete the
sentence):
We (go) __________________________ to Baguio in our
grandmother’s ancestral house.

25. What are the base word and the suffix for the 35. Change the sentence to a negative statement
word REMARKABLE? using the simple past tense of the verb.

a. remarkab and –le b. remarka and -ble Our barangay team’s victory appeared in the
papers yesterday.
c. remark and –able d. remarke and –able
__________________________________________________
26. The teacher is wondering ______ test paper has
no name on it. 36. Noun is to name words as verb is to action words
as adjective is to ________________________.
a. who’s b. whom
37. What figure of speech uses the words “as” or
c. whose d. whos “like” for comparison? _____________________

27. My parents have promised that ______ going to 38. What is the past participle of the verb “blow”?
take us to Disneyland next summer. __________________________________

a. their b. there 39. What word could be a word substitute for?

c. them d. they’re to put off at a later date - ____________________

28. Which sentence is an example of complex 40. The librarian took from her desk a new edition of
sentence? one of the classics.

a. Katie sipped on her cappuccino. What kind of phrase is the underlined words?

b. Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in
the microwave.
c. I’m looking forward to our dinner; you’re going to
love dining on the water.
d. Becky wishes she could be younger for everyone
else in the program is half her age.
41. Rewrite the sentence with error in parallelism.
The political leader said, “The present government
has ruined the economy; it has ruined the
education system; and it has ruined the health
system of our country.”