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Tina and Ralph ____ well on the first-aid exam.
a) did
b) done
c) does
d) doing

Which sentence contains a linking verb?
a) The alarm clock sounded, and I woke up.
b) It sounded harsh and loud.
c) That alarm makes a terrible sound!
d) It does, however, wake me when I'm in a sound sleep.

Which sentence has a verb in the past participle tense?
a) Carl has been reading about Civil War reenactments.
b) Next month, he will have studied this topic for a year.
c) He will visit a reenactment this June.
d) Men and women re-create army campsites and battles.

Which sentence has correct subject-verb agreement?
a) There is two types of molasses cookies.
b) One kind are crunchy, and one kind are soft.
c) In my soft molasses cookie is raisins.
d) Are you eating a cookie?

Jack has ____ his bicycle all over Nebraska.
a) rided
b) riden
c) ridden
d) rid

MAIN VERB: Maria will have finished her sculpture by now.
a) will
b) have
c) finished
d) will have finished

Which sentence has a verb in the simple past tense?
a) Dave's mother has been patiently enduring his yodel.
b) He will have been yodeling for two months now.
c) Dave learned the songs at summer camp.
d) He has been perfecting his yodel through daily practice.

DIRECT OBJECT: Maritsa gave Lynn a compliment about her rich alto voice.
a) Maritsa
b) Lynn
c) compliment
d) voice

Which sentence has a verb in the past perfect tense?
a) What did you do with my boxes of junk?
b) I was looking for my old snorkel and my music box.
c) Now I am checking the shelves in the attic.
d) I had been miserable without my beautiful, useless junk!

Which sentence has a verb in the present perfect tense?
a) Have you seen Mia stand on her head?
b) She doesn't even get a headache.
c) She has a wonderful sense of balance.
d) Mia has been practicing for a long time.

ADVERB: Ben was awfully surprised by the frightening, realistic mask.
a) awfully
b) surprised
c) frightening
d) realistic

Which sentence has correct negatives?
a) I didn't see no wasps near the roof.
b) There aren't none flying around here now.
c) I don't see flying insects anywhere.
d) Don't never show fear when a wasp flies near you.

Which sentence has NO misplaced modifier?
a) The helplessly new hairdresser stared at the weird haircut she had done.
b) The new hairdresser helplessly stared at the weird haircut she had done
c) The new hairdresser stared at the helplessly weird haircut she had done.
d) The new hairdresser stared at the weird haircut she had helplessly done.

Which of the following shows the superlative degree of an adverb?
a) most charming
b) most quickly
c) more happy
d) more clearly

Do ____ people like jazz than pop music?
a) fewer
b) less
c) fewest
d) little

Which sentence has NO incorrect adjectives or adverbs?
a) Doug looked real good in his astronaut costume.
b) His space walk was sure convincing.
c) He talked good about planets he had seen.
d) I felt bad when Doug didn't win the prize.

At the beach Sarah built the ____ sandcastle of all.
a) biggest
b) most big
c) biggerest
d) more big

Which set of words contains adjectives only?
a) dusty, rusty, hasty, pastry
b) pretty, gritty, city, sappy
c) sharp, shiny, showy, soggy
d) grim, slim, him, skinny

ADVERB: That lovely music is played expressively by the friendly pianist.
a) lovely
b) expressively
c) friendly
d) pianist

Lateesha jumped ____ than Lara in the long-distance jump.
a) farther
b) further
c) farthest
d) furthest

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