Year 8 - Grammar Test

1.

1 point

What is the proper noun in this sentence?

Sometimes they went to Coles to do the food ahopping

they

Coles

shopping

food

2.

1 point

Change the word in the sentence that needs a possessive noun:

It was Jasmine picture that won the prize

3.

1 point

Common Nouns are:

Are used to name things in general

Are the most nouns most commonly used

Are used for a particular group of people

Common nouns must have capital letters

4.

1 point

This sentence contains a proper noun. True or False
The children all went to Kingspark for the excursion

True

False

5.

4 points

Write all the proper nouns in this sentence.

On March the 14th, Seb travelled to Albany for a camping trip. He had a great time with all his friends. On their way back they stopped by Denmark and had some coffee and cake.

6.

1 point

Pronouns take the place of a _____________ in a sentence

Adjective

Rhyme

Spelling word

Noun

7.

1 point

Replace one of the words in this sentence with a pronoun so it makes more sense.

Sally's Grandma asked Sally to get ready for school.

8.

1 point

An abstract noun is:

A word that is out of the ordinary

Is a person, place or thing

Is the name of something that cannot be recognised by the 5 senses

9.

1 point

This sentence contain a pronoun. True or False
When the dog stopped barking, it went back to the dog's kennel.

True

False

10.

1 point

Which sentence has a possessive noun:

John had his dinner in the kitchen

The child's toy was taken from them

Mary wanted to keep all the lollies for herself

11.

1 point

Fill in the missing pronoun:

The book belongs to Sally, the book is

12.

1 point

An example of a collective noun is:

A library of books

All the forks in the draw

The students in a classroom

13.

1 point

Proper nouns are:

Are used to name things in general

Are the most nouns most commonly used

Are the names of particular people, places or things

Are all nouns

14.

1 point

Write the common noun for the following group:

Golden Retriever
Husky
Poodle

15.

1 point

Chose the correct words in the brackets to make sense of the sentence.

(My Me) friend said she would talk to (you your) later.

16.

1 point

What are nouns?

Nouns are names of particular places

Nouns are the names of everything around us

Nouns are every single word in a sentence

Nouns should always have a capital letter

17.

1 point

Which word in the sentence is an abstract noun?

The carnival on Sunday was so much fun

18.

1 point

What is the noun in this sentence?

Jonathon was at Timezone and had a very sore stomach.

19.

1 point

What is the noun that the pronoun 'She' refers to in this sentence.

My Mum bought me some new shoes. She gave them to me.

shoes

Mum

she

My

20.

1 point

Fill in the blank with a pronoun

I rode _________ bike to the cricket pitch