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Common Core Language Arts Vocabulary
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common-core
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Subject stays the same; verb must be singular or plural to match the subject
Comparative
Modified
Irregular Plural Nouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
2. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding'
Adjectives
Compound Sentence
Adjectives
Abstract Nouns
3. The past tense doesn't add an -ed; Usually the past tense and past participle forms are not the same
Plural Nouns
Irregular Verbs
Comparative
Function
4. The superlative form of an adjective
Adverbs
Superlative
Simple Sentence
Irregular Verbs
5. Connects word or word groups that have equal importance in a sentence (and - but - or - for - so - yet - nor)
Coordinating Conjunction
Irregular Plural Nouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subordinating Conjunction
6. Word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun - such as 'happy -' 'sad -' or 'pretty.'
Antecedent
Complex Sentence
Nouns
Adjectives
7. What something is used for
Comparative
Function
Verbs
Modified
8. A conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause
Types of Sentences
Subordinating Conjunction
Verb Tenses
Complex Sentence
9. Preceding in time or order
Verbs
Adverbs
Simple Sentence
Antecedent
10. Person - place - or thing
Simple Sentence
Complex Sentence
Nouns
Comparative
11. A conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause
Adverbs
Adverbs
Subordinating Conjunction
Nouns
12. Person - place - or thing
Pronouns
Adverbs
Nouns
Pronouns
13. Action words
Verbs
Nouns
Compound Sentence
Simple Sentence
14. Specified methods of procedure
Pronouns
Conventions/Rules
Adverbs
Irregular Verbs
15. Some nouns have special plural forms they are called irregular plural. singular: man - woman - goose - child - foot - mouse -die - ox/ irregular men - women - geese -children -feet -mice -dice -oxen.
Irregular Plural Nouns
Function
Antecedent
Adverbs
16. Words that take the place of nouns
Pronouns
Subject
Nouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
17. What something is used for
Superlative
Function
Adverbs
Abstract Nouns
18. The superlative form of an adjective
Superlative
Nouns
Plural Nouns
Comparative
19. Words that take the place of nouns
Superlative
Modified
Pronouns
Complex Sentence
20. The comparative form of an adjective
Comparative
Compound Sentence
Verb Tenses
Compound Sentence
21. One independent clause
Comparative
Nouns
Pronouns
Simple Sentence
22. A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Adjectives
Complex Sentence
Subordinating Conjunction
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
23. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
Compound Sentence
Coordinating Conjunction
Adverbs
Complex Sentence
24. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea
Superlative
Plural Nouns
Function
Comparative
25. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea
Comparative
Types of Sentences
Adverbs
Plural Nouns
26. The noun or nouns that the pronoun replaces
Function
Irregular Verbs
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Abstract Nouns
27. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Irregular Verbs
Subject
Types of Sentences
Verb Tenses
28. Connects word or word groups that have equal importance in a sentence (and - but - or - for - so - yet - nor)
Coordinating Conjunction
Compound Sentence
Irregular Verbs
Subject
29. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
Abstract Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
30. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Subject
Subject-Verb Agreement
Superlative
Nouns
31. The comparative form of an adjective
Antecedent
Types of Sentences
Nouns
Comparative
32. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Adverbs
Irregular Plural Nouns
33. Changed
Adjectives
Modified
Irregular Plural Nouns
Coordinating Conjunction
34. Declarative - Interrogative - and Imperative - Exclamatory
Verbs
Types of Sentences
Function
Irregular Plural Nouns
35. The noun or nouns that the pronoun replaces
Antecedent
Adverbs
Conventions/Rules
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
36. Some nouns have special plural forms they are called irregular plural. singular: man - woman - goose - child - foot - mouse -die - ox/ irregular men - women - geese -children -feet -mice -dice -oxen.
Comparative
Irregular Plural Nouns
Superlative
Verb Tenses
37. Action words
Complex Sentence
Types of Sentences
Verbs
Compound Sentence
38. Present - past - future - present perfect - past perfect - future perfect
Verb Tenses
Pronouns
Verbs
Conventions/Rules
39. Changed
Adverbs
Modified
Irregular Plural Nouns
Nouns
40. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding'
Abstract Nouns
Types of Sentences
Pronouns
Modified
41. Subject stays the same; verb must be singular or plural to match the subject
Compound Sentence
Subject-Verb Agreement
Abstract Nouns
Plural Nouns
42. Specified methods of procedure
Conventions/Rules
Nouns
Comparative
Verb Tenses
43. Present - past - future - present perfect - past perfect - future perfect
Verb Tenses
Subordinating Conjunction
Coordinating Conjunction
Comparative
44. Word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun - such as 'happy -' 'sad -' or 'pretty.'
Superlative
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Adjectives
Subject-Verb Agreement
45. Preceding in time or order
Conventions/Rules
Antecedent
Comparative
Types of Sentences
46. Declarative - Interrogative - and Imperative - Exclamatory
Types of Sentences
Pronouns
Function
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
47. One independent clause
Simple Sentence
Antecedent
Complex Sentence
Subject-Verb Agreement
48. A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Complex Sentence
Subordinating Conjunction
Irregular Verbs
Compound Sentence
49. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Adjectives
Subject
Adverbs
Complex Sentence
50. The past tense doesn't add an -ed; Usually the past tense and past participle forms are not the same
Irregular Verbs
Verb Tenses
Adverbs
Coordinating Conjunction