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