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