Language Arts Midterm Review

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Language Arts Midterm Review
What type of noun? Active or Passive Verb ? Correct Adjective or Adverb PN, PA DO, IO Prepositional Phrases Simple, Compound, or Complex?
100 100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500
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What type of noun? 100

• While babysitting her younger sister, Maria sang
  many songs and read several books.
• concrete, abstract, collective, or compound
• concrete
• What is ________?

3
What type of noun? 200

• Some people have a fear of going to the dentist.
• concrete, abstract, collective, or compound
• abstract
• What is ________?

4
What type of noun? 300

• Todays companies request employees who have good
  computer skills. (needs 2 answers)
• concrete, abstract, collective, or compound
• concrete, collective
• What is ________?

5
What type of noun? 400

• Most eighth graders say their favorite place in
  school is their language arts classroom. (2
  answers)
• concrete, abstract, collective, or compound
• concrete, compound
• What is ________?

6
What type of noun? 500

• True equality requires hard work from all
  citizens.
• concrete, abstract, collective, or compound
• abstract
• What is ________?

7
Active or Passive Verb? 100

• The giant pandas at the National Zoo are visited
  by millions of people.
• Passive
• Millions of people visit the giant pandas at the
  national Zoo.
• What is ________?

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Active or Passive Verb? 200

• Vince Lombardi coached many successful teams.
• Active
• Many successful teams were coached by Vince
  Lombardi.
• What is ________?

9
Active or Passive Verb? 300

• Sixteen pizzas were eaten by the famished junior
  high soccer team.
• Identify the verb, then change the verb to be the
  opposite type.
• Passive
• The famished junior high soccer team ate sixteen
  pizzas.
• What is ________?

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Active or Passive Verb? 400

• The human body contains about 60,000 miles of
  blood vessels.
• Active
• About 60,000 miles of blood vessels are contained
  by the human body.
• What is ________?

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Active or Passive Verb? 500

• The Van Meeterens television remote control was
  lost by their two-year-old grandson.
• Passive
• The Van Meeterens two-year-old grandson lost
  their remote control.
• What is ________?

12
Adjective or Adverb 100

• President Obama arrives at meetings (earlier
  /more earlier) than President Bush did.
• earlier
• What is ________?

13
Adjective or Adverb 200

• The doors to the high school open (easy/easily).
• easily
• What is ________?

14
Adjective or Adverb 300

• The doctor told Jack Nicholson, Plastic surgery
  can remove (them, those) bags under your eyes.
• those
• What is ________?

15
Adjective or Adverb 400

• I (can / cant) hardly believe that we are in a
  new century, said the World War II veteran.
• can
• What is ________?

16
Adjective or Adverb 500

• The total damage done by vandals in 1999 was
  (worse / more worst) than that done in 1998.
• worse
• What is ________?

17
PN, PA, DO, IO 100

• It was our favorite vacation ever.
• PN
• What are ________?

18
PN, PA, DO, IO 200

• They threw his dad the ball.
• IO, DO
• What are ________?

19
PN, PA, DO, IO 300

• Emily is one of our very good friends.
• PN
• What is ________?

20
PN, PA, DO, IO 400

• Throughout the summer, we were busy and excited
  about every new day.
• PA, PA
• What is ________?

21
PN, PA, DO, IO 500

• Ali showed us the pictures from her Hawaiian
  vacation.
• IO, DO
• What is ________?

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Prepositional Phrases 100

• Students who attend school during the summer
  months often decide they like it.
• During the summer months
• What is ________?

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Prepositional Phrases 200

• We accidentally hiked off the path during the
  blizzard.
• Off the path,
• During the blizzard
• What is ________?

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Prepositional Phrases 300

• We walked around the zoo, stopping at the
  gorilla house twice.
• Around the zoo,
• at the gorilla house
• What is ________?

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Prepositional Phrases 400

• Information concerning registration for school is
  sent to your homes.
• For school,
• To your homes
• What is ________?

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Prepositional Phrases 500

• Driving past the movie set of Psycho frightened
  everyone except me!
• Past the movie set,
• of Psycho,
• except me
• What is ________?

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Simple, Compound, or Complex? 100

• Dad came in on the midnight flight, and we met
  him at the gate.
• compound
• What is ________?

28
Simple, Compound, or Complex? 200

• It is really cool when the pilots fly the planes
  upside down.
• complex
• What is ________?

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Simple, Compound, or Complex? 300

• One of my goals is to pilot an airplane, not for
  exhibition, just for fun.
• simple
• What is ________?

30
Simple, Compound, or Complex? 400

• Even with our differences of opinion, we were
  able to choose the same toppings for our pizza.
• What is ________?

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Simple, Compound, or Complex? 500

• Whether they are Air Force or civilian pilots,
  their expertise should be respected and admired.
• What is ________?