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1. Which word is an adjective?

  • A. Slowly
  • B. Happiness
  • C. Run
  • D. Beautiful ✓

💡 An adjective describes a noun. "Beautiful" describes how something looks or feels.

2. Which sentence is in the past tense?

  • A. She is eating lunch.
  • B. She eats lunch.
  • C. She will eat lunch.
  • D. She ate lunch. ✓

💡 "Ate" is the past tense of "eat", so "She ate lunch" is in the past tense.

3. Which word is a verb?

  • A. Happy
  • B. Jump ✓
  • C. Tall
  • D. Book

💡 A verb is an action or state word. "Jump" is an action, making it a verb.

4. What does the prefix "un-" mean?

  • A. Again
  • B. Before
  • C. Not ✓
  • D. After

💡 The prefix "un-" means not or the opposite. For example: unhappy means not happy.

5. Which is the correct article to use before "elephant"?

  • A. A
  • B. An ✓
  • C. The
  • D. No article

💡 "An" is used before words starting with a vowel sound. "Elephant" starts with the vowel "e".

6. Which sentence uses the correct form?

  • A. I am go to school.
  • B. I going to school.
  • C. I goes to school.
  • D. I am going to school. ✓

💡 The present continuous tense requires "am/is/are + verb-ing". "I am going" is correct.

7. What is the opposite of "hot"?

  • A. Warm
  • B. Cool
  • C. Cold ✓
  • D. Mild

💡 The direct antonym (opposite) of "hot" is "cold".

8. What is the plural of "child"?

  • A. Childs
  • B. Childes
  • C. Children ✓
  • D. Childrens

💡 The plural of child is children — an irregular plural form.

9. Which word is a pronoun?

  • A. Table
  • B. She ✓
  • C. Quickly
  • D. Blue

💡 A pronoun replaces a noun. "She" replaces a female person's name.

10. What is the plural of "box"?

  • A. Boxs
  • B. Boxies
  • C. Boxes ✓
  • D. Box

💡 Words ending in "x" form their plural by adding "es" — so "box" becomes "boxes".

11. What is the past tense of "go"?

  • A. Goed
  • B. Goes
  • C. Going
  • D. Went ✓

💡 "Went" is the irregular past tense of "go". Regular verbs add -ed but "go" is irregular.

12. Which word is an adverb?

  • A. Table
  • B. Pretty
  • C. Run
  • D. Quickly ✓

💡 An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. "Quickly" describes how something is done.

13. What punctuation ends a question?

  • A. Period (.)
  • B. Exclamation mark (!)
  • C. Comma (,)
  • D. Question mark (?) ✓

💡 A question mark (?) is placed at the end of a sentence that asks a question.

14. Which sentence is correct?

  • A. She don't like coffee.
  • B. She doesn't likes coffee.
  • C. She doesn't like coffee. ✓
  • D. She not like coffee.

💡 The correct form uses "doesn't" (does not) with the base form of the verb "like".

15. Which of these is a noun?

  • A. Run
  • B. Beautiful
  • C. Quickly
  • D. Apple ✓

💡 A noun is a person, place, or thing. "Apple" is a thing, making it a noun.

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