Writer's Choice Grade 6

Unit 14: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections


1.	A preposition is a word that _______.
		A)	names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
		B)	tells what the subject of a sentence does
		C)	takes the place of one or more nouns
		D)	relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence


2.	The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase is the _______.
		A)	antecedent
		B)	helping verb
		C)	object of the preposition
		D)	predicate of the sentence


3.	Which of these phrases has a compound object?
		A)	for you
		B)	in the morning
		C)	at the library
		D)	of facts and figures


4.	Choose the correct pronoun: He gave the book to Hideki and ___.
		A)	I
		B)	she
		C)	her
		D)	they


5.	Who is a/an _______.
		A)	object pronoun
		B)	subject pronoun
		C)	preposition
		D)	conjunction


6.	A word like below is probably a preposition if it _______.
		A)	is the subject of the sentence
		B)	is followed closely by a noun
		C)	is followed closely by a verb
		D)	can be replaced by a pronoun


7.	The coordinating conjunctions are and, but, and _______.
		A)	if
		B)	or
		C)	under
		D)	when


8.	Pairs such as either/or are called _______.
		A)	compound objects
		B)	compound subjects
		C)	coordinating conjunctions
		D)	correlative conjunctions


9.	Two sentences can be combined by using and plus a _______.
		A)	comma
		B)	parenthesis
		C)	period
		D)	semicolon


10.	Which of these words is an interjection?
		A)	About
		B)	I
		C)	What?
		D)	Wow!