Abeka Grade 9 Grammar Test
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Abeka Grade 9 Grammar Test
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1. Participles, gerunds, and infinitives are three kinds of _________.

2. A _______ follows a linking verb and renames the subject.

3. The present perfect tense of verbs is formed with _______ and the past participle.

4. What is NOT one of the steps of the writing process?

5. 'well', 'yes' or 'no' at the beginning of a sentence is usually followed by a ________.

6. An _______ tells 'to whom' or 'for whom' or 'to what' or 'for what' the action of the verb is done.

7. A ______ is used to introduce a formal quotation.

8. Repetition is one of the aids to _______.

9. In the _______, the subject is NOT doing the action of its verb, but is receiving the action from the verb.

10. Do not use a comma between the name of a state and the ZIP code in an address.

11. A summary is a brief composition that is no longer than _______ the length of the original.

12. What is the definition of a 'clincher' sentence?

13. Both infinitives and gerunds ____ as subjects.

14. When words that end in '-ics' refer to a course of study or to a science (such as physics), they are considered _______.

15. The part of speech of a word is determined by its ______ in a sentence.

16. A brief _____ restates the essential meaning of a longer piece of writing.

17. Both dependent and independent clauses have subjects and verbs, but _______ clauses express a complete thought.

18. A _______ is used between two independent clauses in a compound sentence connected with a coordinating conjunction if there are commas in the clauses.

19. _______ means that every sentence in the paragraph develops the idea stated in the topic sentence.

20. Commas and periods marks always go ________ the closing quotation marks.

21. Verbs that have receivers for the action are called _____ verbs.

22. A _______ sentence gives a command or request.