Pre-Test: Grammar and Punctuation

Question 1

Which figure of speech is this: Let's hit the road!

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 2

Which figure of speech is this: he was a lightning bolt down the track

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 3

What part of speech links phrases or words in a sentence? example = in, about, around

Accepted Answer

preposition

Question 4

What are quotation marks used for?

Accepted Answer

around words spoken

Question 5

When do you use a semi-colon?

Accepted Answer

to connect two sentences

Question 6

What part of speech describes a verb?

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 7

What part of speech joins groups of words together?

Accepted Answer

conjunction

Question 8

What do you call a heading under a picture?

Accepted Answer

caption

Question 9

What figure of speech is this: in swelling swooshing circles it will swiftly gather speed

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 10

What part of speech is a word that describes a noun?

Accepted Answer

adjective

Question 11

What part of speech takes the place of a noun? example - he, she, it

Accepted Answer

pronoun

Question 12

What part of speech is: a person, place or thing?

Accepted Answer

noun

Question 13

What figure of speech is this: cat is to dog as meow is to woof

Accepted Answer

analogy

Question 14

When do you use a colon?

Accepted Answer

to start a list

Question 15

What part of speech is an action word?

Accepted Answer

verb

Question 16

Which figure of speech is this: BOOM!

Accepted Answer

onomatopeia

Question 17

Which figure of speech is this: I have told you a million times to stop playing quiz!

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 18

What is this figure of speech: the trees whispered to me as I walked by

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 19

What are commas used for?

Accepted Answer

between words in a listAnswer 3

Questions 19