CBEST WRITING SECTION PRACTICE
ASSESSMENT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
SOLUTION BLUEPRINT
● Person place or thing? Answer: Noun
● Give an example of an uncountable noun? Answer: Air, information,
wealth
● These are almost always capitalized, and are the specific names of
people, places or things? Answer: Proper nouns
● These function as substitutes for nouns and now and phrases?
Answer: Pronouns
● These are used to replace the subject in a sentence eg. I, we, he, she,
they? Answer: Subject pronouns
● These can function as the object of a sentence? Answer: Object
pronouns - eg me, us, him, her, them
, ● These indicate ownership and can be used alone? Answer: Possessive
pronouns- mine, yours, his hers, theirs, ours... Or with a noun eg. My,
your, his, her, their, ours
● These refer back to the person being spoken or written about?
Answer: Reflexive pronouns - end in self/selves. - eg New York City is
gorgeous in the autumn, but I've never seen it for myself
● These modify a noun making it more precise or giving it more
information about it? Answer: Adjectives - they answer questions like,
what kind? Which one? I just bought a red dress.
● These indicate whether a noun is definite or indefinite, and can
identify which noun is being discussed? Answer: Determiners - a, an,
the. I ordered a pizza
● These take the place of an article? An example would be this and that.
Answer: Demonstratives - "are you using this chair?"
● These modify verbs adjectives and other adverbs? Answer: Adverbs -
usually ends in LY. They answer questions like, when? Where? In what
matter? To what degree? Eg she talks quickly.
● The show the relationship between different elements and a phrase or
sentence and connect nouns or pronouns to other words in the sentence
ASSESSMENT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
SOLUTION BLUEPRINT
● Person place or thing? Answer: Noun
● Give an example of an uncountable noun? Answer: Air, information,
wealth
● These are almost always capitalized, and are the specific names of
people, places or things? Answer: Proper nouns
● These function as substitutes for nouns and now and phrases?
Answer: Pronouns
● These are used to replace the subject in a sentence eg. I, we, he, she,
they? Answer: Subject pronouns
● These can function as the object of a sentence? Answer: Object
pronouns - eg me, us, him, her, them
, ● These indicate ownership and can be used alone? Answer: Possessive
pronouns- mine, yours, his hers, theirs, ours... Or with a noun eg. My,
your, his, her, their, ours
● These refer back to the person being spoken or written about?
Answer: Reflexive pronouns - end in self/selves. - eg New York City is
gorgeous in the autumn, but I've never seen it for myself
● These modify a noun making it more precise or giving it more
information about it? Answer: Adjectives - they answer questions like,
what kind? Which one? I just bought a red dress.
● These indicate whether a noun is definite or indefinite, and can
identify which noun is being discussed? Answer: Determiners - a, an,
the. I ordered a pizza
● These take the place of an article? An example would be this and that.
Answer: Demonstratives - "are you using this chair?"
● These modify verbs adjectives and other adverbs? Answer: Adverbs -
usually ends in LY. They answer questions like, when? Where? In what
matter? To what degree? Eg she talks quickly.
● The show the relationship between different elements and a phrase or
sentence and connect nouns or pronouns to other words in the sentence
