ECC Grammar Test with Complete
Solutions
A person, place, thing, or idea (e.g. table, hope, pencil, notes, Daniel) - ANS-Noun
Describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun (e.g. cold,
happy, young, little, fun) - ANS-Adjective
modifies a verb, an adjective, or adverb; tells how often, where, when (e.g. slowly, very,
always, well, too) - ANS-Adverb
joins two words, ideas, phrases together & shows how they are connected (e.g. and, or,
but, yet, because, so) - ANS-Conjunction
used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition (e.g. I, you, it, we, us, them,
those) - ANS-Pronoun
I WAS STUDYING English. - ANS-Past continuous verb tense example
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not
the source) of the action denoted by the verb - ANS-Passive Voice
My car HAS BEEN STOLEN! (we don't care about WHO did it) - ANS-Passive voice
example
joins two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance. They can join
two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses (for,
and, nor, but, or, yet, & so) - ANS-Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Would you like cereal OR toast for breakfast? - ANS-Coordinating conjunction example
connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; signals cause-
effect relationship (e.g. because, since, before, unless, however) - ANS-Subordinating
Conjunction
Robin wasn't allowed in the Batmobile any longer BECAUSE he wouldn't wear a
seatbelt. - ANS-Subordinating conjunction example
, words that show the relationship between nouns or pronouns and some other words in
a sentence (e.g. on, at, about, with, after, for - compound: according to, because of,
next to, due to) - ANS-Prepositions
He found the book ON the table. - ANS-Preposition example
modifies or describes the noun (e.g. a, an, the) - ANS-Articles
THE cat sat on the couch. - ANS-Article example
used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller,
faster, higher); Noun + verb + comparative adjective + THAN + noun - ANS-
Comparative Adjectives
My house is LARGER THAN hers. - ANS-Comparative adjective example
describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the
smallest, the fastest, the highest); Noun + verb + THE + superlative adjective + noun -
ANS-Superlative Adjectives
My house is THE LARGEST one in our neighborhood. - ANS-Superlative adjective
example
names more than one person, place, thing, or idea (e.g. -s, -es) - ANS-Plural Noun
Cars, buses, teeth, etc. - ANS-Plural noun example
substances, concepts etc. that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot
"count" them. (e.g. milk) - ANS-Uncountable Nouns
Milk, water, advice, chaos, rice, hair, sleep, stress - ANS-Uncountable nouns example
verbs that do not add -ed to show past tense (e.g. blow, break, bring, broadcast) - ANS-
Irregular Verbs
word that has a grammatical function but does not fit into the main parts of speech (i.e.
noun, verb, adverb) - ANS-Particles
In, off, up, by, along, down, forward, under - ANS-Particles example
A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun - ANS-Gerund
RUNNING is so fun!; I like WRITING in English; My cat's favorite activity is SLEEPING -
ANS-Gerund examples
S + had + been + V-ing - ANS-Past Perfect Continuous Verb Tense
Solutions
A person, place, thing, or idea (e.g. table, hope, pencil, notes, Daniel) - ANS-Noun
Describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun (e.g. cold,
happy, young, little, fun) - ANS-Adjective
modifies a verb, an adjective, or adverb; tells how often, where, when (e.g. slowly, very,
always, well, too) - ANS-Adverb
joins two words, ideas, phrases together & shows how they are connected (e.g. and, or,
but, yet, because, so) - ANS-Conjunction
used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition (e.g. I, you, it, we, us, them,
those) - ANS-Pronoun
I WAS STUDYING English. - ANS-Past continuous verb tense example
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not
the source) of the action denoted by the verb - ANS-Passive Voice
My car HAS BEEN STOLEN! (we don't care about WHO did it) - ANS-Passive voice
example
joins two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance. They can join
two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses (for,
and, nor, but, or, yet, & so) - ANS-Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Would you like cereal OR toast for breakfast? - ANS-Coordinating conjunction example
connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; signals cause-
effect relationship (e.g. because, since, before, unless, however) - ANS-Subordinating
Conjunction
Robin wasn't allowed in the Batmobile any longer BECAUSE he wouldn't wear a
seatbelt. - ANS-Subordinating conjunction example
, words that show the relationship between nouns or pronouns and some other words in
a sentence (e.g. on, at, about, with, after, for - compound: according to, because of,
next to, due to) - ANS-Prepositions
He found the book ON the table. - ANS-Preposition example
modifies or describes the noun (e.g. a, an, the) - ANS-Articles
THE cat sat on the couch. - ANS-Article example
used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller,
faster, higher); Noun + verb + comparative adjective + THAN + noun - ANS-
Comparative Adjectives
My house is LARGER THAN hers. - ANS-Comparative adjective example
describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the
smallest, the fastest, the highest); Noun + verb + THE + superlative adjective + noun -
ANS-Superlative Adjectives
My house is THE LARGEST one in our neighborhood. - ANS-Superlative adjective
example
names more than one person, place, thing, or idea (e.g. -s, -es) - ANS-Plural Noun
Cars, buses, teeth, etc. - ANS-Plural noun example
substances, concepts etc. that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot
"count" them. (e.g. milk) - ANS-Uncountable Nouns
Milk, water, advice, chaos, rice, hair, sleep, stress - ANS-Uncountable nouns example
verbs that do not add -ed to show past tense (e.g. blow, break, bring, broadcast) - ANS-
Irregular Verbs
word that has a grammatical function but does not fit into the main parts of speech (i.e.
noun, verb, adverb) - ANS-Particles
In, off, up, by, along, down, forward, under - ANS-Particles example
A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun - ANS-Gerund
RUNNING is so fun!; I like WRITING in English; My cat's favorite activity is SLEEPING -
ANS-Gerund examples
S + had + been + V-ing - ANS-Past Perfect Continuous Verb Tense
