Question

I know you finished reading his book, which is about Jamestown.

Which pronoun is a third-person personal pronoun?


his
you
which
I




16.
Read the sentence.

The colonist stood up before throwing a snowball into the crowd of soldiers.

What are the objects of the underlined prepositions in the sentence?


crowd; soldiers
stood; snowball
stood; throwing
colonist; snowball




17. Which sentence has a transitive verb?

We usually ski until the spring thaw.
We skated across the frozen pond.
Wet, heavy snow fell from the sky.
Let’s ride the sled down the hill.




18. In which sentence is the underlined word a preposition?

We drove around until we found the address.
We were lost and just drove around.
I phoned ahead, but the call did not go through.
We drove around the city late at night.




19.
Read the sentence.

The last preliminary race starts early tomorrow.

Which words in the sentence are adverbs?


last, early
early, tomorrow
last, tomorrow
preliminary, early




20. Which sentence contains an action verb?

The drifting snow formed soft mounds.
After the record snowfall, our mood turned sour.
The icy roads grew more dangerous with every moment.
This snowfall looks deeper than the last one.

Answer 1

the first answer is his

Answer 2

his
16. no underlined thing
17. lets ride the sled down the hill
18. nothing is underlined
19. a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).
20. After the record snowfall, our mood turned sour.