In this baseball term, the word home modifies the noun run. It answers the question “What kind of run?

 Choose the phrases in which the word home functions as an adjective. Select all that apply.
Multiple select question.
 
hit a home run
Reason:
Correct. In this baseball term, the word home modifies the noun run. It answers the question “What kind of run?” Therefore, it functions as an adjective.
 
application for a home loan
Reason:
Correct. In this phrase, home modifies the noun loan. It answers the question “What kind of loan?” Therefore, it functions as an adjective.
 
a ride home
Reason:
Incorrect. In this phrase, home refers to a place and does not modify another word. It functions as a noun rather than an adjective.
 
feels like home
Reason:
Incorrect. In this phrase, home refers to a place and does not modify another word. It functions as a noun rather than an adjective.
 
away from home for the first time
Reason:
Incorrect. In this phrase, home refers to a place and does not modify another word. It functions as a noun rather than an adjective.
Correct Answer
hit a home run application for a home loan

 
Indicate the appropriate category for each answer option based on whether the sentence uses future tense helping verbs correctly.
Uses future tense helping verbs correctly
Uses future tense helping verbs correctly Drop zone 1 of 2 I do not want to fold laundry today. incorrect Toggle Button Unavailable.
I do not want to fold laundry today.
Uses future tense helping verbs correctly Drop zone 2 of 2 Paolo is going to be the best man at his brother’s wedding. correct Toggle Button Unavailable.
Paolo is going to be the best man at his brother’s wedding.
Uses future tense helping verbs incorrectly
Uses future tense helping verbs incorrectly Drop zone 1 of 2 The team had finally broken its losing streak. correct Toggle Button Unavailable.
The team had finally broken its losing streak.
Uses future tense helping verbs incorrectly Drop zone 2 of 2 They will spend the day at Animal Kingdom before heading to Epcot for the fireworks show. incorrect Toggle Button Unavailable.
They will spend the day at Animal Kingdom before heading to Epcot for the fireworks show.
Correct Answer
•    Uses future tense helping verbs correctly matches

Choice, Paolo is going to be the best man at his brother’s wedding.
Paolo is going to be the best man at his brother’s wedding.
, Choice, They will spend the day at Animal Kingdom before heading to Epcot for the fireworks show.
They will spend the day at Animal Kingdom before heading to Epcot for the fireworks show.
•    Uses future tense helping verbs incorrectly matches
Choice, I do not want to fold laundry today.
I do not want to fold laundry today.
, Choice, The team had finally broken its losing streak.
The team had finally broken its losing streak.
Read the sentence below. Choose the adjectives within the sentence. Select all that apply.
 
The respected senator from Maine announced her early retirement at a packed press conference in the hotel’s ballroom.
Multiple select question.
 
early
Reason:
Correct. The word early modifies, or describes, the noun retirement.
 
ballroom
Reason:
Incorrect. The word ballroom is a noun, not an adjective.
 
conference
Reason:
Incorrect. The word conference is a noun, not an adjective.
 
respected
Reason:
Correct. The word respected modifies, or describes, the noun senator.
Correct Answer
early respected

Identify the sentence that uses the correct helping verb to add emphasis.
Multiple choice question.
 
Pierre and Celine may take their grandmother out for dinner.
Reason:
Incorrect. May is a helping verb and a modal verb, but it is not used to add emphasis. Use the past tense helping verb did before a verb (take) in its basic form to add emphasis.
 
Pierre and Celine would take their grandmother out for dinner.
Reason:
Incorrect. Would is a helping verb and a modal verb, but it is not used to add emphasis. Use the past tense helping verb did before a verb (take) in its basic form to add emphasis.
 
Pierre and Celine do take their grandmother out for dinner.
Reason:
Incorrect. The verb do is a helping verb, but it is in present tense so it does not agree with the past tense action verb (take). Use the past tense helping verb did before the action verb (take) to add emphasis.
 
Pierre and Celine did take their grandmother out for dinner.
Reason:
Correct. The verb did is a past tense helping verb used before a verb in its basic form (take) to add emphasis.
Correct Answer
Pierre and Celine did take their grandmother out for dinner.

 
Identify the correct form of the word smash in this sentence.
 
Janice’s _____car had to sit on the road’s shoulder for four hours before a tow truck was able to get it.
Multiple choice question.
 
smash
Reason:
Incorrect. The base form of the verb does not act as an adjective. A past participle used as an adjective (smashed) shows what has been done to a noun or pronoun.
 
smashing
Reason:
Incorrect. A present participle used as an adjective shows what a noun or pronoun is doing or otherwise suggests activity. A past participle (smashed) shows what has been done to a noun or pronoun.
 
smashes
Reason:
Incorrect. The third person form of the verb cannot be used as an adjective. A past participle (smashed) shows what has been done to a noun or pronoun.
 
smashed
Reason:
Correct. A past participle used as an adjective shows what has been done to a noun or pronoun.
Correct Answer
smashed

Identify which bolded word in the following sentence is an adjective placed before the noun it modifies.
 
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that focuses on major economic factors, such as interest rates and taxes.
Multiple choice question.
 
major
Reason:
Correct. Major functions as an adjective in this sentence and modifies economic factors.
 
branch
Reason:
Incorrect. In this sentence, branch does not modify another word, and therefore functions as a noun rather than an adjective.
 
macroeconomics
Reason:
Incorrect. In this sentence, macroeconomics is a noun.
 
focuses
Reason:
Incorrect. In this sentence, focuses is a verb.
Correct Answer
major
Identify the noun functioning as an adjective in this sentence.
 
I used the soft yellow cloth to gently clean my glasses before I began working on the new product design.
Multiple choice question.
 
product
Reason:
Correct. The word product is a noun, but since it comes before the noun design, it functions as an adjective in this sentence.
 
soft
Reason:
Incorrect. While soft is an adjective, it cannot function as a noun.
 
yellow
Reason:
Incorrect. While yellow is an adjective, it cannot function as a noun.
 
new
Reason:
Incorrect. While new is an adjective, it cannot function as a noun.
Correct Answer
product