33 Diagnostic Test: What Do You Know? Write the letter of the term that correctly identifies each underlined word. (2) (3) Many explorers have been drawn to Antarctica, even though the (1) continent has the harshest environment in the world. It is dry, windy, and extremely cold. Ninety-eight percent of its surface is a sheet of ice. In the summer of 1911-1912, two groups of explorers actually reached the South Pole. The English group, led by Robert Falcon Scott, picked their way (4) (5) carefully across the dangerous ice with its deep crevasses. When they (7) finally reached the pole, however, they found that another team had been (6) there before them. The Norwegian group, led by Roald Amundsen, had (8) (9) reached the pole one month before Scott, and they had left their flag to (10) mark the spot. 1. A. proper noun B. common noun C. action verb D. linking verb 2. A. proper noun B. common noun C. action verb D. linking verb 3. A. common noun B. preposition C. pronoun D. conjunction 4. A. pronoun B. conjunction C. action verb D. linking verb 5. A. common noun B. proper noun C. action verb D. linking verb 6. A. linking verb B. action verb C. adjective D. adverb 7. A. common noun B. action verb C. adjective D. adverb 8. A. preposition B. pronoun C. conjunction D. adverb 9. A. common noun B. linking verb C. proper adjective D. adverb 10. A. preposition B. conjunction C. pronoun D. adjective​