First Semester Grammar Review

First Semester Grammar Review and Contractions Practice

Let's see what you remember!

subject

who or what the sentence is about

Multiple Choice

Who/what is the subject in this sentence?

She watched the kitten sleep peacefully on her bed.

• She

• watched

• kitten

• sleep

Multiple Choice

Who/what is the subject in this sentence?

Thunder rumbled during the early morning storm.

• storm

• morning

• thunder

• rumbled

predicate

what the subject IS or DOES

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate of this sentence?

We waited patiently for the meeting to start.

• We

• start

• patiently

• waited

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate of this sentence?

Her cousin is very young.

• Her

• cousin

• is

• young

simple sentence

a sentence with only one subject and/or predicate

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a simple sentence?

• My cat likes to sleep, and she eats a lot.

• The door opened, so I closed it.

• If you help me carry these, it will go faster.

• The dog needs a bath soon!

compound sentence

a sentence with two simple sentences combined together with a comma and a conjunction

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a compound sentence?

• My dog's name is Lily, but we call her Lily Bear.

• Since my kitten is still very young, we call her "Kitten".

• My oldest animal is a chicken named Soup.

coordinating conjunctions

FANBOYS words are used to combine words, phrases, and sentences (clauses) together

Multiple Choice

Which FANBOYS word works best in the blank?

I love to eat all kinds of cheese, ____ they sometimes make me sick.

• for

• nor

• but

• or

run-on sentences

the sentences have too many subjects and/or too many predicates

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a run-on sentence?

• We were too tired to cook, so we ordered a pizza instead.

• My sister loves to play at the park, and feed the ducks, and she goes too the zoo sometimes too.

• Before we could get a swimming pool, we had to take swimming lessons for a full year.

fragments

• incomplete sentences

• missing a subject and/or a predicate

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a fragment? (Read them carefully, out loud.)

• The basketball court full of basketball players.

• The park closed at 10 pm every night.

• The dog runs.

Multiple Choice

Can a dependent clause stand on its own as a simple sentence?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Can an independent clause stand on its own as a simple sentence?

• yes

• no

AWUBIS Words

these are the words used in complex sentences to start a dependent clause

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a dependent clause that starts with an AWUBIS word?

• Since we can't go outside,

• I played on my computer.

• I don't understand why she did that.

common noun

a word that tells a person, place, or thing WITHOUT giving its specific name

Multiple Select

Choose the 3 common nouns.

• boy

• Joe Pool Lake

• grass

• cheese

• Switzerland

proper noun

a word that tells the SPECIFIC NAME of a person, place, or thing

Multiple Select

Choose the 3 proper nouns.

• lobster

• Maine

• Alice

• lion

• Antarctica

singular noun

a word that shows ONE person, place, or thing

Multiple Select

Choose the 3 singular nouns.

• drink

• plates

• cups

• fork

• knife

plural noun

a word that shows MORE THAN ONE person, place, or thing by adding S or ES to the end

Multiple Select

Choose the three plural nouns.

• diamonds

• shoes

• socks

• shirt

• brush

irregular plurals

some nouns become plural WITHOUT adding S or ES

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the ONLY word that adds S to become plural?

• child

• man

• woman

• cat

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the ONLY word that adds S to become plural?

• goose

• deer

• shark

• person

prepositions

• words that show location, direction, or time

• Examples: on, in, under, over, before, after

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

I have soccer practice on the weekends.

• I

• have

• soccer

• on

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence?

I put my water bottle in my lunch box.

• I

• put

• water

• in

subject / verb agreement

• When you write a sentence, make sure your subject and your verb "agree"

• Example: My dog barks.

• Example 2: My dogs bark.

Multiple Choice

In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?

• She run down the stairs.

• They walks to the library.

• She answers the phone.

• He talk about it.

irregular verbs

• Some verbs don't follow the rules when they become past tense.

• Example: She ran. (NOT She runned.)

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the ONLY word that adds ED to make it past tense?

• run

• write

• sleep

• talk

Multiple Choice

you're =

• something belongs to you

• you are

Multiple Choice

they're =

• they are

• something belongs to them

Multiple Choice

it's =

• something belongs to it

• it is

Multiple Choice

Which is correct?

• Their going to the movies.

• They're going to the movies.

• There going to the movies.

Multiple Choice

Which is correct?

• The monster shook its fist.

• The monster shook it's fist.

Multiple Choice

Which is correct?

• Its getting dark outside.

• It's getting dark outside.

Multiple Choice

Which is correct?

• We're going to the store.

• Were going to the store.