U4W4 Grammar Quiz

A _____ takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

• pronoun

• verb

• conjunction

• preposition

A _____ shows who or what has or owns something.

• possessive pronoun

• dangling modifier

• prepositional phrase

An _____ takes the place of a letter or letters left out of a contraction.

• apostrophe

  ( ' )

• comma

  ( , )

• hyphen

  ( - )

• period

  ( . )

True or False:

Possessive pronouns NEVER use apostrophes.

• True

• False

What is the correct way to write sentence 1?

• Us heard some baby birds in they're nest waiting for the mother bird to return with food.

• Them heard some baby birds in they're nest waiting for the mother bird to return with food.

• We heard some baby birds in their nest waiting for the mother bird to return with food.

• We heard some baby birds in its nest waiting for the mother bird to return with food.

What is the correct way to write sentence 2?

• Their nest was in a tree in our backyard.

• Their nest was in a tree in ours backyard.

• Them’s nest was in a tree in our backyard.

• Them nest was in a tree in your backyard.

What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• They were chirping and entertaining theirselves.

• They were chirping and entertaining theirs.

• They were chirping and entertaining itselves.

• They were chirping and entertaining themselves.

What is the correct way to write sentence 4?

• The baby birds were chirping so loudly in their nest that I had to cover my ears.

• The baby birds were chirping so loudly in they nest that I had to cover your ears.

• The baby birds were chirping so loudly in their nest that I had to cover her ears.

• The baby birds were chirping so loudly in their nest that I had to cover its ears.

What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

• She used she video camera to record each of the birds.

• Mom used her video camera to record each of the birds.

• Mom used she video camera to record every of the birds.

• Mom used she video camera to record each of them birds.

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• Finally, the mother bird flew back to they're nest to give each baby bird it’s lunch!

• Finally, the mother bird flew back to theirs nest to give each baby bird it’s lunch!

• Finally, the mother bird flew back to their nest to give each baby bird our lunch!

• Finally, the mother bird flew back to their nest to give each baby bird its lunch!