Day 18 Grammar Review

Match the words from the sentence below to their correct part of speech.

For many years, phone users got a new telephone book every year.

• for

• plural noun

• a

• preposition

• years

• adjective

• new

• singular noun

• book

• article

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

In 1878, the first telephone book had 50 names.

• Past

• Present

• Future

Rewrite the sentence correctly. (7 mistakes)

Use correct punctuation (2), capitalization (4), and subject/verb agreement (1 - Past tense)

the telephone book were published in new haven connecticut

Name the type of sentence.

Have you ever seen a phonebook?

• imperative

  sentence

• interrogative sentence

• exclamatory sentence

• declatrative sentence

Identify the sentence structure.

This phonebook had more advertisements than names.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Drag and drop the possessive/plural noun into the correct spot.

There are many ​ (a)   at the rail station.

The waitress said, "The ​ (b)   cord is missing!"

They had to change all ​ (c)   batteries to work.

• telephones
• telephone's
• telephones'

Pick the correct homophone for each sentence.

I'll take the ​ (a)   pie!

I didn't dig a ​ ​ (b)   in the backyard.

• whole
• hole

Identify the meaning of the prefix/root/suffix

In the words telephone and telescope the prefix -tele means...

• view

• distance/far

• under/below

• write

Identify the root word that is in both words.

The root word in orthodox and orthodontist means "straight".

Identify the type of figurative language in this sentence.

Their mom is the rock of the family.​ ​ ​ (a)   ​

• metaphor
• alliteration
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• idiom
• irony
• onomatopoeia
• pun