Day 30 Grammar Review

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

It's been said that the impact from a giant asteroid comet might have killed off the dinosaurs.

• it's

• plural noun

• from

• contraction

• giant

• article

• the

• adjective

• dinosaurs

• preposition

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

Scientists will explorer a crater buried under the Yucatan peninsula.

• Past

• Present

• Future

Rewrite the sentence correctly. (5 mistakes)

Use correct punctuation, capitalization, and subject/verb agreement.

the center of the crater are near the town of chicxulub, mexico

Name the type of sentence.

Look up at that falling astroid.

• imperative

  sentence

• interrogative sentence

• exclamatory sentence

• declatrative sentence

Identify the sentence structure.

The impact could have triggered giant tsunamis.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

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

comets ​ (a)  

comets' ​ (b)  

comet's ​ (c)  

• plural noun
• plural possessive noun
• singular possessive noun

Pick the correct homophone for each sentence.

The astroid impact will ​ (a)   the windows.

Mark hit is ​ (b)   when he looked up and saw the comet falling.

• break
• brake
• berake

Identify the meaning of the prefix/root/suffix

In the words hyperspace and hyperactive, the prefix -hyper means...

• two

• one

• not enough

• too much

Identify the type of figurative language in this sentence.

The stars danced in the night sky.​ ​ (a)   ​

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

Journal Write (use complete sentences)

Would you like to be an astronaut on the first mission to an unexplored planet or a new galaxy? Explain your answer.