Thunder Cake Grammar Review

Identify the type of sentence:

"Let's find that recipe, child," she crowed.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

"Don't pay attention to that old thunder, except to see how close the storm is getting."

In this sentence, is the noun attention abstract or concrete?

• abstract

• concrete

Identify the type of sentence:

"Unless you let go of me, we won't be able to make Thunder Cake today!"

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

I was scared as we walked down the path from the farmhouse through Tangleweed Woods to the dry shed.

In this sentence Tangleweed Woods is what type of noun?

• common noun

• proper noun

• possessive noun

• It is not a noun

I was scared as we walked down the path from the farmhouse through Tangleweed Woods to the dry shed.

Find the 4 nouns in this sentence and put them in the correct column.

Groups:

(a) Common

,

(b) Proper

• Tangleweed Woods

• farmhouse

• path

• shed

Identify the type of sentence:

"Child, you come out from under that bed."

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

Identify the type of sentence:

As rain poured down on our roof, Grandma cut a wedge for each of us.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Declarative

She carefully penned the ingredients for the cake on a piece of paper.

Use context clues to choose the best definition for penned.

• painted

• bought

• wrote

• drew

2. A person who is feeling nervous might do all of the following EXCEPT:

• sweat

• remain calm and composed

• stammer their words

• stutter

1. When is a situation where you might feel sultry?

• on a rainy, cool morning

• in a stuffy, overcrowded room

• on a hot, humid day

• in an air-conditioned classroom