Nouns & Pronouns
Identify the nouns in this sentence: "The dog chased the ball."
Dog and Ball
What is the present progressive form of "play"?
one word
Pick the modal auxiliary that best completes the sentence: "You ___ finish your homework before dinner." (can / must / will)
must
Is the underlined word an adjective or an adverb? "She ran quickly."
Quickly
Choose the sentence type: "Please close the door." (declarative / interrogative / imperative / exclamatory)
Imperative
Choose the correct pronoun to replace the noun(s) in this sentence: "Maria and Jose went to the store."
They; They went to the store.
Choose the correct progressive tense for this action happening now: "She ____ (to read) a book."
is reading
Which coordinating conjunction correctly completes this compound sentence: "I wanted to go to the zoo, ___ it started to rain." (and / but / because)
but
Choose the correct adjective to fill in: "The ____ cat slept on the mat." (fluffy / fluffily)
fluffy
Write an interrogative sentence that asks about someone's favorite book
What is your favorite book?
Which word is a relative pronoun in this sentence: "The book that I read was exciting."
That; connects the noun book to the extra information about it (I read).
Explain briefly why this sentence has an incorrect verb shift: "We were walking to the park and then stop to buy ice cream."
students correct the verb
Choose the subordinating conjunction in this sentence: "Although it was late, we finished the project."
although
Change this adjective to an adverb to complete the sentence: "He is a careful driver. He drives ____."
He is a careful driver, he drives carefully
Label this sentence as simple, compound, or complex: "I finished my homework, and then I played video games."
Compound Sentence
Identify the reflexive pronoun in this sentence or say "none": "He taught himself to tie his shoes."
Himself; Ends in -self or -selves and refers back to the subject of the sentence.
Identify the tense of this sentence: "By the time we arrived, they had eaten dinner."
name the tense
Rewrite this sentence using a modal to show ability: "She knows how to swim."
She can swim
Identify the two modifiers in this sentence: "The very tall tree swayed gently."
Tall describes the noun tree (adjective).
Gently describes the verb swayed (adverb).
Convert this declarative sentence to an exclamatory sentence: "What a beautiful day it is."
What a beautiful day this is!
Write one sentence that uses both a plural noun and a possessive noun (students write a sentence).
The dogs played in the park while the teacher’s bag sat on the bench.
dogs → plural noun
teacher’s → possessive noun
Write a sentence in the past progressive tense (students compose a sentence). Example rubric: uses 'was/were' + verb-ing.
I will check answers
Write one compound sentence that uses a coordinating conjunction and one complex sentence that uses a subordinating conjunction
Compound: I finished my homework, and I watched TV.
Complex: Because I finished my homework, I watched TV.
Write a sentence that uses an adjective and an adverb correctly
The happy dog ran quickly through the yard.
-Happy= adjective
-Quickly= Adverb
Write one sentence of each: simple, compound, complex — all declarative
Simple= I enjoy reading books.
Compound= I enjoy reading books, and I also like writing stories.
Complex= Although I was tired, I finished reading my book.