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What is a noun
a person, place, or thing
Yesterday I _____ to the store. (go/went)
went
The dog ___ happily when its owner comes home. (barks/bark)
barks
True or false:
A pronoun describes a noun
false
A pronoun replaces a noun
Sara is the most tallest girl in third grade.
What change should be made in this sentence?
a) delete most
b) Change Sara to sara
c) change girl to girls
d) change the period to a question mark.
a) delete most
What is an adverb?
Words that modifies or describe a verb.
When she was young, she _____ to be a doctor. (wants/wanted)
wanted
The trees in the forest ___ very tall. (is/are)
are
Identify the pronouns in this sentence.
She gave him the book when they met at the park.
She
him
they
My family took a vacation to New York city.
a) change took to had took
b) change city to City
c) change the period to a comma
d) no change should be made
Combine the two sentences.
John skipped to school. John hummed a happy tune.
John skipped to school, and he hummed a happy tune.
By the time we arrive, the movie _____ started. (has/will have)
will have
The boy ___ all of his homework before going out to play. (do/does)
does
Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.
The players took _____ positions on the field before the game started.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
The train traveled threw the long, dark tunnel on its way to the next station.
a) change threw to through
b) change tunnel to tunel
c) change traveled to traveling
d) make no change
a) change threw to through
What are three different types of sentences?
hint: think of the punctuation at the end.
Declarative
interrogative
Exclamatory
Imperative
By next February, we _____ married for 20 years. (be/will have been)
will have been
The herd of deer ___ running through the meadow. (is/are)
are
Fill in the blank with the correct pronouns.
The trophy would go to whichever team scored the most points, so Sarah and Andrew knew that _______ would have to work hard if _______ wanted to win.
they
they
The american civil war was fought between the northern states, called the Union, and the southern states, called the Confederacy, from 1861 to 1865.
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?
a) change Confederacy to confederacy
b) change was to were
c) change american civil war to American Civil War
d) make no change
c) change american civil war to American Civil War
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence.
The big, furry dog happily chased the red ball down the grassy hill.
big
furry
red
grassy
If I _____ harder, I would have passed the test. (study/studied)
The price of the textbooks, pens, and notebooks ________ gone up each year before school starts. (has/have)
has
For this question, students need to identify that the subject is "The price" which is singular, even though the object of the preposition "of" is a series of plural nouns. The verb should be "has" to agree with the singular subject.
When the storm hit, _______ grabbed _______ umbrellas and ran inside to avoid getting wet.
we
our
What change should be made in this sentence?
The puzzle was made up of 500 small, colorful piece's that needed to be put together.
a) change puzzle to puzle
b) change piece's to pieces
c) change was to were
d) make no change
b) change piece's to pieces