Grammar

Parts of Speech

100

Identify the verb:  The dog barked loudly.

What is barked?

200

What part of speech is blue in this sentence:

She wore a blue dress.

What is an adjective?

300

What part of speech is quickly in this sentence:

He quickly ran to school.

What is an adverb?

400

Identify the pronoun: 

They played basketball after school.

What is they?

500

Name all the parts of speech in this sentence:

The curious cat leaped gracefully over the fence.

 adjective (curious), noun(cat), verb (leaped), adverb (gracefully), noun (fence)

Punctuation Panic

100

What are the punctuation signs that go at the end of sentences?

question mark, exclamation point, and a period.

200

Add the comma:

After dinner we went for a walk.

After dinner, we went for a walk.

300

Where would you put a comma in this sentence? "After I ate I decided to go play outside."

"After I ate, I decided to go play outside

400

Fix this sentence:

I bought apples oranges bananas and grapes.

I bought apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes.

500

Fix the error (2):

Is you coming to school tomorrow.

Are you coming to school tomorrow?

(Change is to are, need question mark for a question)

Sentence Surgeons

100

Fix this sentence

I went to the store and I see my friend.

I went to the store and I seen my friend.

200

Which spelling should be used in the sentence? 

I ordered [too, two] copies of my favorite book.

two

300

Combine into one sentence:

I love to read. I don't like writing essays.

I love to read, but I don't like writing essays.

400

Fix this sentence

I like to dance I like to cheer I participate in a lot of activities outside of school so much that I am tired when i get home

I like to dance. I like to cheer. I participate in a lot of activities outside of school, so much that I am tired when I get home.

or 

I like to dance and cheer.  I participate in a lot of activities outside of school, so much that I am tired when I get home.

500

Rewrite this run-on correctly:

I went to the store I forgot my money I had to walk back home.

I went to the store, but I forgot my money, so I had to walk home.

Conjunction Junction

100

Name the conjunction:

I want pizza or pasta for dinner.

What is or?

200

What type of conjunction is and?

Coordinating conjunction.

300

Which conjunction fits?

She stayed home ____it was raining.

Because

400

Which conjunction fits:

I called Tom,___ he didn't answer

But

500

Used to connect contrasting ideas

But

Grammar Grab Bag

100

What is the plural of child?

Children

200

Choose the correct word:

Their/They're/There going to the park.

They're

300

What is the past tense of go?

Went

400

Fix the error:

He don't like pizza.

He doesn't like pizza.

500

Which word or words should be capitalized?

"We went to visit aunt sarah yesterday,"

Aunt Sarah (Always capitalize names)