Language TABE M

Subject and Predicate

100

Identify the subject in this sentence: "The cat slept on the mat."

"The cat"

200

Identify the predicate in this sentence: "She is reading a book."

"is reading a book"

300

• Identify the subject and predicate: "The teacher explained the lesson clearly."

Subject: "The teacher"; Predicate: "explained the lesson clearly"

400

Is the following sentence complete or a fragment? "Running through the park."

Fragment

500

Create a sentence with a compound predicate.

"She washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen."

Adjective Order

100

Arrange the adjectives in the correct order: "She has a red big balloon."

"She has a big red balloon."

200

Arrange the adjectives in the correct order: "I saw a wooden small table."

"I saw a small wooden table."

300

Arrange the adjectives in the correct order: "He wore a cotton old t-shirt."

"He wore an old cotton t-shirt."

400

• Correct the order of adjectives: "It was a French beautiful old painting."

"It was a beautiful old French painting."

500

List the order of adjectives with an example.

Opinion or Number, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose

Frequently Confused Words

100

Choose the correct word: "Their/There/They're going to the store."

"They're"

200

• Choose the correct word: "Its/It's a sunny day."

"It's"

300

Choose the correct word: "The principle/principal of the school is retiring."

"principal"

400

Choose the correct word: "I accept/except your apology."

"accept"

500

Choose the correct word: "He has fewer/less apples than she does."

"fewer"

Conjunctions and Prepositions

100

Identify the conjunction in this sentence: "I want to go, but I have work."

"but"

200

Identify the preposition in this sentence: "The cat is under the table."

"under"

300

Combine these sentences using "and": "She likes apples. She likes oranges."

"She likes apples and oranges."

400

Choose the correct preposition: "He is sitting _____ the chair." (in/on)

"on"

500

• Correct the sentence: "She looked the book over."

"She looked over the book."

Sentence Variety and Punctuation

100

Correct the punctuation: "Lets go to the park"

"Let's go to the park."

200

Choose the correct plural form: "Child/Children"

"Children"

300

• Add a comma where needed: "After the game we went to a restaurant."

"After the game, we went to a restaurant."

400

Create a complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction.

"Although it was raining, we decided to go hiking."

500

Rewrite the following sentence to use a variety of sentence styles: "He went to the store. He bought some milk."

"He went to the store and bought some milk."