Dragonwings
Da Vinci's Dreams
Grammar Practice
Skills
100

What genre is Dragonwings?

a play

100

What genre is Da Vinci's Dreams?

magazine article

100

It was sunny yesterday, but it will be sunny again today.

Fix the grammar mistake.

"but" should be replaced with "and"

100

When you compare two things, you find how they are __________.

When you contrast two things, you find how they are __________.

similar; different

200

What are some characteristics of a play?

a. setting, title, place

b. dialogue, cast of characters, stage directions

c. scene, cast of characters, setting

b. dialogue, cast of characters, stage directions

200

What do you call the words that describe pictures in movies or magazines?

captions

200

I ate milk and cookies. I loved them, and I did not want any more. 

Find and fix the grammar error.

I loved them, BUT I did not want any more.

200

Contrast apples and oranges: Tell me three ways in which they are different

(Decided by teacher.)

different color

spelling

taste

etc.

300

Who comes to help Windrider fly his contraption? (You can name one of two characters.)

Uncle Bright Star

300

Leonardo filled notebooks with _____________ of drawings for his inventions.

Pick the most accurate number:

a. tens

b. hundreds

c. thousands

c. thousands

300

Fill in each blank with the best conjunction: Clouds can be big ________ small. Sometimes, it is cloudy _______ sunny at the same time. I like the cloudy weather, _____ I dislike rainy weather, even though there are clouds.

or

and

but

300

What theme do Dragonwings and Da Vinci's Dreams share?

dreams and determination

400

What American city and state does Moonshadow live in?

San Francisco, California

400

Today, Leonardo da Vinci is recognized as one of the first _________________.

a. Renaissance artists

b. airplane pilots

c. modern engineers

c. modern engineers

400

I like cake and enjoy eating it with milk.

This conjunction connects two:

a. words 

b. phrases 

c. independent clauses

b. phrases

400

Use the conjunction "and" in 3 ways: to connect words, phrases, and sentences.

(Determined by teacher)

500

What language does Uncle Bright Star imitate when trying to pull the airplane? Be specific

Cantonese (a dialect of Chinese)

500

Name 4 things that Leonardo da Vinci invented OR developed

bike chains

bike gears

diving snorkel

monkey wrench

modern parachute

contact lens

air conditioning

500

Name 3 conjunctions that are not "and" or "but"

or

yet

so

for

nor

because

500

What is the difference in inferences and predictions?

a. Inferences are about things in the present

b. We need facts to make predictions but not inferences

c.  Inferences are like guesses while predictions are like statements

c.