3-5 grade grammar

Grammar Practice

Read the slides and then answer the questions after! The students with averages higher than 80% will earn 2 dojo points!

Types of Sentences

There are four different types of sentences.

Review the four types of sentences to prepare for the questions.

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is in the picture?

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• interrogative

• declarative

• exclamatory

• imperative

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is in the picture?

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• interrogative

• declarative

• exclamatory

• imperative

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is in the picture?

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• interrogative

• declarative

• exclamatory

• imperative

Subject and Predicate

The subject is who the sentence is about.

The predicate is what the subject is doing.

Review the anchor chart to prepare for the questions.

Multiple Choice

Who is the subject in the picture?

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• Shelly

• teacher

• class

• skittles

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate in the picture?

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• walked swiftly to school to deliver his valentines to his friends

• Johnny

• valentines

• friends

Multiple Choice

Who is the subject in the picture?

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• movies

• Saturday

• Jonathon

• went

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate in the picture?

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• Tamyra

• Michelle

• Kaley

• going to celebrate

Verb Tense

Past Tense - already happened

Present Tense - currently happening

Future Tense - will happen

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Parts of Speech

You need to know the following:

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the sentence in the image?

• kelsey

• smiled

• sweetly

• received

Multiple Choice

What is the conjunction in the sentence in the image?

• but

• so

• for

• and

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence in the image?

• Sara

• created

• fabulous

• card

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence in the image?

• Cara

• shiny

• valentine

• when

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence in the image?

• sweet

• friend

• Janey's

• chocolate

Multiple Select

Select all the nouns from the sentence in the image.

• Ms. Nancy

• received

• fancy

• card

• Sean

Multiple Choice

What is the verb from the sentence in the image?

• mom

• always

• gives

• chocolates

Multiple Choice

What is the verb from the sentence in the image?

• drew

• boys

• pink

• heart

Multiple Choice

What change needs to be made in this sentence?

I went to school to pick up materials, and i saw my teacher Miss. Luna

• change Miss. Luna to Miss. luna

• change i to I

• change school to School

• make no change

Multiple Choice

What change if any need to be made to this sentence?

My mom named me sarah because that is her favorite name.

• change My to my

• change name to Name

• change sarah to Sarah

• make no change

Multiple Choice

What change if any need to be made to this sentence?

I can speak Spanish, French, and english fluently.

• change I to i

• Change Spanish to spanish

• change english to English

• make no change

Multiple Choice

What change if any needs to made needs to be made to this sentence?

The new boy in school is named after his dad Roy

• change new to New

• change school to School

• change Roy to roy

• make no change

Multiple Choice

What change if any needs to be made to this sentence?

My favorite time of year is Winter, but I also like summer.

• change Winter to winter

• change year to Year

• Change summer to Summer

• make no change

Multiple Choice

On friday I want to go to the movies and eat lots of popcorn and candy.

• change movies to Movies

• change friday to Friday

• change candy to Candy

• make no change

Multiple Choice

Last week we learned about the civil War in our class.

• change civil War to civil war

• change civil War to Civil war

• change civil War to Civil War

• make no change

Multiple Choice

What change if any needs to be made in this sentence?

let's go to the park tomorrow after school please.

• change school to School

• change park to Park

• change let's to Let's

• make no change

Multiple Choice

What change if any should be made in this sentence?

Last week principal Martinez announced that we would have a field trip to the zoo.

• change week to Week

• change principal Martinez to Principal Martinez

• change zoo to zoo

• make no change

Multiple Choice

I really enjoyed reading the book Thunder rose a few weeks ago.

• change Thunder rose to thunder rose

• change Thunder rose to thunder Rose

• change Thunder rose to Thunder Rose

• make no change

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a sentence fragment?

• My parents took me to the zoo.
• he smallest cub growled at me.
• One large room of roaring lions.
• She curled up in a sunny spot.

Multiple Choice

How can this sentence best be written?

• how would you like a cat?
• How would you like a cat?
• How would you like a cat!
• how would you like a cat.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is a command?

• Think about it.
• The next room was full, too.
• Our house is pretty small.
• There was a pile of sleeping kittens.

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of this sentence?  In the next cage, an older cat was taking a nap.

• cat
• an older cat
• in the next cage
• was taking a nap

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate?
In the next cage, an older cat was taking a nap.

• cat
• an older cat
• in the next cage
• was taking a nap

Multiple Choice

How should this sentence be written correctly?

• I said, "That's so sweet"
• I said, "That's so sweet,"
• I said, "That's so sweet!"
• I said "that's so sweet."

Multiple Choice

What are the green words called in this sentence? The scared little cat raised a paw and meowed.

• simple subject
• compound subject
• simple predicate
• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has a mistake?

• We saw two airplanes in the sky.
• She will eat lunch with her family.
• The sheeps walked on the field.
• Please turn off the lights when you leave.

Multiple Choice

Find the apostrophe mistake: A cheetah's speed and a squid's ink help these animals' stay safe.

• a cheetah's speed
• these animals' stay safe
• a squid's ink

Multiple Choice

How can you fix the spelling mistake?
Mr. Big bought sum carrots for forty cents at the store.

• change bought to boght
• change sum to some
• change forty to fourty
• change cents to sense

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has a mistake in punctuation?

• Our teacher said, " Let me tell you about garnet."
• "She explained, it can be used to make pretty rings."
• She told us, "Garnet is a deep red rock."
• "You can find it in many parts of the country," she said.

Multiple Choice

Which word or words correctly completes the sentence? Whales are the _____ animals on Earth.

• largest
• larger
• more larger
• most largest

Multiple Choice

Which book title is capitalized correctly?

• Out of the Dust
• Where The red Fern Grows
• Bridge To Nowhere
• Lincoln And his Boys

Multiple Choice

In which sentence is the plural word written incorrectly?

• She watched the fish swimming in the tank.
• The hikers saw two moose at the lake.
• A team of four oxen pulled the wagon.
• A pack of wolfs roamed free in the park.

Multiple Choice

 Identify the abstract noun: We learned the parts of the body and had an idea to draw them.

• learned
• body
• idea
• draw

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has a verb error?

• Mr. Bell made the first telephone.
• He speaked words on it for the first time on March 10, 1876.
• Bell showed the phone to many people.
• Many people began to use the phone in their homes.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has an error in verb tense?

• An elephant's trunk has many uses.
• The trunk helps the elephant to drink.
• Elephants pluck fruit from trees with their trunk.
• They also given themselves a dust bath with their trunk.

Multiple Choice

Find the sentence with an error in subject-verb agreement.

• When I go to my dentist, she always clean my teeth.
• I never worry, because she is good at what she does.
• She gives me a prize when she is done.
• My teeth are always shiny when I leave her office.

Multiple Choice

Which one has an apostrophe mistake?

• a reptile's body
• a turtles' shell
• some ducks' feet
• those birds' feathers

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has dialogue punctuated correctly?

• "Are we picking berries at the farm today?" Mary asked.
• "It seems like it will be a nice day to go said Mom."
• "Does that mean we can go now." Mary asked?
• "As soon as we finish breakfast, Mom replied.

Multiple Choice

Which coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) is the best way to combine the sentences?
I wanted to backpack through Europe last summer, _______ my mom told me I couldn't.

• but
• for
• and
• or

Multiple Choice

Which coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) is the best way to combine the sentences?
Julie bought her mom a sweater, __________ her mother loved it.  

• for
• but
• and
• yet

Multiple Choice

Which coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) is the best way to combine the sentences?
You can take a cruise to Greece, _______ you can travel to Mexico.

• so
• and
• yet
• or

Multiple Choice

Which coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) is the best way to combine the sentences?
Ted didn't have enough money to fly to Boston, 
_______ he took the train.

• so
• and
• but
• nor

Multiple Choice

Which coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) is the best way to combine the sentences?
You may sit on the sofa, __________ you may stand.

• but
• and
• or
• nor

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly using a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)?

• Jill runs a mile every day, but she swims on Fridays.
• Jill runs a mile every day and she swims on Fridays.
• Jill runs a mile every day, for she swims on Fridays.
• Jill runs a mile every day, and she swims on Fridays.

Multiple Choice

In the following compound sentence, where is the comma in the correct place?
I had a cute puppy but I lost him.

• , but
• , but, 
• no comma is needed
• but, 

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, where should the comma be placed?
Yes you can have a snack.

• Yes you can have a, snack.
• Yes, you can have a snack.
• Yes you, can have a snack.
• No comma is needed

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, where should the comma be placed?
No I don't want to go to the baseball game.

• No I don't, want to go to the baseball game.
• No, I don't want to go to the baseball game. 
• No I don't want to go to the, baseball game. 
• No I don't want to go, to the baseball game.

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, where should the comma be placed?
No I have never seen Drake in concert.

• No I have never, seen Drake in concert.
• No I have never, seen, Drake in concert.
• No, I have never seen Drake in concert.
• No I have never seen Drake, in concert.