Grammar

What is the subject in the following sentence?

The red balloon soared through the air into the blue sky.

• the air

• soared

• The red balloon

• blue sky

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the predicate in the following sentence?

The red balloon soared through the air into the blue sky.

• The red balloon

• blue sky

• soard

• soared through the air into the blue sky

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the common noun in the following sentence?

The brown table looked old and dirty.

• brown

• table

• old and dirty

• looked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is the proper noun in the following sentence?

We had lunch at Olive Garden after a day of shopping.

• We

• Olive Garden

• lunch

• shopping

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is the possessive pronoun in the following sentence?

"Hey! That is ours!" exclaimed the girls.

• exclaimed

• girls

• That is

• ours

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is the comparative adjective in the following sentence?

The pieces of pineapple were cute thinner than the rest of the fruit.

• pineapple

• pieces

• the fruit

• thinner

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the superlative adjective in the following sentence?

That was the biggest cookie of them all!

• biggest

• cookie

• of them all

• was the

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Find the topic sentence in the following paragraph:

Christmas is my favorite time of year. I enjoy the extra time away from school that I am able to spend with my family and friends. One of my favorite things to is to drive around when it is dark outside and look at Christmas lights with my parents and sister. We always get hot chocolate and drive around to look at the all festive houses. This is just one of the reasons I love Christmas.

• I enjoy the extra time away from school

• Christmas is my favorite time of year

• This is just one of the reasons I love Christmas

• We always get hot chocolate

What is a concluding sentence?

• A sentence that introduces the topic to a reader

• A sentence that shows the reader the experience

• A final sentence found at the end of a paragraph and "ties" up the subject

• A detail sentence

Find the sentence that is written correctly.

• The girl shouted, "Hey Jim! Wait for me!"

• the girl shouted, hey Jim! wait for me.

• The girl shouted "hey jim! Wait for me!"

• The girl shouted. "Hey Jim, Wait for me!"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D