Grammar Practice 1

Read the sentences from a story.

(1) Michael and Stephanie rode their bikes through giant mud puddles on some trails in the park. (2) The friends would remember all the fun they had on their bikes.

Which word from the sentences is they taking the place of?

• trails in sentence 1

• puddles in sentence 1

• friends in sentence 2

• bikes in sentence 2

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Read the sentence.

On Saturday we thought the grass looked really tall.

Which word describes the grass?

• though

• looked

• really

• tall

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Read the sentence.

The playful kitten quickly jumped on the ball of string.

Which underlined word is being used as a noun in the sentence?

• playful

• quickly

• jumped

• string

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Read the sentence.

The whale shark is one of the __________ living fish on Earth.

Which word or words correctly complete the sentence?

• largest

• larger

• more larger

• most large

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

In which sentence is the title correctly capitalized?

• I wrote a report on the book Out Of The Dust.

• Our class thought the book Lincoln And His Boys was interesting to read.

• The book Bridge to Terabithia was written by Katherine Paterson.

• One of my favorite books is Where The red Fern Grows.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Read the sentence.

(1) Susan was reading about the parts of a flower with a group of students in her science class. (2) Then she thought of the idea to go outside and find some real flowers.

Which underlined word is being used as an abstract noun?

• parts in sentence 1

• students in sentence 1

• idea in sentence 2

• flowers in sentence 2

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Read the paragraph.

(1) Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone. (2) He speaked words over the telephone for the first time on March 10, 1876. (3) Bell showed the telephone to many people. (4) Over time, more people began to use the telephone in their homes and at their jobs.

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Read the sentences from a book about elephants.

(1) An elephant’s trunk has many uses. (2) The trunk helps elephants to drink as well as eat. (3) Elephants pluck fruit from trees with their trunk. (4) Elephants also gave themselves a dust bath with their trunk. (5) Elephants use their trunk to lift both large and small objects.

Which change should be made to correct the error in verb tense?

• Change helps to will help in sentence 2.

• Change pluck to plucked in sentence 3.

• Change gave to give in sentence 4.

• Change use to used in sentence 5.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Read the paragraph.

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

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the error in subject-verb agreement?

• clean

• worry

• gives

• leave

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Read the sentences from a story.

(1) “Are we going to pick raspberries at the farm today?” Mary asked as she sat down to the table to eat breakfast.

(2) Aunt June looked through the window. (3) “It seems like today is going to be a nice day, Aunt June said.”

(4) “Does that mean we can go?” Mary asked.

(5) “As soon as we finish our breakfast,” Aunt June answered, with a smile.

Which sentence needs to be changed to correctly punctuate dialogue?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D