Grammar Review

Identify the prepositional phrase: Hannah rode her bike at the park.

• Hannah rode

• rode her bike

• the park

• at the park

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?

• Gerald hobbies include swimming and dancing.

• Gerald enjoys swimming; however, dancing is his true passion.

• Gerald hates swimming but loves dancing.

• Gerald loves to swim and he also loves to dance.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Identify the introductory phrase: Excited for lunch, Finley opened his lunchbox to reveal many delicious snacks.

• many delicious snacks

• Finley opened

• Excited for lunch

• Excited for lunch, Finley opened

Is the following appositive essential or nonessential?: My cousin Jeremy is the valedictorian of his class.

• Essential

• Nonessential

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the correctly punctuated complex sentence.

• Because Holly despises cleaning, her room is always a wreck.

• Holly does not like to clean; therefore, her room is always a wreck.

• Holly hates cleaning and keeping her room clean.

• Holly's room is a mess, for she does not enjoy cleaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Where is the comma needed?: Brett remembered to buy his mother a gift for mother's day, flowers; however he did not remember she was allergic to plants.

• after gift

• before remember and after allergic

• after not

• after however

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Identify the appositive in the sentence: A delicious treat, ice cream is an eight billion dollar industry in the United States.

• ice cream

• eight billion dollar industry

• a delicious treat

• a delicious treat, ice cream

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Where is a comma needed?: While school is extremely important students must learn how to balance both academics and external interests.

• after students

• after important

• after academics

• after and

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Select all that applies to the underlined portion of the sentence: After dinner, Martha helps her father clear the dishes.

• appositive

• prepositional phrase

• dependent clause

• introductory phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What type of clause is the underlined portion of the sentence?: Kyle wrote an excellent essay for English while his roomate procrastinated the paper.

• introductory clause

• independent clause

• main clause

• dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B