Great Writing Book 1 Unit 1

Mary and Ella_____________(is/are/am) at the gym.

Answer explanation

Whenever there are 2 or more people as the subject, you always use "are".

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Her parents ______________(is/am/are) very nice.

Answer explanation

See how it says "parentS"- the "s" makes it plural, so you would use "are".

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

I _________________(am/was/were) a shy student in middle school.

Answer explanation

**Keep an eye out for key terms that tell you to use the past tense. For example, terms such as "last week, yesterday, # days ago", etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The blue whale _____________(is/are/were) the largest mammal on earth.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

There ____________(is/are) a grocery store next to the post office.

Answer explanation

We used "is" instead of "are" here because we are only talking about ONE grocery store, not grocery storeS. (plural)

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Subject, verb, or object?

I pay my bills every week.

• subject

• verb

• object

Answer explanation

The subject is what the sentence is about, or who/what is doing the action/verb.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Subject, verb, or object:

I pay my bills every week.

• subject

• object

• verb

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Subject, verb, object:

I pay my bills every week.

• subject

• verb

• object

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Subject, verb, object?

Many people drink coffee every morning.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Subject, verb, object?

Many people drink coffee every morning.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2