Day 20 Grammar Review

Match the words from the sentence below to their correct part of speech.

The rhinoceros shares a special relationship with the oxpeck, a kind of bird.

• special

• article

• with

• preposition

• shares

• noun

• the

• adjective

• oxpeck

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

They have what is sometimes called a mutualistic relationship.

• Past

• Present

• Future

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.2.1D

Rewrite the sentence correctly. ( 5 mistakes)

Use correct punctuation (2), capitalization (2), and subject/verb agreement. (1 - present tense)

rhinos, in africa and zoos attracting pesky insects and ticks

• Rhinos, in Africa and zoos, attract pesky insects and ticks

• Rhinos, in africa and zoos, attract pesky insects and ticks.

• Rhinos, in Africa and zoos, attract pesky insects and ticks.

• Rhinos, in Africa and zoos, attracting pesky insects and ticks.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Name the type of sentence.

The oxpeck rides on a rhino's back and eats the insects.

• imperative

  sentence

• interrogative sentence

• exclamatory sentence

• declatrative sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Identify the sentence structure.

The rhino gets a clean back, and the oxpeck gets food.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Drag and drop the possessive/plural noun into the correct spot.

rhinos ​ (a)  

rhinos' ​ (b)  

rhino's ​ (c)  

• plural noun
• plural possessive noun
• singular possessive noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

Pick the correct homophone for each sentence.

Do you ever ​ (a)   books about rhinos?

I saw a rhino standing by a pond near a ​ (b)   patch.

• read
• reed

Identify the meaning of the suffix

In the words relationship, friendship, and township, the suffix -ship means...

• condition of

• below

• far

• plural

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the root from these two words:
Interrupt and rupture ​ (a)  

What does the root mean?​ (b)  

• rupt
• rup
• to break
• to talk

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the type of figurative language in this sentence.

The truck refused to start as the rhino charged us! ​ (a)   ​

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• irony
• onomatopoeia
• pun