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.

• with

• adjective

• oxpeck

• noun

• the

• preposition

• special

• verb

• shares

• article

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

They have what is sometimes called a mutualistic relationship.

• Past

• Present

• Future

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

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

Identify the sentence structure.

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

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

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

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

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

What does the root mean?​ (b)  

• rupt
• rup
• to break
• to talk

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