Day 22 Grammar Review

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

On July 28, 1866, Beatrix Potter was born in old London.

• was

• helping verb

• old

• adjective

• born

• preposition

• July

• proper noun

• in

• verb

What is the verb tense in the following sentence?

Beatrix was mostly raised by her nanny.

• Past

• Present

• Future

Rewrite the sentence correctly. (4 mistakes)

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

she love spending summers with her brother in scotland

Name the type of sentence.

I love to draw!

• imperative

  sentence

• interrogative sentence

• exclamatory sentence

• declatrative sentence

Identify the sentence structure.

Beatrix and Bertram spent hours drawing animals.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

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

summers ​ (a)  

summers' ​ (b)  

summer's ​ (c)  

• plural noun
• plural possessive noun
• singular possessive noun

Pick the correct homophone for each sentence.

What is something you can do for ​ (a)   ?

Their drawing pencils are newer than ​ (b)   .

• hours
• ours

Identify the meaning of the suffix

In the words postwar and postseason, the prefix post- means...

• before

• around

• after

• opposite

Identify the meaning of the root

In the words video and evidence the root vid means...

• before

• work

• see

• writing

Identify the type of figurative language in this sentence.

"What a lovely day!" Mark said angrily as he looked out the window at the rain. ​ ​ (a)   ​

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