3rd Grade Amplify Mid Year Grammar Assessment (Act Page 3.1)

Read the sentence carefully and choose the words that are nouns.

The plate of steaming pasta and meatballs smells wonderful.

• steaming, meatballs, wonderful

• plate, pasta, meatballs

• plate, smells, wonderful

• steaming, plate, meatballs

Read the sentence carefully and choose the words that are adjectives.

The pink donuts taste sweet and yummy.

• donuts, sweet, yummy

• pink, taste, yummy

• pink, sweet, yummy

• donuts, taste, yummy

Read the sentences carefully and choose the words that are verbs.

My family watches the speedy jets at the airport. We stroll up and down the corridors before our flight. Finally, we board the airplane.

• speedy, stroll, flight

• watches, stroll, board

• family, airport, airplane

• airport, corridors, board

Answer explanation

The verbs in the sentences are 'watches', 'stroll', and 'board'. 'Speedy' and 'flight' are adjectives and nouns, respectively, while 'family', 'airport', and 'airplane' are also nouns.

Choose the sentence that has the vertical line correctly placed between the subject | and the predicate.

• Emily and Pedro | play video games together.

• Emily | and Pedro play video games together.

• Emily and Pedro play | video games together.

• Emily and Pedro play video | games together.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'Emily and Pedro | play video games together.' because 'Emily and Pedro' is the subject and 'play video games together' is the predicate, clearly separating them with the vertical line.

Choose the sentence that has the vertical line correctly placed between the subject | and the predicate.

• The colorful kite flew | high in the bright, blue sky.

• The colorful kite flew high | in the bright, blue sky.

• The colorful kite | flew high in the bright, blue sky.

• The colorful | kite flew high in the bright, blue sky.

Choose the group of words that is a complete sentence.

• Humans are vertebrates.

• Jason and John.

• Is sweet and tasty.

• The dark, looming clouds.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, 'Humans are vertebrates.', is a complete sentence as it has a subject ('Humans') and a predicate ('are vertebrates'). The other options lack either a subject or a verb, making them incomplete.

Choose the group of words that is a fragment.

• Sammy is my best friend in the whole world.

• My pet goldfish is bright orange.

• *Adventures in Light and Sound* is a great book!

• Sang all day.

Answer explanation

The phrase 'Sang all day.' is a fragment because it lacks a subject. Unlike the other options, which are complete sentences, this choice does not express a complete thought.

Change these fragments into complete sentences:

ran around the block

Answer explanation

To turn the fragment 'ran around the block' into a complete sentence, you can add a subject. For example, 'The dog ran around the block.' This provides a clear subject and verb, forming a complete thought.

Change these fragments into complete sentences:

my sister and her friend

Read the sentence carefully and choose the adjective that describes a noun.

*Jack collects stamps for his huge collection.*

• collects

• huge

• collection

• stamps

Answer explanation

The adjective 'huge' describes the noun 'collection' by indicating its size. In the sentence, it specifies the extent of Jack's stamp collection, making 'huge' the correct choice.