Grammar Skills

connects words or groups of words (phrases & clauses) (ex: and, but, or)

• conjunction

• adverb

• noun

• pronoun

a word that describes a noun (size, shape, color, texture)

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

• pronoun

How comfortable are you with homophones? (to, too, two)

• I know which one to use all the time!

• I know which one to use most of the time.

• I get confused sometimes.

• I have no idea what a homophone is.

How comfortable are you with making complete sentences?

• I always write complete sentences!

• I sometimes have a run-on or fragment, but I'm usually ok!

• I have a lot of run-ons and fragments in my writing.

• I'm not sure what the difference is between a run-on, a fragment, and a complete sentence.

Save me a _________ of birthday cake. 

• peace

• peece

• peice 

• piece 

Nouns are

• people, places, things and ideas

• action words

What is the subject in the following sentence: "The cat slept on the mat."

• The cat

• Slept

• On

• The mat

Which sentence is written in the correct order?

• Ran the quickly dog.

• The dog quickly ran.

• Quickly the dog ran.

• Ran quickly the dog.

Choose the sentence that uses capitalization correctly.

• My Aunt lives in Paris.

• My aunt lives in paris.

• My aunt lives in Paris.

• my aunt lives in Paris.

Identify the verb in the following sentence: "She sings beautifully."

• She

• Sings

• Beautifully

• None of the above