Mastering 6th Grade Grammar

What is a noun?

• A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

• A noun is a word that expresses an emotion.

• A noun describes an action.

• A noun is a type of verb.

Identify the verb in the sentence: 'The dog barks loudly.'

• dog

• loudly

• barks

• the

What is an adjective? Give an example.

• Tall

• Blue

• Happiness

• Quickly

Define a pronoun and provide two examples.

• 'quickly' and 'silently'

• Examples of pronouns are 'he' and 'they'.

• 'she' and 'it'

• 'car' and 'house'

What is the purpose of a conjunction?

• To connect words, phrases, or clauses.

• To create new words in a sentence.

• To replace nouns with pronouns.

• To define the meaning of words.

Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.

• Both similes and metaphors use 'like' or 'as' for comparisons.

• A simile is a direct statement, while a metaphor is an indirect comparison.

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as' for comparison, whereas a metaphor states one thing is another.

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as', while a simile states one thing is another.

What is the past tense of the verb 'run'?

• runed

• ran

• runned

• raned

How do you form a plural noun? Give an example.

• Example: 'cat' becomes 'cats'.

• 'child' becomes 'childs'

• 'dog' becomes 'dogs'

• 'fish' becomes 'fishes'

What is an adverb? Provide an example in a sentence.

• She ran quickly.

• They run quick

• He ran fastly

• She quickly ran

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The subject is the main verb of the sentence.

• The subject is the punctuation used in a sentence.

• The subject is always the first word in a sentence.

• The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.