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Worksheets'Tis the Season to Know Grammar
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
In the sentence "Santa and his elves are busy with their toymaking," what is "are"?
helping verb
linking verb
action verb
preposition
In the sentence "Santa and his elves live at the North Pole," what word or words make up the subject of the sentence?
Santa
toys
busy
elves
"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" is a
phrase
independent clause
subordinate clause
In the sentence "Santa is in his sleigh," what is the prepositional phrase?
(a)
What is the direct object of this sentence? "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose."
reindeer
had
very
nose
How many prepostional phrases are in this sentence?
"The presents were hung by the chimney with care."
0
1
2
3
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence? "Deck the halls with boughs of holly."
0
1
2
3
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night" is a
sentence fragment
subordinate clause
independent clause
complete sentence
In the sentence "Then all the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee," what is the word "him"?
the subject
the indirect object
the direct object
object of the preposition
In the sentence "Then all the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee," what is the word "they"?
1st person plural subject pronoun
1st person plural object pronoun
3rd person singular object pronoun
3rd person plural subject pronoun
What is the simple predicate of this sentence? "Then one foggy Christmas eve, Santa came to say."
say
foggy
came
Santa
Is this a complete sentence? "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire."
Yes
No
In the sentence "As I drew in my head, and was turning around, down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound," what is "As I drew in my head..."?
an independent clause
a subordinate clause
a prepositional phrase
the subject of the sentence
In the sentence "Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul," what is the phrase "a jolly happy soul"?
the subject of the sentence
the direct object of the sentence
a predicate nominative
an indirect object
In the sentence "Then all the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee," what is the antecedent of the pronoun "they"?
glee
shouted
reindeer
him
"You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch, you really are a heel" is an example of
a comma splice
a run-on
a sentence fragment
a correct sentence
"Walking in a winter wonderland" is a
complete sentence
sentence fragment
independent clause
run-on sentence
"You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch" uses a what person pronoun?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
"While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads," is an example of (Check all that apply)
a subordinate clause
an independent clause
a sentence fragment
a run-on sentence
How many preositional phrases are in this sentence? "He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot..."
0
1
2
3
