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Summer brush-up · English

Grammar check: finished Grade 3?

For students who finished grade 3 grammar (Level 1, Year A Review), or who are starting grade 4.

15 items drawn from the English Grammar, Grade 3 (Units 1–4) year-end review (Level 1, Year A Review). About 30–40 minutes. Paper and pencil, with the book closed. Work every item first, then check each answer and mark it.

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1. Is this group of words a sentence?A muddy path through the meadowChoose: yes · no

Answer: no (it tells about a path, but it does not say what the path does or is, so it is not a complete thought)
Lesson 1.1 What Is a Sentence?

2. This telling sentence needs a capital letter and an end mark. Write it correctly.my brother milked the cow

Answer: My brother milked the cow.
Lesson 1.1 What Is a Sentence?

3. What kind of sentence is this?Please close the barn door before dark.

Answer: imperative (it makes a request)
Lesson 1.2 Four Kinds of Sentences

4. Diagram the sentence.Thunder rumbled.

Answer: Subject: Thunder; verb: rumbled

Diagram: Thunder rumbled.

Thunder rumbled.

Lesson 1.4 Diagramming the Subject and the Verb

5. Write the two proper nouns.Lydia and Thomas walked to church.

Answer: Lydia, Thomas (they name particular people)
Lesson 2.1 Common and Proper Nouns

6. Fix the capital letters.samuel and ruth live in texas.

Answer: Samuel and Ruth live in Texas. (the first word and the proper nouns need capitals)
Lesson 2.1 Common and Proper Nouns

7. Which plural correctly completes the sentence?The baker put six ____ on the shelf.Choose: loafs · loaves

Answer: loaves (loaf changes f to v and adds -es)
Lesson 2.2 Making Nouns Plural

8. Add the missing apostrophe.The childrens coats hung by the door.

Answer: The children's coats hung by the door. (children does not end in s, so add 's)
Lesson 2.4 Possessive Nouns

9. Write the action verb.Mary prays before every meal.

Answer: prays (an action you cannot see)
Lesson 3.1 Action Verbs

10. Diagram the sentence.The robins have been singing.

Answer: Subject: robins; verb: have been singing; adjective: The

Diagram: The robins have been singing.

The robins have been singing.

Lesson 3.2 Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases

11. Is the word “tree” a predicate noun or a predicate adjective?The old oak is the tallest tree in the woods.

Answer: predicate noun (tree is a noun after the linking verb is, and it renames oak)
Lesson 3.3 Linking Verbs

12. Is the verb past, present or future?The children gathered blackberries for the pie.

Answer: past (gathered ends in -ed and tells what already happened)
Lesson 3.4 Past, Present and Future

13. Write the two pronouns.They met him at the station.

Answer: They, him
Lesson 4.1 Personal Pronouns

14. Write the two adjectives that tell what kind.Tall green corn grew in the field.

Answer: Tall, green (they tell what kind of corn)
Lesson 4.2 Adjectives

15. Which word correctly completes the sentence?Mother's bread is ____ than the bread from the store.Choose: gooder · better · best

Answer: better (two kinds of bread are compared: good, better, best)
Lesson 4.4 Comparing with Adjectives

4-week summer review path

Four short days a week, 30–45 minutes: the 16 English Grammar, Grade 3 (Units 1–4) lessons that appear most often on its exams and reviews, in course order. Do the lessons you missed on the test first.

Week 1

  1. Day 1: Lesson 1.1 What Is a Sentence? · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 1.2 Four Kinds of Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 1.3 Subjects and Predicates · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 1.4 Diagramming the Subject and the Verb · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 2

  1. Day 1: Lesson 2.1 Common and Proper Nouns · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 2.2 Making Nouns Plural · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 2.3 Irregular Plurals · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 2.4 Possessive Nouns · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 3

  1. Day 1: Lesson 3.1 Action Verbs · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 3.2 Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 3.3 Linking Verbs · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 3.4 Past, Present and Future · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.

Week 4

  1. Day 1: Lesson 4.1 Personal Pronouns · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 4.2 Adjectives · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 4.3 Articles · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 4.4 Comparing with Adjectives · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.