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Grammar check: finished Grade 5?

For students who finished grade 5 grammar (Level 2, Year A Review), or who are starting grade 6.

15 items drawn from the English Grammar, Grade 5 (Units 9–12) year-end review (Level 2, 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. What part of speech is the word “drink” in this sentence?Samuel gave the thirsty horse a drink from the bucket.

Answer: noun (it names a thing, and the article a points to it)
Lesson 9.1 The Eight Parts of Speech

2. Is this group of words a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?After the long service on Sunday morning.

Answer: fragment (it has no subject and no verb)
Lesson 9.2 Fragments and Run-ons

3. Fix the run-on with a comma and the conjunction so.The snow fell all morning, we built a fort in the yard.

Answer: The snow fell all morning, so we built a fort in the yard.
Lesson 9.2 Fragments and Run-ons

4. Is this sentence simple or compound?Samuel and his sister fed the calves and cleaned the stalls.

Answer: simple (one clause with a compound subject and a compound verb)
Lesson 9.3 Simple and Compound Sentences

5. Which kind of noun is “team” in this sentence?The team of oxen pulled the heavy wagon up the hill.Choose: abstract · collective · proper

Answer: collective (it names a group of oxen as one unit)
Lesson 10.1 Kinds of Nouns

6. Write the one abstract noun in the sentence.The old shepherd showed great patience with the lambs.

Answer: patience (it names a quality, not something you can see or touch)
Lesson 10.1 Kinds of Nouns

7. Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?Each of the girls carried ____ own lantern to the barn.Choose: her · their

Answer: her (the antecedent, Each, is singular and names girls)
Lesson 10.2 Pronouns and Antecedents

8. What kind of pronoun is “These” in this sentence?These are the warmest mittens in the house.

Answer: demonstrative (it points out which ones)
Lesson 10.4 Other Kinds of Pronouns

9. Which principal part of the verb is “baked” in this sentence?Grace has baked six loaves of bread for the church supper.

Answer: past participle (it follows the helping verb has)
Lesson 11.1 The Principal Parts of Verbs

10. Which verb form correctly completes the sentence?The pond had ____ solid by the first week of January.Choose: froze · frozen

Answer: frozen (after had, use the past participle)
Lesson 11.2 Irregular Verbs

11. Fix the incorrect verb form. Keep the helping verb had.Peter had wrote a letter to his grandmother in Ohio.

Answer: Peter had written a letter to his grandmother in Ohio.
Lesson 11.2 Irregular Verbs

12. Diagram the sentence.Lydia will have finished her sampler by Easter.

Answer: Subject: Lydia; verb: will have finished; direct object: sampler, with her under it; adverb phrase under the verb: by Easter

Diagram: Lydia will have finished her sampler by Easter.

Lydia will have finished her sampler by Easter.

Lesson 11.3 The Perfect Tenses

13. Which verb correctly completes the sentence?The bag of potatoes ____ beside the cellar door.Choose: rest · rests

Answer: rests (the subject, bag, is singular; potatoes is inside a prepositional phrase)
Lesson 12.1 Agreement Basics

14. Which verb correctly completes the sentence?Some of the apples ____ bruised.Choose: was · were

Answer: were (Some refers to apples, a plural noun)
Lesson 12.3 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects

15. Diagram the sentence.There is a lad here. (John 6:9, KJV)

Answer: Expletive: There, on its own line above the baseline; subject: lad; verb: is; article under lad: a; adverb under is: here

Diagram: There is a lad here.

There is a lad here.

Lesson 12.4 Tricky Subjects

4-week summer review path

Four short days a week, 30–45 minutes: the 16 English Grammar, Grade 5 (Units 9–12) 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 9.1 The Eight Parts of Speech · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 9.2 Fragments and Run-ons · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 9.3 Simple and Compound Sentences · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 9.4 Diagramming Compound Sentences · 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 10.1 Kinds of Nouns · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 10.2 Pronouns and Antecedents · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 10.3 Pronoun Case · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 10.4 Other Kinds of Pronouns · 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 11.1 The Principal Parts of Verbs · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 11.2 Irregular Verbs · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 11.3 The Perfect Tenses · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 11.4 Progressive Forms and Consistent Tense · 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 12.1 Agreement Basics · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 12.2 Agreement with Compound Subjects · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 12.3 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 12.4 Tricky Subjects · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.