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Grammar check: finished Grade 6?

For students who finished grade 6 grammar (Level 2, Year B Review), or who are starting grade 7.

15 items drawn from the English Grammar, Grade 6 (Units 13–16) year-end review (Level 2, Year B 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 sentence simple or compound?The oven was hot, and Mother slid the loaves inside.

Answer: compound (two clauses joined by a comma and and)
Lesson 9.3 Simple and Compound Sentences

2. Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?Grandfather told Grace and ____ a story about the sea.Choose: I · me

Answer: me (an object of the verb takes the objective case)
Lesson 10.3 Pronoun Case

3. What is the tense of the verb “will have plowed”?By sunset Father will have plowed the whole field.

Answer: future perfect (will have + past participle)
Lesson 11.3 The Perfect Tenses

4. Which verb correctly completes the sentence?One of the hens ____ laying brown eggs.Choose: is · are

Answer: is (the subject, One, is singular; hens is inside a prepositional phrase)
Lesson 12.1 Agreement Basics

5. Write the direct object.After supper Thomas read a story about a brave sailor.

Answer: story (it answers “read what?”)
Lesson 13.1 Direct Objects Reviewed

6. Write the indirect object.Pastor Hale handed the boys new hymnals.

Answer: boys (the hymnals are handed to the boys; hymnals is the direct object)
Lesson 13.2 Indirect Objects

7. Which pronoun is correct in formal English?It was ____ at the door this morning.Choose: she · her

Answer: she (a pronoun used as a predicate nominative is in the nominative case)
Lesson 13.3 Predicate Nominatives

8. Which word correctly completes the sentence?Clara read the Scripture lesson ____ at the Easter service.Choose: good · well

Answer: well (an adverb is needed to tell how she read)
Lesson 14.1 Adjective or Adverb?

9. Which word correctly completes the sentence?Of the three puppies, the brown one is the ____.Choose: smaller · smallest

Answer: smallest (use the superlative when comparing three or more)
Lesson 14.2 Degrees of Comparison

10. Write the prepositional phrase that is used as an adjective.The house on the hill belongs to my uncle.

Answer: on the hill (it tells which house)
Lesson 14.3 Adjective and Adverb Phrases

11. Add the missing commas.Mrs. Baker our neighbor brought us a basket of pears.

Answer: Mrs. Baker, our neighbor, brought us a basket of pears. (commas set off the appositive)
Lesson 15.1 Commas with Introductory Words, Direct Address and Appositives

12. Add the quotation marks that the hymn title needs.We sang Amazing Grace at church on Sunday.

Answer: We sang “Amazing Grace” at church on Sunday.
Lesson 15.3 Titles

13. Write one sentence that names a book and a hymn. Underline the book title and put the hymn title in quotation marks.

Answer: Answers will vary. Example: After we read Heidi together, we sang “Amazing Grace.” (A book title is underlined in handwriting; a hymn title goes in quotation marks.)
Lesson 15.3 Titles

14. Which verb correctly completes the sentence?The old dog likes to ____ in the sun by the porch.Choose: lie · lay

Answer: lie (to rest; it takes no direct object)
Lesson 16.2 Troublesome Verbs: lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise

15. Which word correctly completes the sentence?The apple pie was larger ____ the cake.Choose: then · than

Answer: than (it is used in comparisons)
Lesson 16.3 Words Often Confused

4-week summer review path

Four short days a week, 30–45 minutes: the 16 English Grammar, Grade 6 (Units 13–16) 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 12.1 Agreement Basics · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 13.1 Direct Objects Reviewed · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 13.2 Indirect Objects · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 13.3 Predicate Nominatives · 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 13.4 Predicate Adjectives · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 14.1 Adjective or Adverb? · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 14.2 Degrees of Comparison · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 14.3 Adjective and Adverb Phrases · 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 14.4 Using Modifiers Correctly · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 15.1 Commas with Introductory Words, Direct Address and Appositives · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 15.2 Quotation Marks and Dialogue · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 15.3 Titles · 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 15.4 Semicolons and Colons · redo the lesson practice set
  2. Day 2: Lesson 16.1 Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions · redo the lesson practice set
  3. Day 3: Lesson 16.2 Troublesome Verbs: lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise · redo the lesson practice set
  4. Day 4: Lesson 16.3 Words Often Confused · redo the lesson practice set
  5. Day 5: retake the items on this test from these lessons; correct every mistake.