Year Grammar Review   Copy  and paste this review worksheet onto a word document, complete it according to the instructions, save it on your computer and print out a copy.

 

Nouns & Pronouns Review pgs. 294-308 in textbook if needed.

 

Underline the nouns in the following sentences. Place a C above the noun if it is common and a P above it if it is proper.

 

1. Dogs require attention, including proper feeding and medical care.

 

2. Dogs need regular exercise.

 

3. Dr. Phillips, our dog’s vet, placed the puppy in his cage.

 

4. A doghouse needs to be insulated from heat and cold.

 

5. Our puppy, Sylva, loves to go to the St. Louis Zoo and run around.

 

Underline the personal pronouns below and draw an arrow to its antecedent.

 

1. My brother and sister want to become physicists because our grandfather was one.

 

2. After finishing a five-year program, they will graduate.

 

3. They must study very hard in order to make it.

 

4. She may choose from many schools.

 

5. All of them offer similar programs.

 

Underline the pronouns below. Label them: P-personal pronoun, D-demonstrative pronoun, INT-interrogative pronoun, IN-indefinite pronoun.

 

1. Who wants to know more?

 

2. These are copies of fingerprints.

 

3. Each is unique.

 

4. You may have seen popular shows about crime doctors.

 

5. Few can identify a fingerprint.

 

6. Whose is this fingerprint?

 

 

 

Underline the nouns in the following paragraph.

 

            Wolves are wild animals that look similar to dogs. A wolf has fur that can be white, black or gray. Wolves travel in packs, using their speed and strength to hunt as a group. They live in most climates, but rarely in deserts or tropical forests.

 

Circle the pronouns in the following sentences and underline its antecedent.

 

1. The doctor explained that she would order tests.

2. The tests would help her determine what was wrong.

3. She said they are very accurate tests,

4. These are the tests she ordered.

5. This is the medication she prescribed for the cat.

 

VERBS  Review pgs 316-328 in your textbook if needed.

 

Underline the verbs below and then above it place INT for intransitive verb and TR for transitive verb.

 

1. Immigrants took a test to enter the US.

 

2. Most people worried about the test.

 

3. Interpreters helped the nervous immigrants as much as possible.

 

4. Sometimes, the guards asked only a few questions of the immigrants.

 

5. The immigrants answered as well as they could.

 

Underline each linking verb and draw an arrow connecting the words that are linked by the verb.

 

1. The food choices on Ellis Island were limited.

 

2. Some food vendors seemed unkind.

 

3. In addition, the food often tasted bad.

 

4. Some ate the food and became sick.

 

5. Many immigrants grew very angry at the poor treatment and long waits.

 

6. My grandfather was such an immigrant.

 

 

ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS  Review pgs 334-54 in your textbook if needed.

 

Underline the adjectives below and circle the adverbs.

 

1. We took a long hike through the pine forest.

2. We walked straight down the path.

3. The early morning is the best time to take photographs here.

4. The rangers patrol the area daily.

5. They prepare daily reports on what they find.

 

Underline the adjectives in each sentence and circle the word it modifies. Be able to tell what questions each adjective answers.

 

1. A play is a live performance before a real-life audience.

2. The script is the written text that the actors memorize.

3. The director of a Broadway play has a difficult job.

4. The first task of the director is to select the actors for each part.

5. Some roles require an actor to sing and dance.

6. Makeup technique is important in establishing the complete costume of an actor.

 

Underline the adverbs in each sentence and circle the word it modifies. Be able to tell what questions each adverb answers.

 

1. Local theaters often depend on their own members to do set construction.

2. Sets are frequently constructed from large frames covered with painted canvas.

3. Lighting also helps to create an illusion.\

4. Usually, the director, the set designer, and the lighting designer will meet.

5. It is vitally important that the designers and the director understand one another.

6. If many people help, a set can be built very quickly.

 

Underline the adverbs below and circle the adjectives.

 

1. Set building is hard work.

2. We arrive early to begin construction.

3. Everyone is friendly.

4. Everyone works hard, but nobody complains.

5. We do not take a long lunch break.

6. Mary arrived too late for lunch.

 

PREPOSITIONS Review pgs 360-368 in your textbook if needed.

 

Underline the prepositions in each sentence below.

 

1. A star can burn for billions of years.

2. Small stars are cooler in the middle, so they burn very slowly.

3. Average-size stars are hotter at the core due to their greater gravity.

4. Some massive stars are so hot they emit light with a bluish color.

5. Their fusion is so intense that giant stars live for only a few million years.

6. According to historians, before 1781, scientists believed there were six planets in our solar        system.

 

Underline the proposition below, circle its object and draw an arrow to the word the phrase modifies. Be able to prove your answer.

 

1. A comet is a ball of ice and minerals that orbits the sun.

 

2. When it gets near the sun, some of the comet melts away.

 

3. When it melts, it leaves gases and dust particles behind it.

 

4. To us, the particles look like a tail.

 

5. Because of this activity, comets get smaller each time they go around the Earth.

 

6. Eventually, they melt to the core.

 

Circle the prepositions below and underline the adverbs.

 

1. Except for the sun, Jupiter is the largest celestial body in our solar system.

 

2. It was named by ancient people after the king of the Roman gods.

 

3. Jupiter has a faint ring that encircles the planet around its equator.

 

4. Its clouds are so thick they can’t be seen through.

 

5. Storms that do not blow over quickly rage on the planet.

 

6. One storm, the Great Red Spot, has been blowing on Jupiter for 300 years.

 

CONJUNCTIONS/INTERJECTIONS Review pgs 374-383 in your textbook if needed.

 

Underline the interjection in each sentence.

 

1. Wow! Did you know that there’s a machine that can tell whether you are lying?

2. Uh, no, what is it called?

3. Well, it’s called a polygraph.

4. Hey, do you want to see one?

5. Gee! I think that would be exciting!

6. Goodness! Do you think they will show us how it works?

 

 

Underline the coordinating conjunctions in each sentence.

 

1. Francisco and Michael had to write a report on forensic science, so they decided to visit a police lab.

 

2. They asked the lab assistant to explain forensic science and the vocabulary that it uses.

 

3. He told them that a hypothesis is a theory based on observed facts and that it is used to explain evidence.

 

4. A hypothesis must be proved or disproved through laboratory testing.