Transcript Quarter 1 Grammar warm-ups

Quarter 1 Grammar warm-ups
Grammar Warm-up July 26, 2013
• Write as many words
as you can to describe
the pictures.
July 29
• Copy the sentences and fill in the blank with
the correct articles (a, an, the) or
demonstrative (this, that, those, these)
adjectives.
1. _____ pencil needs ____ eraser.
2. _____ students over there each need _____
desk.
3. ______ is my pen and ______ are my markers.
4. I have _____ apple and _____ banana and you
have _____ donut for breakfast.
July 30
• Fill in at least 2 adjectives before the nouns in
the sentences.
1. ___________________ girl went to see
______________ movie with her
______________ friends.
2. _________________ dogs are walking down
______________ street.
July 31
• Add adjectives and noun (who) to complete
the sentence. Underline the adjectives in one
color and the noun in another color.
• Example: The five enthusiastic high school
students walk to school.
1. ________________ eat lunch at 11:40.
2. ________________ smell wonderful in the
morning.
3. _______________ are important for
everyone.
August 2-What do you see? Combine as many
adjectives as you can with the nouns seen in the
picture.
August 5
• Correct the following mistakes in the
sentence. There are 7 mistakes total.
• 1. This is photo of henri matisse.
• 2. Henri Matisse was artist.
• 3. Matisse’s paintings are in museum
all over the world.
• 4. We see four bird in photo.
August 6- Complete the conversation.
Use subject or object pronouns. ONLY
WRITE THE PRONOUN!
• Paul and Erna borrowed our camera. They’re
having trouble with __(1)___. Please show
__(2)__ how it works.
• A:I was absent yesterday. Please tell __(3)__
what happened in class.
B: __(4)__ learned some idioms. I’ll give
__(5)__ my notes.
• __(6)__ forgot my dictionary. Please lend
__(7)__ your dictionary.
August 7- Write sentences using the
words in parentheses.
• (me/ show/ your/ homework/ please)
• (me/ taught/ he/ a/ song)
• (dictionary/ my/ gave/ I/ her)
• (showed/ my/ friend/ your/ work/ him/ and I)
August 9- Write sentences using the
words in parentheses.
• (to/ me/ don’t/ e-mail/ it)
• (it/ send/ by regular mail/ to me)
• (I/ letter/ him/ a/ wrote)
• (gave/ the/ to them/ he/ book)
August 12- Complete the
conversations. Use one or ones.
• I need a birthday card for her. I have an extra
________.
• I have two new belts. This _______ is for you.
• How many TVs do they have? They have two
old ______, and a new _____.
• Where do the glasses go? The blue ______go
on the top shelf and the green ______ go
here.
August 13- Write the verb contraction
and original words.
1. Here is
8. Has not
2. Will not
9. They are
3. Could not
10. Is not
4. I have
11. You will
5. Was not
12. Cannot
6. He would
13. What is
7. We will
14. Would not
August 14- Copy the sentence, add the end
punctuation and write the sentence type.
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1. What did you do last night
2. Sit up, please
3. I want off
4. I lost my wallet
5. Dad asked us to take out the trash
August 16- Write a simple present tense
declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and
imperative sentence. (4 total)
• 1. declarative
• 2. interrogative
• 3. exclamatory
• 4. imperative
August 19
• Copy the sentences adding capitalization and
punctuation. Then label each word with the its
POS. Circle the complete subject (WHO) and
underline the verb (WHAT).
• most mornings, teenagers are sleepy and not
lucid since they need at least eight hours of
sleep
• is the new action movie adventurous and
exciting or monotonous
August 20
Circle each noun in the sentence. Highlight or
identify the subject (who) of the sentence.
• Some opinions will be discussed by reporters at
their meeting.
• We ladies thought the investigation was
horrible.
• Many expensive radios were purchased last
October and November.
August 21
Add the correct form of to be (am/is/are) to
complete the sentence.
• ________ there many students coming to the
dance tonight?
• Everyone ________ nervous about the
upcoming grammar exam.
• Most of my friends and I _________ diligent
about our school work, but my brother
______ more of a procastinator.
August 23
Add the correct form of to be, present or past
tense to complete the sentence.
• Some of the fruits __________ old and
needed to be thrown away.
• Although I ________ frustrated yesterday
about the losing the game, today I _______
feeling more confident about playing better.
• ________ you able to order the concert
tickets last night or ________ you ordering
them today?