MAP 4th Grade Reading › English Grammar and Usage in Writing and Speaking: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1
Select the sentence that orders adjectives correctly to describe the noun.
He drove a nice red Italian little car.
He drove an Italian little nice red car.
He drove a little red nice Italian car.
He drove a nice little red Italian car.
Adjectives are words that tell you about a noun. When more than one adjective is used, the adjectives usually go in a certain order: Article, opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, purpose or qualifier, and noun.
For these options, "He" is the article so that begins the sentence. "Nice" is the opinion so that adjective should come first. Followed by, size "little", color "red", origin "Italian", and finally the noun "car".
Is the following a complete sentence, sentence fragment, or run-on sentence?
Tomorrow I have several errands to run.
Complete sentence
Sentence fragment
Run-on sentence
A complete sentence has both a subject and a verb, and it forms a complete thought.
A sentence fragment is not a complete thought and it is usually missing a subject or a verb.
A run-on sentence contains two sentence that are joined without end punctuation or with a comma.
"Tomorrow I have several errands to run. " is a complete sentence because it contains a subject and a verb.
Select the sentence that orders adjectives correctly to describe the noun.
Sarah takes out her round, white and black, leather, soccer ball to practice her foot skills.
Sarah takes out her white and black, round, leather, soccer ball to practice her foot skills.
Sarah takes out her round, white and black, soccer, leather ball to practice her foot skills.
Sarah takes out her, white and black, round, soccer, leather ball to practice her foot skills.
Adjectives are words that tell you about a noun. When more than one adjective is used, the adjectives usually go in a certain order: Article, opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, purpose or qualifier, and noun.
The correct answer is, "Sarah takes out her round, white and black, leather, soccer ball to practice her foot skills."
Is the following a complete sentence, sentence fragment, or run-on sentence?
Tomorrow I have several errands to run.
Complete sentence
Sentence fragment
Run-on sentence
A complete sentence has both a subject and a verb, and it forms a complete thought.
A sentence fragment is not a complete thought and it is usually missing a subject or a verb.
A run-on sentence contains two sentence that are joined without end punctuation or with a comma.
"Tomorrow I have several errands to run. " is a complete sentence because it contains a subject and a verb.
Select the sentence that orders adjectives correctly to describe the noun.
He drove a nice red Italian little car.
He drove an Italian little nice red car.
He drove a little red nice Italian car.
He drove a nice little red Italian car.
Adjectives are words that tell you about a noun. When more than one adjective is used, the adjectives usually go in a certain order: Article, opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, purpose or qualifier, and noun.
For these options, "He" is the article so that begins the sentence. "Nice" is the opinion so that adjective should come first. Followed by, size "little", color "red", origin "Italian", and finally the noun "car".
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
Debbie is a hairdresser _________ cuts hair for all of my friends.
who
whom
which
that
A relative pronoun introduces a dependent (or relative) clause that describes a noun or pronoun. The five main relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.
The relative pronouns who and whom give information about people.
To figure out whether to use who or whom, restate the dependent clause with a personal pronoun. If the clause uses a subject pronoun (he, she, or they), use who. If the clause uses an object pronoun (him, her, or them), use whom.
The relative pronoun that gives necessary information about things. Necessary information narrows down what you're talking about and is not set off by commas.
The relative pronoun which adds unnecessary information about things. This extra information does not narrow down what you're talking about. It is always set off by commas.
The relative pronoun whose shows possession.
This clause gives you information about a person, Debbie. We could restate this clause with "she", thus the correct answer is "who".
Select the sentence that orders adjectives correctly to describe the noun.
Sarah takes out her round, white and black, leather, soccer ball to practice her foot skills.
Sarah takes out her white and black, round, leather, soccer ball to practice her foot skills.
Sarah takes out her round, white and black, soccer, leather ball to practice her foot skills.
Sarah takes out her, white and black, round, soccer, leather ball to practice her foot skills.
Adjectives are words that tell you about a noun. When more than one adjective is used, the adjectives usually go in a certain order: Article, opinion, size, shape, age, color, origin, material, purpose or qualifier, and noun.
The correct answer is, "Sarah takes out her round, white and black, leather, soccer ball to practice her foot skills."
Select the answer with the two words that make up the prepositional phrase:
My mom always calls my aunt after dinner.
after, dinner
aunt, after
always, calls
mom, calls
A preposition is a connecting word which comes before a noun or pronoun and connects it to the rest of the sentence. The noun or pronoun that comes after the preposition is called the object of the preposition. A prepositional phrase is the group of words that starts with the preposition and ends with the object of the preposition.
In this example, "after" is the preposition and "dinner" is the noun that follows the preposition. Thus, the two words that make the prepositional phrase are "after" and "dinner".
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
Debbie is a hairdresser _________ cuts hair for all of my friends.
who
whom
which
that
A relative pronoun introduces a dependent (or relative) clause that describes a noun or pronoun. The five main relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.
The relative pronouns who and whom give information about people.
To figure out whether to use who or whom, restate the dependent clause with a personal pronoun. If the clause uses a subject pronoun (he, she, or they), use who. If the clause uses an object pronoun (him, her, or them), use whom.
The relative pronoun that gives necessary information about things. Necessary information narrows down what you're talking about and is not set off by commas.
The relative pronoun which adds unnecessary information about things. This extra information does not narrow down what you're talking about. It is always set off by commas.
The relative pronoun whose shows possession.
This clause gives you information about a person, Debbie. We could restate this clause with "she", thus the correct answer is "who".
Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun:
Ryan is the grounds keeper _________ takes care of the yards in my neighborhood.
who
that
whom
which
A relative pronoun introduces a dependent (or relative) clause that describes a noun or pronoun. The five main relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that.
The relative pronouns who and whom give information about people.
To figure out whether to use who or whom, restate the dependent clause with a personal pronoun. If the clause uses a subject pronoun (he, she, or they), use who. If the clause uses an object pronoun (him, her, or them), use whom.
The relative pronoun that gives necessary information about things. Necessary information narrows down what you're talking about and is not set off by commas.
The relative pronoun which adds unnecessary information about things. This extra information does not narrow down what you're talking about. It is always set off by commas.
The relative pronoun whose shows possession.
This clause gives you information about a person, Ryan. We could restate this clause with "he", thus the correct answer is "who".