Grammar Flashcards

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1
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Words that indicate First person

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I, my, me, we, our, us and mine.

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Words that indicate second person

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you, your and yourself

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Words the indicate third person

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he, she, it, their and they

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4
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What is a Verb?

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A word that describes an action

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5
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What is a noun?

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A person place or thing

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What is a adverb?

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A word that describes the verb. I ran quickly - quickly is the adverb

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What is an adjective?

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A word that describes something else.

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Lets eat Grandpa!
What punctuation is missing?

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Let’s eat, Grandpa!

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I would like to thank my parents, Tiffany and God.
What punctuation is missing?

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I would like to thank my parents, Tiffany, and God.

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I’m sorry I love you.
What punctuation is missing?

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I’m sorry; I love you.

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I love baking my family and friends.
What punctuation is missing?

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I love baking, my family and my friends.

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I found him in the garage on a Sunday afternoon It was the day after we
moved into Falconer Road The winter was ending Mum had said we’d be
moving just in time for the spring Nobody else was there Just me The others
were inside the house with Doctor Death, worrying about the baby He was
lying there in the darkness behind the tea chests, in the dust and dirt It was as
if he’d been there forever He was filthy and pale and dried out and I thought he
was dead I couldn’t have been more wrong I’d soon begin to see the truth
about him, that there’d never been another creature like him in the world
What punctuation is missing?

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I found him in the garage on a Sunday afternoon. It was the day after we
moved into Falconer Road. The winter was ending Mum had said we’d be
moving just in time for the spring. Nobody else was there. Just me.The others
were inside the house with Doctor Death, worrying about the baby. He was
lying there in the darkness behind the tea chests, in the dust and dirt It was as
if he’d been there forever. He was filthy and pale and dried out and I thought he
was dead. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I’d soon begin to see the truth
about him, that there’d never been another creature like him in the world.

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The dog ran up to anne.
What punctuation is missing?

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The dog ran up to Anne.

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He wanted to watch eastenders, so i changed the channel.
What punctuation is missing?

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He wanted to watch Eastenders, so I changed the channel.

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Choose the correct sentence from the following:
a) My pens are blue and red, yellow, green.
b) My pens are blue, red, yellow, green.
c) My pens are blue, red, yellow and green.

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C

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16
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Choose the correct sentence from the following
a) The cake had cherries, currants, and icing.
b) The cake had cherries, currants and icing.
c) The cake had cherries and currants, icing.

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B

17
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Choose the correct sentence from the following
a) The weather was dull and misty and, wet and cloudy.
b) The weather was dull, misty and wet and cloudy.
c) The weather was dull, misty, wet and cloudy.

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C

18
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Choose the correct sentence from the following
a) I bought pens, pencils, and, books.
b) I bought pens, pencils and books.
c) I bought pens and pencils and, books.

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B

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Choose the correct sentence from the following
a) He was tall, dark and handsome.
b) He was tall and dark and handsome.
c) He was tall, dark, and, handsome.

A

A

20
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Jill who is my sister shut the door.
Put in the punctuation

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Jill, who is my sister, shut the door.

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Charles who was wearing red was chased by the bull.
Put in the punctuation

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Charles, who was wearing red, was chased by the bull.

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Come on now said the man where’s the money? Don’t give it
to him said the woman don’t give it to him Billy. Give it to me.
The father advanced on the boy, his teeth showing under his
big moustache. Where’s the money? he almost whispered.
The boy looked him straight in the eyes. I lost it he said.
Put in the punctuation

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“Come on now,” said the man “where’s the money?” “Don’t give it
to him.” said the woman “don’t give it to him Billy. Give it to me.”
The father advanced on the boy, his teeth showing under his
big moustache. “Where’s the money?” he almost whispered.
The boy looked him straight in the eyes. “I lost it.” he said.

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Even though he suffered from arthritis, he studied hard because he wanted to go to medical school.
Find the verb, the noun, the adverb and the adjective in the sentence.

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Verb - studied, wanted, suffered, go
Noun - medical school, arthritis
Adverb - hard, to
Adjective - none.

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Although it was raining, they decided to go for a walk.
Find the verb, the noun, the adverb and the adjective in the sentence.

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Verb - raining, walk, go, decided
Noun - none
Adverb - to
adjective - none

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Even though it was late, he continued working on the project.
Find the verb, the noun, the adverb and the adjective in the sentence.

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Verb - continued, working
Noun - project
Adverb - none
Adjective - late

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Rattling - is it a verb, noun or adverb

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Verb