Study guide · Weekly Quiz 9
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 50 ·
this went home after Lesson 49
For the parent. Your child has been learning about adverbs, verbs, prepositions. There is a short quiz tomorrow. It is low stakes and not graded — it is so the teacher can see who needs a little more help.
For you. Tomorrow's quiz is about adverbs, verbs, prepositions. Here is what is on it.
Adverb
What your child has been taught to say:
A adverb is a word that tells more about the doing word — how, when, or where.
The question they ask themselves:
“How? When? Where?”
The boy walked slowly. → adverb
Ask “How? When? Where?” — it works, so it is adverb.
carefully → adverb
Ask “How? When? Where?” — it works, so it is adverb.
Watch for this: Calls an adjective an adverb because it sounds descriptive — “Is it telling you about a THING or about a DOING?” Two hands: flat palm for the thing, rolling hands for the doing.
Verb
What your child has been taught to say:
A verb is a word that tells what someone or something does.
The question they ask themselves:
“Can I put “I” in front of it?”
The boy ran to the door. → verb
Ask “Can I put “I” in front of it?” — it works, so it is verb.
think → verb
Ask “Can I put “I” in front of it?” — it works, so it is verb.
Watch for this: Misses being-verbs — “there's no verb, nobody does anything” — “Can you say I AM? Then it is a verb. It is a quiet one.”
Preposition
What your child has been taught to say:
A preposition is a word that tells where something is, or when.
The question they ask themselves:
“Can I say it in front of “the box”?”
The cat sat under the chair. → preposition
Ask “Can I say it in front of “the box”?” — it works, so it is preposition.
behind → preposition
Ask “Can I say it in front of “the box”?” — it works, so it is preposition.
Watch for this: Names the preposition but not the noun it brought — “Under WHAT? Say the whole thing.” Never accept the preposition alone.
Try these together
These are new sentences — your child has not seen them. Five minutes is plenty.
gently
yesterday
paint
hurry
past
toward
Answers — for the grown-up helping
| 1 | the adverb |
| 2 | the adverb |
| 3 | the verb |
| 4 | the verb |
| 5 | the preposition |
| 6 | the preposition |
If it is hard: Pick up any book and read one sentence together. Ask the question in the blue box about one word in it. Five minutes is plenty — and if it is still hard tomorrow, please tell the teacher; there is a practice sheet for exactly this.