Study guide · Weekly Quiz 26
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 125 ·
this went home after Lesson 124
For the parent. Your child has been learning about nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections. 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 nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections. Here is what is on it.
Noun
What your child has been taught to say:
A noun is a naming word — it names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
The question they ask themselves:
“Can I put “the” in front of it?”
The teacher opened the door. → noun
Ask “Can I put “the” in front of it?” — it works, so it is noun.
teacher → noun
Ask “Can I put “the” in front of it?” — it works, so it is noun.
Watch for this: Calls the word after “the” a noun when it is an adjective — “the red…” — “The red WHAT? It has not finished. Keep going to the naming word.”
Pronoun
What your child has been taught to say:
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a naming word, so we do not say it twice.
The question they ask themselves:
“Whose place is it taking?”
The dog barked because it was hungry. → pronoun
Ask “Whose place is it taking?” — it works, so it is pronoun.
The boy ran. He was fast. → pronoun
Ask “Whose place is it taking?” — it works, so it is pronoun.
Watch for this: Cannot say which noun the pronoun replaces — “Put the naming word back in. Does it still make sense?” The swap-back is both the check and the repair.
Adjective
What your child has been taught to say:
A adjective is a word that tells us more about a naming word.
The question they ask themselves:
“Which one? What kind? How many?”
The small boy carried a heavy bag. → adjective
Ask “Which one? What kind? How many?” — it works, so it is adjective.
yellow → adjective
Ask “Which one? What kind? How many?” — it works, so it is adjective.
Watch for this: Marks the noun as the adjective — “Which one is the THING? Then the other one is telling you about it.”
Try these together
These are new sentences — your child has not seen them. Five minutes is plenty.
baker
hill
The baker smiled. He waved.
My aunt called. She laughed.
shiny
crooked
Answers — for the grown-up helping
| 1 | the noun |
| 2 | the noun |
| 3 | the pronoun |
| 4 | the pronoun |
| 5 | the adjective |
| 6 | the adjective |
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.