Study guide · Cumulative Quiz 7
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 40 ·
this went home after Lesson 39
For the parent. Your child has been learning about nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs. This is an end-of-section check covering several weeks, so it is a little longer than a normal weekly quiz. 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. 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.