Study guide · Weekly Quiz 24 — Grade 3
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 105 ·
this went home after Lesson 104
For the parent. Your child has been learning about objects of prepositions, prepositions, subject, action verb predicate (avp), direct object. 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 objects of prepositions, prepositions, subject, action verb predicate (avp), direct object. Here is what is on it.
Object of preposition
What your child has been taught to say:
A objects of preposition is A preposition shows the relationship between its OBJECT and another word. Its object will be a noun or a pronoun.
The question they ask themselves:
“Preposition — what?”
The cat sat under the chair. → objects of preposition
Ask “Preposition — what?” — it works, so it is objects of preposition.
through → objects of preposition
Ask “Preposition — what?” — it works, so it is objects of preposition.
Watch for this: Names the preposition without its object — “Under WHAT? Say the whole phrase.”
Preposition2
What your child has been taught to say:
A preposition is A preposition is a relationship; it might be a relationship of time or space or something else.
The question they ask themselves:
“What relationship does it show?”
The cat sat under the chair. → preposition
Ask “What relationship does it show?” — it works, so it is preposition.
through → preposition
Ask “What relationship does it show?” — it works, so it is preposition.
Watch for this: Names the preposition without its object — “Under WHAT? Say the whole phrase.”
Subject
What your child has been taught to say:
A subject is who or what the sentence is about.
The question they ask themselves:
“Who or what is this about?”
The boy ran fast. → subject
Ask “Who or what is this about?” — it works, so it is subject.
teacher → subject
Ask “Who or what is this about?” — it works, so it is subject.
Watch for this: Marks the first word rather than the subject — “Who or what is it ABOUT? Say the whole naming part.”
Try these together
These are new sentences — your child has not seen them. Five minutes is plenty.
The coin fell into the well.
past the old mill
The kite rose above the field.
beside the tall hedge
The gardener whistled.
My neighbor waved.
Answers — for the grown-up helping
| 1 | the objects of preposition |
| 2 | the objects of preposition |
| 3 | the preposition |
| 4 | the preposition |
| 5 | the subject |
| 6 | the subject |
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.