o Possessive Nouns: Write the possessive form of each noun in the parentheses.
48) Some careers were once _________ jobs. (men)
49) Any job can also be a _________ work. (woman)
50) A ____________ job is very dangerous. (firefighter)
51) Tugboat _____________ training takes seven years. (pilots)
52) ___________ dream is to be an astronaut. (Dolores)
o Plural and Possessive Nouns: Write the correct form of the noun in parentheses.
53) Charles ___________ Atlantic flight took place in 1927. (Lindbergh)
54) Everyone waited for _________ of his plane. (report)
55) His ___________ name was Spirit of St. Louis. (plane)
56) His flight captured _________ imaginations all over the world. (people)
Unit 3:
o Main Verbs and Helping Verbs: Write the verb phrase in each sentence. Underline the helping verbs once and main verbs twice.
57) Ali had studied color photography. __________________________
58) She will need a darkroom. __________________________
59) She must have learned about light meters and lens filters. __________________________
60) She has developed her photographs. __________________________
61) Should she exhibit her pictures? __________________________
o Direct Objects: Write the direct object and action verb in each sentence.
62) Today at school I learned the legend of Atlantis. ____________________________________________________
63) This mysterious island contained a great empire.
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64) Earthquakes and floods destroyed it. ____________________________________________________
65) The sea swallowed Atlantis in a single day and night. ____________________________________________________
66) People have written stories about this mystery. ____________________________________________________
o Transitive and Intransitive Verbs: Circle the verb in each sentence. Label the verb transitive or intransitive.
67) A jeweler repairs watches. __________________________
68) Mr. Milne cleaned my watch. __________________________
69) The watch ticks smoothly now. __________________________
70) The grandfather clock in the hall chimed. __________________________
71) Do you know the correct time? __________________________
o Being Verbs and Linking Verbs: Write each linking verb and its predicate noun or predicate adjective.
72) Peter is a student at a cooking school.
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73) Someday he will become a great chef. ________________________________________________________________________
74) This wonderful vegetable dish seems nutritious. ________________________________________________________________________
75) The green vegetables look fresh. ________________________________________________________________________
76) The food tastes delicious. ________________________________________________________________________
o Simple Verb Tenses: Fill in the blank using the correct tense of the verb in parentheses to complete each sentence.
77) Last year Jessie ______________ her cousins in Japan. (visit)
78) Jessie ______________ their history and language. (study)
79) She ______________ many new foods when she was in Japan. (taste)
80) Jessie’s cousins ______________ to the United States next year. (travel)
81) Jessie ______________ them around her country when they come. (guide)
o Perfect Tenses, Irregular Verbs: Write the present tense, present participle, past tense, and past participle of each verb below.
82) freeze-________________ ____________________ ___________________ ______________________
83) fly-________________ ____________________ ___________________ ______________________
84) swim-________________ ____________________ ___________________ ______________________
85) make-________________ ____________________ ___________________ ______________________
86) throw-________________ ____________________ ___________________ ______________________
87)tear-________________ ____________________ ___________________ ______________________
o Subject-Verb Agreement: Write the present tense of the verbs in the blank.
88) There _____________ many kinds of dogs. (be)
89) Neither that poodle nor those Scottish terriers _____________ very big. (be)
90) Watchdogs _____________ houses and businesses from burglars. (protect)
91) This boxer and that German shepherd _____________ good guard dogs. (make)
92) Either a collie or a sheepdog _____________ excellent as a herder of farm animals. (be)
o Contractions: Circle the contraction. Write the verb phrase making up the contraction.
93) We’re studying about plants. _____________________
94) Plants can’t live without light. _____________________
95) They’ll bend toward the light. _____________________
96) My plants aren’t getting enough water. _____________________
97) I’ve written my science reports. _____________________
o Sit, Set, Lie, Lay, Rise, Raise: Circle the verb in the parentheses that completes each sentence correctly.
98) (Sit, Set) the cartons down.
99) I will (rise, raise) them up.
100) (Lay, Lie) those papers here.
101) Please don’t (sit, set) on them.
102) You can (lie, lay) on the cushion.
o Lend, Borrow, Let, Leave, Teach, Learn: Circle the verb in parentheses that completes each sentence correctly.
103) I will (teach, learn) Rita.
104) (Let, Leave) the game on my desk.
105) May I (lend, borrow) your rules?
106) Rita will (teach, learn) quickly.
107) Karl will (let, leave) us play too.
Unit 4:
o Adjectives: Circle each adjective. (Include the articles.)
108) This well-known music was written by an excellent musician.
109) That famous composer writes songs.
110) Some songs are cheerful and pretty.
111) Other songs, slow and sad, are nice too.
112) Two big concerts were held in the gym.
o Comparing with Adjectives: Write the comparative or superlative form correctly.
113) Wheat is the world’s ______________ grain crop. (important)
114) Wheat fields cover ______________ land than any other crop. (much)
115) Bread is one of the ______________ products of wheat. (tasty)
116) Our crop is ______________ this year than last year. (big)
o Proper Adjectives: Write a proper adjective from the noun in parentheses.
117) A ________________ Blue cat has blue-gray hair. (Russia)
118) A ______________ Blue cat has shorter legs. (Britain)
119) A ______________ cat has a curly tail. (China)
120) ______________ art shows many cats. (Egypt)
o Adverbs: Circle the adverbs.
121) Today the storyteller told a very strange story.
122) She spoke rather softly.
123) The story was quite scary.
124) The storyteller often paused.
125) I was totally surprised at the end.
o Comparing with Adverbs: Write the comparative or superlative form of the adverbs in the blank.
126) The actors performed ______________ tonight than last night. (good)
127) Sean said his lines the ______________. (dramatically)
128) Claudia spoke ______________ than Sean. (softly)
129) She was always the ______________ prepared. (little)
o Negatives: Rewrite the sentence to avoid the double negative.
130) There wasn’t no chalk.
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131) No one couldn’t write on the chalkboard.
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132) The teacher hadn’t found none in the supply closet. ________________________________________________________________________
133) We hardly never use any chalk. ________________________________________________________________________
o Adjective or Adverb: Circle the correct adjective or adverb in each sentence.
134) Rose tells (good, well) stories.
135) She writes (good, well) too.
136) Her stories are (funny, funnily).
137) They end (happy, happily).
138) I listen (eager, eagerly) to Rose’s stories.
Unit 6:
o Pronouns and Antecedents: Write each pronoun and its antecedent. The antecedent may not be in the same sentence as the pronoun.
139) Rosa raises pigeons on the roof of the building where she lives.
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140) They are specially trained to deliver messages. ________________________________________________________________________
141) Rose rolls up the message that she has written. ________________________________________________________________________
142) Then she ties it to the leg of a pigeon. ________________________________________________________________________
143) She watches it fly sixty miles an hour to deliver the message safely. ________________________________________________________________________
o Subject and Object Pronouns: Circle each pronoun in these sentences. Then write subject if the pronoun is a subject and object if it is a direct object.
144) Today we cleaned the entire house. ________________________________
145) I dusted the furniture. ________________________________
146) Kay washed the curtains, and I hung them. ________________________
147) I washed the kitchen floor, and she waxed it. _______________________
148) Dad took us out for a hearty dinner afterward. ____________________
o Possessive Pronouns: Circle the correct word in parentheses.
149) Let me use (your, you’re) telescope.
150) (My, Mine) has lost (it’s, its) cover.
131) Let’s use (my, mine) telescope.
132) Liz will bring (her, hers) too.
133) Can I combine (their, they’re) power?
o Pronouns After Linking Verbs: Circle the correct pronoun to complete each sentence.
134) Our scorekeeper was (he, him).
135) That is (he, him) in the blue shirt.
136) My team is (she, her) and (I, me).
137) The winners were (us, we), not (they, them).
o Pronouns in Compounds: Circle the compound subject or compound object that completes each sentence correctly.
138) Sue and (her, she) showed slides of London to Oscar and (I, me).
139) (He and I, Him and I) watched.
140) The Tower of London fascinated them and (I, me).
122) Big Ben impressed (him and me, me and him) too.
o Using who, whom, whose: Circle the correct word in parentheses.
123) (Whose, Who’s) at the party?
124) For (who, whom) is the card?
125) (Who, Whom) did you see?
126) (Whose, Who’s) bracelet is this?
127) (Who, Whom) gave you the pen?
128) (Who, Whom) is he talking with?
o Using We and Us with Nouns: Circle the correct pronoun, we or us.
129) Mrs. Jones allowed (we, us) players to rent her basketball court.
130) (We, Us) players raised money by washing cars.
131) Neighbors brought lunch for (we, us) workers.
132) The hardest workers were (we, us) teammates.
o Indefinite Pronouns: Circles the correct verb in parentheses. Underline the indefinite pronouns.
133) Everyone (enjoys, enjoy) painting.
134) Somebody (has, have) blue paint.
135) Few (likes, like) to paint with brown.
136) All of them (is, are) on the table.
Unit 7:
o Prepositions: Underline each prepositional phrase. Write the object of each preposition.
137) Young people across the country earn money at unusual jobs. ________________________________________________________________________
138) Jobs of all kinds are open to you and me. ________________________________________________________________________
139) In Maine Leon catches lobsters in wooden traps. ________________________________________________________________________
140) During vacations from school, Linda baby-sits for lab mice. ________________________________________________________________________
141) Larry and some of his friends in the neighborhood raise worms. ________________________________________________________________________
142) They sell them by handful. ________________________________________________________________________
143) Chris walks dogs to the city park before dinner. ________________________________________________________________________
o Adjectives Phrases: Write each adjective phrases. Then write the noun it modifies.
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