Quarter 1 Grammar warm-ups

Grammar Warm-up July 26, 2013• Write as many words

as you can to describe the pictures.

July 29• Copy the sentences and fill in the blank with

the correct articles (a, an, the) or demonstrative (this, that, those, these) adjectives.1. _____ pencil needs ____ eraser.2. _____ students over there each need _____

desk.3. ______ is my pen and ______ are my markers.4. I have _____ apple and _____ banana and you

have _____ donut for breakfast.

July 30

• Fill in at least 2 adjectives before the nouns in the sentences.

1. ___________________ girl went to see ______________ movie with her ______________ friends.

2. _________________ dogs are walking down ______________ street.

July 31• Add adjectives and noun (who) to complete the

sentence. Underline the adjectives in one color and the noun in another color.

• Example: The five enthusiastic high school students walk to school.

1. ________________ eat lunch at 11:40.2. ________________ smell wonderful in the

morning.3. _______________ are important for everyone.

August 2-What do you see? Combine as many adjectives as you can with the nouns seen in the picture.

August 5

• Correct the following mistakes in the sentence. There are 7 mistakes total.

• 1. This is photo of henri matisse.• 2. Henri Matisse was artist.• 3. Matisse’s paintings are in museum

all over the world.• 4. We see four bird in photo.

August 6- Complete the conversation. Use subject or object pronouns. ONLY WRITE THE PRONOUN!

• Paul and Erna borrowed our camera. They’re having trouble with __(1)___. Please show __(2)__ how it works.

• A:I was absent yesterday. Please tell __(3)__ what happened in class.

B: __(4)__ learned some idioms. I’ll give __(5)__ my notes.

• __(6)__ forgot my dictionary. Please lend __(7)__ your dictionary.

August 7- Write sentences using the words in parentheses.

• (me/ show/ your/ homework/ please)

• (me/ taught/ he/ a/ song)

• (dictionary/ my/ gave/ I/ her)

• (showed/ my/ friend/ your/ work/ him/ and I)

August 9- Write sentences using the words in parentheses.

• (to/ me/ don’t/ e-mail/ it)

• (it/ send/ by regular mail/ to me)

• (I/ letter/ him/ a/ wrote)

• (gave/ the/ to them/ he/ book)

August 12- Complete the conversations. Use one or ones.

• I need a birthday card for her. I have an extra ________.

• I have two new belts. This _______ is for you.• How many TVs do they have? They have two

old ______, and a new _____.• Where do the glasses go? The blue ______go

on the top shelf and the green ______ go here.

August 13- Write the verb contraction and original words.1. Here is 8. Has not

2. Will not 9. They are

3. Could not 10. Is not

4. I have 11. You will

5. Was not 12. Cannot

6. He would 13. What is

7. We will 14. Would not

August 14- Copy the sentence, add the end punctuation and write the sentence type.

• 1. What did you do last night• 2. Sit up, please• 3. I want off• 4. I lost my wallet• 5. Dad asked us to take out the trash

August 16- Write a simple present tense declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and

imperative sentence. (4 total) • 1. declarative

• 2. interrogative

• 3. exclamatory

• 4. imperative

August 19• Copy the sentences adding capitalization and

punctuation. Then label each word with the its POS. Circle the complete subject (WHO) and underline the verb (WHAT).

• most mornings, teenagers are sleepy and not lucid since they need at least eight hours of sleep

• is the new action movie adventurous and exciting or monotonous

August 20Circle each noun in the sentence. Highlight or

identify the subject (who) of the sentence.• Some opinions will be discussed by reporters at

their meeting.• We ladies thought the investigation was

horrible.• Many expensive radios were purchased last

October and November.

August 21Add the correct form of to be (am/is/are) to

complete the sentence.• ________ there many students coming to the

dance tonight?• Everyone ________ nervous about the

upcoming grammar exam.• Most of my friends and I _________ diligent

about our school work, but my brother ______ more of a procastinator.

August 23Add the correct form of to be, present or past

tense to complete the sentence.• Some of the fruits __________ old and

needed to be thrown away.• Although I ________ frustrated yesterday

about the losing the game, today I _______ feeling more confident about playing better.

• ________ you able to order the concert tickets last night or ________ you ordering them today?