Name ___________________________________________ Date __________________

Grammar Pre-Test

For questions 1-2, circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns.

1. The boy who won the prize was John Baker.

2. He had never seen an ocean until this summer when he saw the Pacific.

3. Change the following nouns from their singular form to their plural form.

dress _______________
baby _______________
toy _______________

For questions 4-5, circle the action verbs and underline any helping verbs.

4. The class is studying the history of England.

5. They will be memorizing many dates and facts.

6. Circle the adjectives in this sentence.

The old, tall, red maple tree was blown over in the large storm.

7. Write down two adverbs that describe how an action may occur.

___________________ ___________________

8. Bill gave him two cookies.

In the sentence above, what part of speech is the word “him”? _____________________

9. Name four prepositions. ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

For questions 10-11, the sentences are missing commas. Correctly insert the commas
in each sentence.

10. I will type the lesson and he will check for mistakes.

11. He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl and he called for his fiddlers.

For 12-14, write “yes” if it is a sentence, or write “no” if it is not a sentence.

12. Fire burns. ______________

13. Rain in the dark night sky while the stars hide behind the clouds. ______________
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14. However, my brother was still very brave. ______________

For questions 15-17, circle the subject and underline the predicate.

15. Birds fly.

16. The kindly old man walked quietly across the street.

17. Take the dog on a walk.

What is the subject of this sentence? _______________________________

For questions 18-19, put any of the following punctuation into the sentences
properly.

; : - ,

18. The man walked into the store he purchased a bike a bag of chips and a candy bar.

19. After discovering I got a lot of problems wrong on my Math test 25 to be exact I had to
ask for a retake.

For questions 20-21, circle the direct object.

20. He’s reading ​A Tale of Two Cities ​for language arts.

21. The band played several songs from long ago.

For questions 22-24, tell whether the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex.

22. When you leave for school today, wear your boots. ___________________________

23. The way was long, and the wind was cold. ___________________________

24. The pony and the horse were sitting quietly in the pasture. ________________________

For questions 25-26, label the sentences with active and passive voice.

25. I wrote a letter to a friend. An apple is eaten by me.

26. A letter is written by me. She drinks water.

For questions 27-28, fill in the blank with there, their, or they’re.

27. _____________ cat is black and white.

28. _____________ happy to come and visit our class.