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English 9 Grammar Review
English 9 Grammar Review
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A comprehensive #grammar review for ninth grade.
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1
Fill in the blank with the correct article: The defendant gave the judge ___ honest answer.
and
the
a
an
2
Fill in the blank: Mr. Wilmhoff travels much _____ to school than his students do.
farther
further
3
Fix the mistake: Greg likes to swim, nap and building sand castles.
Change "swim" to "swimming"
Change "nap" to "napping"
Change "building" to "build"
Add a colon
4
Identify the verb and the adverb: Kentucky and Louisville both played poorly on Saturday.
both, played
on, Saturday
played, poorly
Kentucky, Louisville
5
Identify the dependent clause: Although Homer ate five donuts, he was still hungry.
Although Homer ate five donuts
he was still hungry
6
When should you capitalize the first letter of a quote used in the middle of a sentence?
After a colon
Always capitalize the beginning of a quote
Both B and C
After a speaking word and comma
7
Identify the missing punctuation mark: Well paid athletes should give back to the community.
Hyphen
Semicolon
Comma
Apostrophe
8
Identify the appositive: Kyler Murray, a star quarterback, may choose to play pro baseball.
pro baseball
may choose
a star quarterback
Kyler Murray
9
Fill in the blank: Do you think you will do _____ on tomorrow's exam?
Good
Well
10
Identify the subject in this sentence: She showed Mr. Wilmhoff how to use SnapChat.
showed
SnapChat
She
Mr. Wilmhoff
11
Every sentence must have ...
A subject, verb and complete thought
A dependent clause
A noun and pronoun
A subject and verb
12
Fill in the blank: After an exhausting day at work, Tom decided to _____ down on the couch.
lay
lie
13
Identify the adverb and adjective: The seniors are quite tall compared to the freshmen.
the, freshmen
compared, to
are, quite
quite, tall
14
Fill in the blank: To _____ did he give the gift?
whom
who
15
THAMOs are often surrounded by a _____ and _____ when used in the middle of a sentence.
Comma, semicolon
Comma, period
Colon, comma
Semicolon, comma
16
Fix the mistake: "The Outsiders" is a coming-of-age story.
Remove quotation marks only
Remove hyphens
Change "The" to lowercase t
Remove quote marks and change book title font to italics
17
What does a conjunction do?
Describes other words
Shows action
Combines words
Combines phrases and clauses to form complete sentences
18
Fill in the blank: Bill asked the waitress for _ water on his refill.
Fewer
Less
19
AAAWWUBBIS, FANBOYS, SWABIs, and THAMOs are acronyms used to remember what?
Contractions
Verbs
Clauses
Conjunctions
20
Identify the adverb and the verb it describes: Tom slowly walked his dog down the street.
down, street
slowly, walked
slowly, down
his, dog
21
SWABIs do not require punctuation when used at the beginning or middle of a sentence.
True
False
22
Identify the independent clause: Bart hates school because the teachers are mean.
Bart hates school
because the teachers are mean
23
Identify the antecedent: David wanted to pass the test, so he took notes and studied.
test
so
he
David
24
Apostrophes are used for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
To make a word plural
To combine words
For contractions
To show ownership
25
Which statement is true about phrases and clauses?
Phrases are complete thoughts
Clauses always are complete thoughts
Phrases have subjects and verbs
Clauses have subjects and verbs
