Daily Skill-Builders Grammar & Usage Grades 5-6 Writer Sarah Guare Editorial Director Susan A. Blair Project Manager Erica L. Varney Cover Designer Roman Laszok Interior Designer Mark Sayer Production Editor Maggie Jones WALCH PUBLISHING
Table of Contents To the Teacher....................... v PARTS OF SPEECH........................... 1 84 Nouns............................ 1 Common.................... 1 Proper....................... 3 Concrete and Abstract.......... 6 Collective.................... 7 Singular and Plural............. 10 Possessives................... 16 Noun Abbreviations............ 19 Verbs............................. 22 Action...................... 22 Linking...................... 25 Helping..................... 27 Tenses....................... 30 Direct and Indirect Objects...... 33 Irregular..................... 38 Singular and Plural............. 40 Transitive and Intransitive....... 43 Adjectives......................... 48 Articles..................... 52 Adverbs........................... 54 Pronouns.......................... 58 Subject...................... 58 Object...................... 60 Possessive and Reflexive......... 62 Antecedents.................. 66 Indefinite.................... 69 Relative..................... 70 Conjunctions....................... 71 Interjections....................... 74 Prepositions........................ 76 Parts of Speech Review............... 78 Daily Skill-Builders Grammar & Usage Grades 5 6 CAPITALIZATION........................... 85 92 First Word, Days, Months, Holidays...... 85 Proper Nouns....................... 87 Relatives.......................... 91 Capitalization Review................ 92
PUNCTUATION............................ 93 127 End Marks......................... 93 Period....................... 93 Question Mark................ 94 Exclamation Point............. 96 Commas........................... 99 Apostrophes........................ 108 Quotation Marks.................... 112 Parentheses........................ 114 Colons and Semicolons............... 115 Hyphens, Dashes, and Brackets......... 119 Punctuation Review.................. 125 SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES.................... 128 143 Simple Subjects and Predicates......... 128 Natural and Inverted Subjects.......... 136 Agreement......................... 139 Subject and Predicate Review.......... 142 SENTENCES, CLAUSES, PHRASES, AND PARAGRAPHS.......................... 144 180 Types of Sentences................... 144 Simple, Compound, and Compound-Complex Sentences....... 150 Independent and Dependent Clauses..... 159 Prepositional Phrases................. 165 Fragments and Run-ons............... 170 Writing Paragraphs.................. 175 Sentence Review.................... 177 ANSWER KEY............................. 181 195
Places to Go, People to See! A common noun names a nonspecific person, place, thing, or idea. It is not capitalized. Examples: dentist (person), school (place), crayon (thing), emotion (idea) Write common nouns on the lines below to complete the sentences. The first one has been done for you. 1. Our car (thing) is very fast on the highway. 2. We got lost going to the (place), so we decided not to go. 3. The (person) gave a wonderful concert. 4. My (idea) are easily hurt when my friends are mean to me. 5. My (person) taught me how to fish and ride a bike. 6. The (thing) wasn t large enough to cover my head. 7. We should put the papers inside the (thing). 8. We saw a giraffe at the (place). 9. The (person) graded my homework. 10. Everyone wants the (idea) to do what they want. walch.com 2004 Walch Publishing 1
Catch a Common Noun A common noun refers to a nonspecific person, place, thing, or idea. It is not capitalized. Examples: astronaut (person), town (place), desk (thing), happiness (idea) Read the common nouns below. For each, think of two more common nouns that are related to it. Write the words on the lines below. The first one has been done for you. 1. clown 2. doctor 3. coat circus elephant 4. doll 5. joy 6. camp 7. bakery 8. soup 9. country 10. classroom 11. ocean 12. chef 2 walch.com 2004 Walch Publishing
At the Carnival An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Examples: I slowly walked across the street. (Slowly describes the verb walked.) I received a very good grade. (Very describes the adjective good.) We ate the dessert too quickly. (Too describes the adverb quickly.) Underline the adverbs in the sentences below. 1. The band at the carnival played loudly. 2. We quickly ate our snow cones before they melted. 3. My dad and I happily watched the artist draw pictures. 4. The mime silently gestured to me. 5. My brothers and I waited eagerly for the magician s show. 6. A ladybug softly landed on my shoulder. 7. The sun shone brightly on the crowd. 8. We saw a tent accidentally collapse. 9. The woman secretly gave me extra fried dough. 10. We rarely saw an unhappy person. 11. A clown skillfully folded a balloon animal for me. 12. A man on stilts carefully walked through the crowd. 13. We held on tightly when we went on rides. 14. The children looked both ways and safely crossed the street. 15. We will surely return next year. 54 walch.com 2004 Walch Publishing
Adverb Olympics An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Some adverbs tell when, how often, or how long something happens. Complete the sentences with adverbs from the box below. last daily yesterday first recently usually frequently briefly temporarily rarely quickly instantly sooner previously yearly 1. The sprinters ran earlier this morning. 2. The athletes must train for this. 3. Johnson was in first place before Henrick overtook him. 4. My favorite event will be later this evening. 5. I wish that this were a event. 6. Kittredge broke his leg, so he couldn t race. 7. We are able to see so many talented athletes in one place. 8. The sprinter lost sight of the finish line. 9. The tennis match finished than I thought. 10. The concerned distance runner checks his watch. 11. The weight lifters are large. 12. The swimmers swam, and the runners will run today. 13. The cyclist trained in France before coming to the Olympics. 14. When we saw Gustav smile, we knew he had won. 15. The fifty-meter dash ended. walch.com 2004 Walch Publishing 55
Whose Cookie? Add an apostrophe and an s to most singular nouns to form a possessive. When the noun ends with an s or z sound, add an apostrophe to form the possessive. When a singular noun is just one syllable, add an apostrophe and an s. Examples: My brother s glove, Dennis house, Gus s baseball There is one chocolate chip cookie left, and it belongs to someone in the class. Fill in the missing apostrophes in the sentences below. Use the clues to decide whose cookie it is, and write the name on the line. 1. Lucas cookie is sitting on his desk. 2. Lucas sister cookie is in her mouth. 3. One cookie is in William pocket. 4. Another cookie is in Ross drawer. 5. Mrs. Phillips saw Casey cookie on his chair. 6. Brad said that he would grab a cookie after Rufus cookie was eaten. 7. Rufus said that he would wait until Melissa sister had eaten her cookie. 8. Melissa sister was waiting for Lucas mother to bring some milk. 9. Lucas mother is now running up the stairs to Mrs. Phillips classroom. 10. Lucas mother legs are short; so one person will have to wait for a cookie. The cookie belongs to. 108 walch.com 2004 Walch Publishing
Make It Theirs For plural nouns ending in s, just add an apostrophe to make the nouns possessive. For plural nouns that don t end in s, add an apostrophe and an s. When more than one person shares the same possession, add an s to the last name. When two or more persons possess something as individuals, each name has an apostrophe. Examples: We went to the girls game on Saturday. He took the team s picture. Tim, John, and Bill s parents came to the game. Jill s, Jim s, and John s lunches were all lost. Make the following plural nouns possessive. Write them on the lines. 1. The children museum opens on Friday. 2. Those boys desks are very dirty. 3. The women locker is down the hall on the right. 4. Ryan, Catherine, and Isabel presents will be here tomorrow. 5. I wish that I had seen Erin and Sara presentation. 6. All of the teachers children are coming to the picnic. 7. The cats paws look like they were dunked in mud. 8. That should be the entire class decision. 9. All of the chickens eggs are orange. 10. The band concert will be on Wednesday. 11. Sharon watches are on the couch. 12. The nurses patients will be moved to a different wing. walch.com 2004 Walch Publishing 109