Kindergarten grammar

Example

Which word names a thing you can touch? wave, shoe, throw, hop

1. "shoe" is a naming word (a noun): you can say "the shoe".
2. So the answer is: shoe

Answer: shoe

Example

Choose the question word that fits the answer. ___ is lunch? At twelve o'clock.

1. The answer tells us which question word to use.
2. The answer is a time, so we ask 'When'.
3. So the answer is: When

Answer: When

Example

Choose the position word that fits. The cup is ___ the plate and the bowl.

1. Position words (prepositions) tell us where something is.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The cup is between the plate and the bowl."
3. So the answer is: between

Answer: between

Example

Is "sister" a person, a place, an animal or a thing?

1. A "sister" is a person.
2. So the answer is: person

Answer: person

Example

Which word means MORE THAN ONE?

1. "trees" = more than one tree.
2. So the answer is: trees

Answer: trees

Example

Which action word (verb) fits in the gap? I ___ a story every night.

1. Verbs are doing words: they tell us the action.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "I read a story every night."
3. So the answer is: read

Answer: read

Example

Choose the describing word that fits. The mouse is very ___.

1. Describing words (adjectives) tell us about colour, size, shape, feel or taste.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The mouse is very small."
3. So the answer is: small

Answer: small

Example

Is this a sentence? The sun is hot.

1. It tells a whole idea and has a capital letter and a full stop.
2. So the answer is: yes, it is a sentence

Answer: yes, it is a sentence