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Gr. 6 Language Arts
Grade 6 Grammar!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a noun? | A person, place, or thing |
| Identify the noun in the following sentence. Who does this dog belong to? | dog |
| Identify the nouns in the following sentence. The kittens drank milk from their dish. | kittens and dish. |
| What is a verb? | A verb expresses an action or a state of being. |
| Identify the verb in the following sentence. Jennifer drove the family van. | drove |
| Identify the verb in the following sentence. Tommy ate cereal for breakfast. | ate |
| What is the subject? | The subject is the person, place or thing that is doing the action in the sentence. |
| Name the subject in the following sentence. Jeff likes to build lego in his spare time. | Jeff |
| Name the subject in the following sentence. The bullfrog sat quietly on her lilypad. | bullfrog |
| What is an adverb? | An adverb describes a verb. |
| Identify the adverb in the following sentence. The dog quickly ran across the park. | across |
| Identify the adverb in the following sentence. Hannah threw the ball and it flew swiftly through the air. | swiftly |
| What are adjectives? | Adjectives are words that describe a noun. |
| Find the adjectives in the following sentence. The big, brown dog ran across the park and jumped on top of me. | big, brown |
| Find the adjectives in the following sentence. Bob ate a sixteen inch, peperoni and cheese pizza for supper last night. | sixteen inch, peperoni and cheese. |
| What is a simile? | A comparision made between two nouns using the words "like", or "as". |
| What is a metaphor? | A metaphor is a comparison made between two nouns WITH OUT the use of the words "like" or "as". |
| Is the following sentence a simile or a metaphor? Izzie laughs like a hyena. | simile |
| Is the following sentence a simile or a metaphor? Time flies. | metaphor |
| Simile or Metaphor? Derek is a monster. | metaphor |
| Simile or Metaphor? She was as blind as a bat. | simile |
| What is a conjunction? | A conjunction links phrases and clauses. For example: I ate the pizza AND the pasta. |
| Name the conjucntion in the following sentence. Carly loves her cat and her dog. | and |
| Name the conjuction in the following sentence. Call Penelope when you are ready. | when |
| Here's a few fun riddles for you to solve. What vehicle is spelled the same forwards as it is backwards? | racecar! |
| Give me food and I will live; give me food and I will die. What Am I? | Fire |