English Grammar Cheat Sheet (Page 2 of 12) in pdf

Grammar Activity #1: “School House Rock! ‘Grammar Rocks’ Part I”

Today you will be viewing three segments of School House Rock’s “Grammar Rocks” video series. While you watch and

listen to the video, you will need to answer the questions below. As you’re filling in your answers, keep in mind you may

not be able to define the grammatical term until the video clip is over.

Nouns: “A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing”

1. What is a noun? _________________________________________________________________________________

2. List five nouns used in the song. Identify whether the noun is a person, a place, or a thing.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

3. A noun can also be one more thing that is not mentioned in the song. What else can a noun be? ________________

Pronouns: “Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla”

1. What is a pronoun? ______________________________________________________________________________

2. List five pronouns used in the song. __________________________________________________________________

3. Why do we use pronouns? _________________________________________________________________________

4. What are three special pronouns that can be used to ask questions? _______________________________________

Adjectives: “Unpack Your Adjectives”

1. What is an adjective? _____________________________________________________________________________

2. Why do we use adjectives? ________________________________________________________________________

3. List five adjectives used in the song. _________________________________________________________________

4. How do you make adjectives out of verbs and nouns? Provide an example. __________________________________

Grammar Activity #2: “School House Rock! ‘Grammar Rocks’ Part II”

Today you will be viewing three segments of School House Rock’s “Grammar Rocks” video series. While you watch and

listen to the video, you will need to answer the questions below. As you’re filling in your answers, keep in mind you may

not be able to define the grammatical term until the video clip is over.

Grammar Review:

A noun is a ________________, place, thing, or _________________.

A pronoun ________________ a noun.

An adjective modifies, that is gives more information about, a ______________ or a _______________.

Adverbs: “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here”

1. What are adverbs? _______________________________________________________________________________

2. What kind of label does the word “very” get? __________________________________________________________

3. When you use an adverb to describe a verb, what does it tell you? _________________________________________

4. What questions does an adverb answer? _____________________________________________________________

5. List five adverbs used in the song. ___________________________________________________________________

Verbs: “That’s What’s Happening”

1. What is a verb? __________________________________________________________________________________

2. List five verbs used in the song. _____________________________________________________________________

3. A verb tells us _________________________ something is _______________________________.

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