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Name ___________________
Period ________ Date ___________
Grammar Review Scavenger Hunt
The class is going to be divided into groups. Once you are in your groups, use your Holt Handbook, and whatever
you remember from elementary school, to answer the questions about the eight parts of speech. If you are asked to
write a sentence, you cannot use one of the sentences from the Handbook.
Each student must fill out his/her own sheet, and it must be legible. The first group to get all the answers correct
wins. To determine if the answers are correct, I will pick one person’s answers at random, and that person’s packet
will represent all the members of that group, so make sure that everyone in the group is included in all the answers
and you have all agreed on the answers before you tell me you are finished. Good luck!
Nouns
1. Definition of noun: ________________________________________________________________________
2. Give four examples of nouns (that are not in the book).
1. ____________________ 3. ____________________
2. ____________________ 4. ____________________
3. Definition of compound noun:
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4. Give two examples of compound nouns (that are not in the book).
1. ____________________________ 2. ___________________________
5. Explain the difference between a proper noun and a common noun.
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6. Give examples of two proper nouns and two common nouns (that are not in the book).
Proper: 1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
Common: 1. ____________________
2. ____________________
7. Explain the difference between an abstract noun and a concrete noun.
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8. Give examples of two abstract nouns and two concrete nouns (that are not in the book).
abstract: 1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
concrete: 1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
9. Write a sentence that has two common nouns (one abstract and one concrete) and one proper noun and one
compound noun. Label those nouns. There should not be any other nouns in the sentence! Make sure you
capitalize, spell, and punctuate correctly or you’ll have to do it again.
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Pronouns
1o. Definition of pronoun:
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11. Give four examples of pronouns.
1. ____________________ 3. ____________________
2. ____________________ 4. ____________________
12. Complete definition of personal pronoun:
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13. Complete the following personal pronoun chart:
Singular
First person
I, me,
Second person
you,
Third person
he, him,
Plural
we, us,
they,
14. Write a sentence using three personal pronouns (not more, not less). Make sure you capitalize, spell, and
punctuate correctly or you’ll have to do it again.
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Adjectives
15. Definition of adjective:
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16. What does the word modify mean?
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17. What are the three ways an adjective modifies a noun or pronoun?
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________
18. Give four examples of adjectives (that are not in the book).
1. ____________________ 3. ____________________
2. ____________________ 4. ____________________
19. Write a sentence with an adjective before the noun it modifies. Label the adjective.
20. Write a sentence with an adjective after the noun it modifies. Label the adjective.
21. There is a special subgroup of adjectives called articles. What are the three articles?
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
22. Some words can be used as both a noun and an adjective. Using the word “chocolate”, write one sentence
using it as a noun and another using it as an adjective.
1. “Chocolate” as a noun: __________________________________________________________
2. “Chocolate” as an adjective: _____________________________________________________
23. Explain the difference between a proper adjective and a common adjective.
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24. Give examples of two proper adjectives and two common adjectives (that are not in the book).
Proper: 1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
Common: 1. ____________________
2. ____________________
Verbs
25. Definition of verb:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
26. Definition of action verb:
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27. Explain the difference between a physical action verb and a mental action verb.
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28. List four physical and four mental action verbs (that are not in the book).
physical
mental
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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29. Complete definition of linking verb:
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30. Write two sentences, each one using a form of the word “be” as a linking verb. Label the linking verb.
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
31. Write two sentence, each one using a word other than a form of the word “be” as a linking verb. Label the
linking verb.
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
32. Definition of helping verb: (also called __________________________________)
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33. What does a verb phrase contain?
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34. List three helping verbs.
1. _______________
2. _______________
Adverbs
3. _______________
35. Definition of adverb:
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36. What questions do adverbs answer?
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________
37. List four adverbs that end in –ly.
1. ____________________
3. ____________________
2. ___________________
4. ___________________
38. List six adverbs that do not end in –ly.
1. ____________________
3. ____________________
5. ____________________
2. ____________________
4. ____________________
6. ____________________
39. Write a sentence in which the adverb modifies the verb. Label the adverb and the verb in modifies.
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40. Write a sentence in which the adverb modifies an adjective. Label the adverb and the adjective it modifies.
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41. Adjectives can often be changed into adverbs by adding –ly (but not all words that end in -ly are automatically
adverbs). Using the word “bright”, write one sentence using it as and adjective and one sentence using it in its
adverb form.
1. “bright” in adjective form:
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2. “bright” in adverb form:
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Prepositions
42. Definition of preposition:
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43. List 20 prepositions.
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
4. _____________________
5. _____________________
6. _____________________
7. _____________________
8. _____________________
9. _____________________
10. ____________________
11. _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________
14. _____________________
15. _____________________
16. _____________________
17. _____________________
18. _____________________
19. _____________________
20. _____________________
Conjunctions
44. Definition of conjunction:
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45. Definition of coordinating conjunctions:
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46. What are the seven coordinating conjunctions?
1. __________ 5. __________
2. __________ 6. __________
3. __________ 7. __________
4. __________
47. Write three sentences, each one using a different coordinating conjunction. Label the conjunctions.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________
48. Definition of correlative conjunctions:
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49. What are the five sets of correlative conjunctions?
1. ___________________ - - - - - - - - ____________________
2. ___________________ - - - - - - - - ____________________
3. ___________________ - - - - - - - - ____________________
4. ___________________ - - - - - - - - ____________________
5. ___________________ - - - - - - - - ____________________
50. Write three sentences, each one using a different set of correlative conjunctions. Label the conjunctions.
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________
Interjections
51. Definition of interjection:
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52. List six interjections.
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
5. _______________
6. _______________
53. Write three sentences, each one using a different interjection. Label the interjections.
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________