2nd Grade Grammar

Second Grade Exam Review: Grammar

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Subjects and Predicates

The subject of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about. example: The woman with the green hat ate lunch. The predicate of a sentence tells what the subject does or is. example: The woman with the green hat ate lunch.Directions: Draw one line under the subject of each sentence. Draw two lines under the predicate of each sentence. Example:

The small squirrel scampered across the yard.

1. Three pelicans flew over the beach. 2. The children built a sandcastle. 3. Ben played chess with Alex. 4. Everyone in the stadium watched the game. 5. The microwave beeped. 6. Malcom is a very thoughtful person. 7. The seagulls feathers were white. 8. The moon shines down on the water. 9. The bicycles back tire needed air. 10. Bart, Mike and Jim went bowling.


Directions: Choose a predicate for each sentence below from those in the box 1. The police officer _________________________________________. 2. The boat captain _________________________________________. 3. The shiny race car _________________________________________. 4. The garden in our backyard __________________________________. 5. The boy with the soccer ball ________________________________.

has lots of pretty owers.!

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sailed on the water out to sea. turned on his lights and siren.

drove fast through the street.!! ! ! ! !

scored the rst goal.


Directions: Add a subject to each sentence below. 1. __________________________ was singing a cheerful song. 2. __________________________ made a squeaking sound after eating his cheese 3. _________________________ was full of action and really funny. 4. ________________________ wouldn't eat her dinner. 5. _______________________ is the best restaurant town.

Italiannis! !

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The girl with the stomache The movie The Avengers ! !

The little grey mouse! ! ! ! ! !

My moms pet bird


Common and Proper NounsDetermine whether each noun is a common noun or a proper noun. If the noun is common, write common noun on the line. If the noun is proper, re-write the noun on the line using correct capitalization. january city cumbres day money cereal school monterrey burger friday pedro christmas ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

burger king ____________________


Noun ReviewCircle all the nouns. If you circle a noun, write what type of noun it is in the line provided: person, place, thing, animal 1. big ______________________________ 2. bird ______________________________ 3. cookie ____________________________ 4. monster ___________________________ 5. chair ______________________________ 6. sit ________________________________ 7. yellow _____________________________ 8. crayon _____________________________ 9. sing _______________________________ 10. milk ______________________________ 11. squeeze ___________________________ 12. book ______________________________ 13. street ______________________________ 14. city _______________________________ 15. sister ______________________________


Write an S for singular next to the nouns that refer to one person, place or thing. Write a P for plural next to nouns that refer to more than one person, place or thing. 1. computers ____________ 2. men _________________ 3. hand _________________ 4. fingers ________________ 5. mice __________________ 6. man __________________ 7. cow ___________________ 8. fox ____________________ 9. friend __________________ 10. chairs __________________


Read each sentence below. Choose the correct verb that agrees with the subject.1. Billy _______________ to buy a new skateboard. (want, wants) 2. Those two boys _______________ to buy new skateboards. (want, wants) 3. Grandpa _______________ a hamburger for dinner. (cook, cooks) 4. Grandma and Grandpa _______________ dinner together. (cook, cooks) 5. The dogs _______________ when the mail carrier comes. (growl, growls) 6. The brown dog _______________ when someone comes in. (growl, growls) 7. All three computers ______________ when you turn them on. (beep, beeps) 8. That computer _______________ when you turn it on. (beep, beeps) 9. The basketball _______________ across the court. (roll, rolls) 10.Three tennis balls _______________ across the court. (roll, rolls)

Second Grade Exam Review: GrammarThe verb TO BE. I am a student. He is a teacher. She is a journalist It is a book. We are basketball players. You are my friend. You are pilots. They are policemen.

Write in the correct form of the verb TO BE in the following sentences. 1. It ______________ cloudy today. 2. I ______________ at home now. 3. They _________________ Korean. 4. There _____________ a pen on my desk. 5. My name _____________ Nikita. 6. We ________________ on the same soccer team. 7. That ______________ correct. 8. I ___________ fine, thank you. 9. Clara and Steve ____________ friends. 10. She ______________ an English teacher


Adjectives that compareSome adjectives end in -er and -est. These adjectives compare nouns. Add -er to most one-syllable adjectives that compare two things. example: The black cat is smaller than the orange cat. Add -est to most one-syllable adjectives that compare three or more things. example: Of the three cats, the black one is the smallest.

Choose the correct adjective in parenthesis to complete each sentence. Write the adjective on the line. 1. Martin is _____________________ than Marcia. (old, older, oldest) 2. That is a very _____________________ car. (small, smaller, smallest) 3. Mount Everest is the ________________ mountain in the world. (high, higher, highest) 4. This is the _____________________ blanket in the house. (warm, warmer, warmest) 5. Maria is _____________________ than Jan right now. (happy, happier, happiest) 6. That was the _____________________ sundae I've ever eaten. (big, bigger, biggest)


7. Katrina ran even _____________________ than I did. (fast, faster, fastest) 8. January is the _____________________ month of the year. (cold, colder, coldest) 9. That is a very _____________________ fishing pole. (long, longer, longest) 10. Mr. Jones is the _____________________ teacher in the school. (nice, nicer, nicest)


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Adverbs

An adverb is a word that describes an action verb.An adverb can describe how an action happens. example: Jason quickly read the book. How did Jason read? Quickly. An adverb can describe when an action happens. example: We went to the store yesterday? When did we go? Yesterday. An adverb can describe where an action happens. example: He put the paper here. Where did he put the paper? Here.

Directions: An action verb is underlined in each sentence. Circle the adverb that describes the verb. 1. I carefully glued the last piece onto the model. 2. Francis played with Tom yesterday. 3. I will visit my friend tomorrow. 4. George, please come here? 5. They swam lazily in the pool


AdjectivesCircle the adjective in each sentence. Then, tell if the adjective is a number, size or shape.

1. The giant spaceship landed in my yard. _________________________ 2. An alien with six eyes walked out of the ship. __________________________ 3. It waved its tiny hand in the air. __________________________ 4. The alien said, Earth is round planet just like ours. ___________________________ 5. Two rabbits hopped into the yard and scared the alien. _____________________________ 6. The alien ran back into the square door of the spaceship and blasted. _____________________________


PronounsA pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. example: John is a mail carrier. John carries a blue bag. To make the second sentence sound better, you can change the word John to he. new sentence: John is a mail carrier. He carries a blue bag. The word he is a pronoun that takes the place of the word John.

Some common pronouns include: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Rewrite each sentence. Change the underlined word or words to a pronoun. Sarah made dinner for the whole family. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 7. Tyler played tag with Miguel and Ramon. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 8. Suzy went to the movies with her mother. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________


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The house is white and has big windows. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

10. Jose and I are going to the airport. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

11. All the students got extra recess for being good. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________



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Plural Nouns that Don't Follow the Rules

Sometimes you don't add -s or -es to a noun to make it plural. Read each sentence. Figure out the plural of the word in parenthesis and write it on the line. If you need help, look the word up in the dictionary. 1. Mrs. Jones has two ________________________. (child) 2. A flock of ________________________ just flew overhead. (goose) 3. Three ________________________ scurried through the kitchen. (mouse) 4. Mother cut the sandwich into two ________________________. (half) 5. The dentist hygienist cleaned my ________________________. (tooth) 6. The ________________________ at the bus stop had umbrellas. (woman) 7. Grandpa sharpened the ________________________ in the kitchen. (knife) 8. My mom bought me new shoes since my


_____________(foot) were too big for my other ones. 9. In autumn, we like to play in the ______________ (leaf) that have fallen from the trees.

10. The ________________________ were fixing the hole in the street. (man) 11. I heard a pack of ________________________ in the forest. (wolf)

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