Pretest

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Parts of Speech The Building Blocks of
Grammar PRE-TEST

• Pre-test

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Fill in the blanks on the next screen to see what
we will be doing today. DO NOT shout out your
answer. Raise your hand when you think you know
the answer.
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__o__ __ __ch y__u
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__p__e__h.
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And the answer is

• Today we are going to take a pretest to see how
  much you know about the parts of speech.

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And the best news is

• If you get 100 on the pretest, you are excused
  from this grammar unit! You will automatically
  earn an A on it, and you will get to do silent
  reading during grammar time.

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Directions

• Write your answers on your own sheet of paper.
• Number your paper from 1 - 10.
• Title your paper Parts of Speech Pretest.

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Parts of Speech Pretest Name the part of speech
that is in bold and underlined for each
sentence. 1. I bought a beautiful dress at the
mall. 2. What did she ask you to do? 3. I left my
shoes under the kitchen table. 4. If we finish
our work quickly we can go to the movies. 5. On
Saturdays I work from nine to five.
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6. I want to go to a university in the United
States. 7. I'm sure I have met your girlfriend
before. 8. Well, I don't think I will be here to
answer the phone. 9. Andy knocked on the door but
nobody answered. 10. After lunch let's go out for
a coffee. (http//www.englishclub.com/grammar/par
ts-of-speech_quiz.htm)
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Now take out a different color writing utensil
to grade your own answers.
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And the answers are

• adjective (beautiful describes the dress)
  
• pronoun (she takes the place of a specific
  person)
• preposition (under tells where the shoes are)
• adverb (quickly describes how the work is done)
• verb (work is the action she does)
• noun (university is a place)
• verb (met is an action done in the past)
• interjection (well is an exclamation)
• conjunction (but is a word that joins words
  together)
• preposition (after tells when)

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Check for Understanding

• Raise your hand if you can name the EIGHT parts
  of speech.

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The eight parts of speech are noun, pronoun,
adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction
(or coordinator) and interjection. 2. Why might
it be important to learn the eight parts of
speech?
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Next Steps
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• Over the next few weeks we will be reviewing the
  parts of speech. We will have a post-test on the
  material, so you will need to take notes on
  grammar days so you can use your notes to study
  for the test. If you earned 100 today, you will
  automatically score 100 on the post-test and you
  will be required to read an SSR book during our
  grammar lessons.