Grade 6 Grammar & vocabulary worksheet

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1. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word or word group expressing an action, occurrence or state.

   1. Complex sentence
   2. Adjective
   3. Verb
   4. Dependent clause

2. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

   1. Adjective
   2. Phrase
   3. Prefix
   4. Pronoun

3. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A group of words functioning as a unit without forming a full subject-predicate clause.

   1. Suffix
   2. Phrase
   3. Dependent clause
   4. Synonym

4. Explain why “Running through the gate” may be a fragment rather than a complete sentence.

5. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word pronounced like another word but with a different meaning.

   1. Homophone
   2. Phrase
   3. Preposition
   4. Noun

6. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? The part of a clause about which something is stated, often controlling verb agreement.

   1. Suffix
   2. Subject
   3. Complex sentence
   4. Preposition

7. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word with an opposite meaning in a particular context.

   1. Antonym
   2. Noun
   3. Interjection
   4. Predicate

8. Which uses parentheses for extra information?

   1. The (hall is closed.
   2. The hall built (in) is closed.
   3. The hall (built in 1920) is closed.
   4. The hall) is closed(.

9. Which word can complete “I wanted to run, ___ the path was closed” with a contrast?

   1. before
   2. because
   3. but

10. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word that can stand in for a noun phrase.

    1. Synonym
    2. Independent clause
    3. Pronoun
    4. Dependent clause

11. Write the subject of “The small dog barked.”

12. Which word means able to be washed?

    1. washing
    2. washer
    3. washable
    4. unwashed

13. In unsafe, un- most directly means

    1. again
    2. not
    3. many
    4. after

14. Which word names a person who teaches?

    1. retaught
    2. teachable
    3. teacher
    4. teaching

15. In misread, mis- most directly means

    1. incorrectly
    2. again
    3. before
    4. carefully

16. Which mark normally ends a direct written question in English?

    1. .
    2. ?
    3. ,
    4. ;

17. Write the simple past of catch.

18. Which action was ongoing in We were reading when the bell rang?

    1. reading
    2. the bell ringing
    3. both actions lasting equally long
    4. neither action

19. Choose the contraction for do not.

    1. don’t
    2. do’nt
    3. doesn’t
    4. dont’

20. Choose the noun: run, blue, river, slowly.

    1. river
    2. slowly
    3. run
    4. blue