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2nd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 12

Grammar Gears

Nouns, pronouns, verbs and more

What your child practices

Using the right form of the verb “to be”, choosing pronouns, comparing with -er and -est, and picking joining words like but, or and because.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 2.L.1 · nouns, pronouns and verbs in sentences

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Nouns name people, places and things. Pronouns (he, she, they) take their place.
  2. Verbs show action. Use “is” for one and “are” for more than one.
  3. Adverbs, like loudly, tell how an action is done.

Example: Which word can take the place of “Leo and Zoe”? Leo and Zoe are two people. For more than one person, use “they”. Answer: they

Grammar Gears in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 7 of 12 in 2nd grade English Language Arts, after Joining Sentences and before Word Pictures.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is the best sentence?

    • My dog is the smaller dog on our street.
    • My dog is the smallest dog on our street.
    • My dog is the most small dog on our street.

  2. Question 2

    A ___ of bees buzzed around the flowers.

    • pack
    • swarm
    • school

  3. Question 3

    Which word is a noun for an idea or feeling? kindness, table, puppy

    • table
    • puppy
    • kindness

  4. Question 4

    Mari is the ___ runner in the class. (fast)

    • more fast
    • faster
    • fastest

  5. Question 5

    She smiled ___ she won the game.

    • but
    • because
    • or

  6. Question 6

    I ___ happy today.

    • are
    • is
    • am

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