Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 10
Grammar Gears
Objects, -self words and pairs
What your child practises
Finding the direct object, choosing herself, themselves and myself, capitalizing words like Canadian, and using pairs like either/or and not only/but also.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.2 · direct objects, intensive and reflexive pronouns, proper adjectives and correlative conjunctions
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which proper adjective comes from Japan?
- Japanese
- Japan's
- japanese
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Japanese
Hint: Proper adjectives begin with a capital letter.
Question 2
Which phrase has a proper adjective?
- a happy song
- a Canadian song
- a long song
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a Canadian song
Hint: A proper adjective comes from a proper noun, like Canada, and is capitalized.
Question 3
Which sentence has a reflexive pronoun?
- She taught him to juggle.
- She taught herself to juggle.
- She likes to juggle.
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She taught herself to juggle.
Hint: Herself refers back to the subject, she.
Question 4
Which sentence has a direct object?
- The dog ran quickly.
- The dog chased the squirrel.
- The dog slept.
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The dog chased the squirrel.
Hint: Only the first verb is followed by a noun that receives the action.
Question 5
Which phrase has a proper adjective?
- a delicious recipe
- an Italian recipe
- a family recipe
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an Italian recipe
Hint: Italian comes from the proper noun Italy, so it is capitalized.
Question 6
Which pair completes the sentence? ___ Tom ___ Maya plays hockey.
- Neither … nor
- Both … or
- Either … nor
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Neither … nor
Hint: Neither goes with nor.