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2nd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 14

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 2.11(D) · 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 7 of 14 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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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 word can take the place of “my brother and me”?

    • we
    • he
    • they

  2. Question 2

    A ___ of wolves howled at the moon.

    • school
    • bouquet
    • pack

  3. Question 3

    Which word names a feeling you cannot touch? joy, spoon, rock

    • joy
    • spoon
    • rock

  4. Question 4

    A ___ of fish swam under the dock.

    • school
    • pack
    • flock

  5. Question 5

    She ___ ten years old.

    • are
    • is
    • am

  6. Question 6

    He ___ my best friend.

    • are
    • is
    • am

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