Grammar Picnic
Standards
Common Core: Language
52 codes · 52 with practice
The conventions standards, L.K.1 to L.5.2.
Kindergarten
7 codes · 7 with practice- L.K.1.bUse frequently occurring nouns and verbsNouns and verbs
- L.K.1.cForm regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/Plurals: -s, -es, -iesNot practised here: saying the plural aloud; the items sort and write its spelling
- L.K.1.dUnderstand and use question words (who, what, where, when, why, how)Who, what, where, when, why, howNot practised here: why; who, what, where, when and how are asked
- L.K.1.eUse the most frequently occurring prepositions (to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with)Prepositions of place
- L.K.1.fProduce and expand complete sentencesDescribing words
- L.K.2.aCapitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun ICapital letters
- L.K.2.bRecognize and name end punctuationEnd marks
Grade 1
12 codes · 12 with practice- L.1.1.bUse common, proper, and possessive nounsPossessives with 's
- L.1.1.cUse singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentencesSubject-verb agreement
- L.1.1.dUse personal, possessive, and indefinite pronounsHe or him, they or them
- L.1.1.eUse verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and futurePast, present, future
- L.1.1.fUse frequently occurring adjectivesDescribing words
- L.1.1.gUse frequently occurring conjunctions (and, but, or, so, because)And, but, so, because
- L.1.1.hUse determiners (articles, demonstratives)a or an
- L.1.1.iUse frequently occurring prepositions (during, beyond, toward)Prepositions of place
- L.1.1.jProduce and expand simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentencesStatements and questionsNot practised here: constructing compound sentences
- L.1.2.aCapitalize dates and names of peopleCapital letters
- L.1.2.bUse end punctuation for sentencesEnd marks
- L.1.2.cUse commas in dates and to separate single words in a seriesCommas in a seriesNot practised here: commas in dates
Grade 2
7 codes · 7 with practice- L.2.1.aUse collective nouns (group)Collective nouns
- L.2.1.bForm and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (feet, children, teeth, mice, fish)Irregular plurals
- L.2.1.cUse reflexive pronouns (myself, ourselves)Reflexive pronouns
- L.2.1.dForm and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (sat, hid, told)Irregular past tense
- L.2.1.eUse adjectives and adverbs, and choose between themAdverbs
- L.2.1.fProduce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentencesActive and passive
- L.2.2.cUse an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessivesPossessives with 's
Grade 3
10 codes · 10 with practice- L.3.1.aExplain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbsNouns and verbs
- L.3.1.bForm and use regular and irregular plural nounsIrregular plurals
- L.3.1.dForm and use regular and irregular verbsIrregular past tense
- L.3.1.eForm and use the simple verb tenses (I walked; I walk; I will walk)Past, present, future
- L.3.1.fEnsure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreementSubject-verb agreement
- L.3.1.gForm and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbsComparatives and superlatives
- L.3.1.hUse coordinating and subordinating conjunctionsAnd, but, so, because
- L.3.1.iProduce simple, compound, and complex sentencesSimple, compound, complex
- L.3.2.cUse commas and quotation marks in dialogueQuotation marks
- L.3.2.dForm and use possessivesPossessives with 's
Grade 4
10 codes · 10 with practice- L.4.1.aUse relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why)Relative clauses
- L.4.1.bForm and use the progressive verb tenses (I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking)Progressive tenses
- L.4.1.cUse modal auxiliaries (can, may, must) to convey various conditionsCan, may, must
- L.4.1.dOrder adjectives within sentences according to conventional patternsOrder of adjectives
- L.4.1.eForm and use prepositional phrasesPrepositional phrases
- L.4.1.fProduce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting fragments and run-onsFragments and run-ons
- L.4.1.gCorrectly use frequently confused words (to, too, two; there, their)His, her, its, their
- L.4.2.aUse correct capitalizationCapital letters
- L.4.2.bUse commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotationsQuotation marks
- L.4.2.cUse a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentenceCommas in compound sentences
Grade 5
6 codes · 6 with practice- L.5.1.bForm and use the perfect verb tenses (I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked)Perfect tenses
- L.5.1.dRecognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tenseEdit a paragraphNot practised here: a shift within one compound sentence; the items shift from one sentence to the next
- L.5.1.eUse correlative conjunctions (either/or, neither/nor)Either/or, neither/nor
- L.5.2.aUse punctuation to separate items in a seriesCommas in a series
- L.5.2.bUse a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentenceStarting with because or when
- L.5.2.cUse a comma to set off the words yes and no, to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence, and to indicate direct addressCommas with yes, no, names and tags