Sentences
What is the dependent clause in the following sentence?
By the time June arrived, the floodplain was completely underwater.
Answer: By the time June arrived
Which part of speech describes a noun?
Adjective
What type of verbal is being used in this sentence?
Ever since childhood, to train dolphins was her goal.
Infinitive
Identify the conjunction in the sentence.
I want to go to the park but it's raining.
but
Find the 5 mistakes in these sentences.
Mel made valentines' day cards and past it out to her friends. Mel's friends also gave cards to her.
Mel made Valentine's Day cards and passed them out to her friends. Mel's friends also gave cards to her.
Is the following a fragment or a sentence?
down by the river where the fish bite
Answer: fragment
Which part of speech names a person, place , thing or idea?
noun
Bowling in a league is an excellent way to meet people.
Gerund
Which word is a preposition in the sentence?
She walked beside the river.
beside
Find the 5 editing mistakes in the sentences.
To who did you adress the envelope? Is it somebody I known? What did you put in side of the envelope
To whom did you address the envelope? Is it somebody I know? What did you put inside of the envelope?
Read the following sentence. Tell the dependent clause, and then the independent clause.
When they came to the turn in the road, they took the off-road trail.
dependent clause- when they came to the turn in the road.
independent clause- they took the off-road trail.
What part of speech describes verbs?
adverb
What type of verbal is beingn used in this sentence?
Then they all ate a delicious meal prepared by Mrs. Walker.
Participle
What is the interjection in the following sentence?
Wow, that was amazing!
Wow
the cat has lied down on that pillow all day. Its time for the cat too wake up and get some exercize.
The cat has lain down on that pillow all day. It's time for the cat to wake up and get some exercise.
Which sentence type of sentence shows strong feelings?
Exclamatory
What part of speech shows action?
Verb
What is the verbal in this sentence?
Looking at his friend, Mark replied, "We have to clean up."
Looking at his friend
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
The airplane flew above the clouds.
above the clouds
He come outside to get a breathe of fresh air. The patio was fool: evidently other peoples had the same idea.
He came outside to get a breath of fresh air. The patio was full; evidently other people had the same idea.
What type of setnence has two or more complete thoughts, at times only vaguely related and strung together without punctuation called?
Run-on sentence
What part of speech takes the place of a noun?
Pronoun
What is the verbal phrase in the sentence?
The hikers, beaming with pride, displayed their trophy at the campsite.
beaming with pride
The birds are flying over the trees.
Over the trees
If Elizabeth was here, she would know exact what to do. Well just have to try our best.Does anybody have a sujestion.
If Elizabet were here, she would know exactly what to. We'll just have to try our best. Does anybody have a suggestion?