nouns & verbs
The name given to the categories that every word is divided into?
Parts of speech?
Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
The ice skater glided gracefully over the ice during her routine.
Gracefully
Name seven coordinating conjunctions
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Find the missing punctuation and tell where it should be placed in the sentence below.
Betty is finally going to Disney World she has been waiting for this most her life.
semicolon after World before she
Running after the dog
Incomplete/fragment
Identify the nouns in the following sentence:
The boy is going to the store with his mother.
Boy, store, and mother
A word that describes or modifies a person, place, or thing is called
Adjective
Which of the following words is a preposition
walk
exclaim
around
friend
around
In the beginning we sat around and ate food but it was too hot to eat so we went swimming in the pool.
comma after around
comma after food
comma after eat
Underneath the bridge, we saw a troll eating fish.
complete
Name a few state of being verbs.
is
was
are
am
A word that describes or modifies a verb is called
Adverb
Identify any prepositions and their prepositional phrases in the sentence below:
Little Red Riding Hood was led over the mountains and through the woods to Grandmother's house.
over- over the mountain
through-through the woods
to-to Grandmother's house
What is the missing punctuation in the sentence below, and where does it go?
After the dance my friends and I went to McDonald's but I didn't have enough money to pay for my food so my best friend paid for it.
comma after dance
comma before and
comma before but
comma before so
incomplete/fragment
Identify the verb/verbs in the following sentence:
She completed her homework and proceeded to watch TV.
completed
proceeded
watch
Identify all of the adjectives in the following passage:
From the beginning, the dark ominous clouds hung dreadfully over the city and aggressively threatened to pour enormous raindrops on the unsuspecting tourists below.
dark
ominous
enormous
unsuspecting
before
I am going to the following places for vacation this summer Grand Canyon Mt. Rainer Yellowstone National Park and Salt Lake City.
colon after summer
comma after Grand Canyon
comma after Mt. Rainer
comma after Yellowstone National Park
The kids who were in trouble stole a bike, they were arrested.
Run on sentence/comma splice
Identify any nouns in the following sentences:
The pilot flew the plane with precision over the mountain and into the small city of Venice.
pilot
plane
mountain
city
Venice
Identify the adverbs in the sentence below:
From the beginning, the dark ominous clouds hung dreadfully over the city and aggressively threatened to pour enormous raindrops on the unsuspecting tourists below.
aggressively
Where does a comma belong in the following sentence?
The boy rode his bike to the store and he found a quarter on the ground outside.
before and
Which type of writing is inappropriate to use an ellipsis?
Academic writing
Because we need to eat.
Incomplete sentence/fragment