CURRENT
OLD
COMING
NAME THAT!
BONUS SURPRISE!!
100
What is the verb and what is its tense?
Every Sunday, I attend church with my friends.
ATTEND.
PRESENT TENSE.
100
What type of word is because?
I missed the train yesterday because I woke up late.
BECAUSE IS A CONJUNCTION.
CONJUNCTIONS LINK INDEPENDENT CLAUSES (COMPLETE SENTENCES).
100
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
I'm heading to the mall with my friends tomorrow.
AM HEADING.
FUTURE TENSE.
(BUT "AM HEADING" CAN ALSO BE USED AS A PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE...FOR EXAMPLES, "I AM HEADING TO THE MOVIES RIGHT NOW....I KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING :/)
100
What type of verb is this?
A: Have you do your homework today?
B. Yes, I have.
HAVE/HAS IS AN AUXILIARY (OR HELPING) VERB THAT HELPS US TO CREATE QUESTIONS OR EMPHASIZE OUR ANSWERS. HERE IS ANOTHER HELPING VERB EXAMPLE WITH DO.
A. Do you like cake?
B. Yes, I do.
100
Who is Robert Frost?
A famous American poet (1874-1963) who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." (We read it in class :))
200
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
Hannah is making her lunch now.
IS MAKING.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
200
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
When they were little, they would go to the park every day.
WOULD GO.
PAST TENSE (TO EXPRESS A HABIT/SOMETHING YOU DO REGULARLY).
WERE.
SIMPLE PAST.
200
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
Next week, our new manger will be starting work.
WILL + BE+ STARTING.
FUTURE TENSE.
200
Which verbs should I use?
I wish/hope that I could/would see my grandma again but she's dead.
USE WISH TO EXPRESS AN IMPOSSIBILITY.
USE COULD AFTER USING WISH.
200
What is a poem?
A poem is a written piece of work that is like speech and song and can include rhymes and stanzas (separated texts).
300
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
We have been reading this book since four o'clock.
HAVE + BEEN + READING.
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE.
300
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
I had not done the dishes by the time my mother got home.
HAD DONE.
PAST PERFECT.
GOT.
SIMPLE PAST.
300
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
By next week, I will have finished moving all of my stuff into my new home.
WILL + HAVE + FINISHED.
FUTURE PERFECT.
USED TO EXPRESS AN ACTION THAT WILL BE FINISHED AT A CERTAIN TIME IN THE FUTURE.
300
What kind of verb is this?
I don't see Michael here today. He may come later.
MIGHT/MAY IS A MODAL VERB EXPRESSING 50% POSSIBILITY/LIKELIHOOD.
(MUST SIGNIFIES 90% LIKELIHOOD).
300
Who is Rosario Gomez?
Rosario Gomez is the protagonist (or main character) of the book, Barrio Kings. He's an ex-gang member and now works at a supermarket downtown and has a girlfriend named Connie who is pregnant.
400
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
I've lived in Boston since 2006.
HAVE + LIVED.
PRESENT PERFECT.
400
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
Before the earthquake struck, I had been driving along the highway.
STRUCK.
SIMPLE PAST.
HAD+ BEEN+ DRIVING.
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE.
400
What is the main verb and particles and what is their tense?
By next month, they will have been employed at Starbucks for three years.
WILL + HAVE + BEEN + EMPLOYED
FUTURE PERFECT WITH A PASSIVE VOICE.
USED TO EXPRESS AN ACTION THAT STARTED IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE OR FOR AN ACTION THAT WILL BE IN PROGRESS AT A FUTURE TIME.
400
What kind of verb is this?
I'm tired. Should I take a nap or do you think that I should just keep working?
SHOULD IS A MODAL VERB THAT IS EXPRESSING A SUGGESTION.
400
What do we call a sentence such as the one below:
Her eyes are like the moon; Her hair is as a blazing crown.
A metaphor. Metaphors compare two unlike things using like or as.
Lord! Your face is as the sun--so bright!
500
Where is the subject, verb and complement of this phrase:
Sarah loves riding her bike very fast.
What pat of speech is fast?
What part of speech is Sarah?
SARAH= SUBJECT
LOVES = VERB
RIDING HER BIKE= COMPLEMENT
FAST IS AN ADJECTIVE.
SARAH IS A NOUN (PROPER NOUN).
500
What is the subject, verb and complement in this phrase:
We have been patronizing this restaurant regularly since it opened in 1999.
What part of speech is regularly?
What part of speech is We?
SUBJECT = WE
VERB= HAVE BEEN PATRONIZING
COMPLEMENT= REGULARLY TO THIS RESTAURANT SINCE IT OPENED IN 1999.
REGULARLY IS AN ADVERB.
WE IS A PRONOUN.
500
What is the subject, verb and complement of this phrase:
They are going to leave their coats on the coat rack.
What part of speech is on?
What part of speech is their?
SUBJECT: THEY
VERB: ARE GOING
COMPLEMENT: TO LEAVE THEIR COATS ON THE COAT RACK.
IN IS A PREPOSITION.
THEIR IS A POSSESSIVE PRONOUN.
500
What type of verb is may?
MAY IS A MODAL VERB. IN THIS CONTEXT, IT EXPRESSES PERMISSION. HOWEVER, IT CAN ALSO EXPRESS LIKELIHOOD. FOR EXAMPLE: I MAY GO TO THE MOVIES TOMORROW. I'M NOT SURE YET. (IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I'M GOING TO THE MOVIES TOMORROW BUT I'M NOT SURE YET.)
500
WHO IS THIS?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)