Parts of Speech
What part of speech is dog in the sentence?
"The dog is sleeping."
Noun
Change to past tense:
"I walk to school."
I walked to school.
Is this a complete sentence?
"The cat slept."
Yes
Find the mistake:
"He go to school every day."
goes
Unscramble:
"happy / is / she"
She is happy.
What part of speech is quickly?
"She quickly ran home."
Adverb
Which tense?
"She is reading a book."
Present Continuous
Is this simple, compound, or complex?
"I ate breakfast and I went to school."
Compound
Find the mistake:
"The childrens are playing outside."
children
Combine into one sentence:
"Tom was hungry. Tom ate a sandwich."
Tom was hungry, so he ate a sandwich.
Identify the conjunction:
"I wanted to go, but it was raining."
but
Which tense?
"They had finished the project before the meeting began."
Past Perfect
Identify the dependent clause:
"Because it was raining, we stayed inside."
Because it was raining
Correct:
"Neither the teacher nor the students was ready."
were ready
Rewrite in passive voice:
"The chef prepared the meal."
The meal was prepared by the chef.
What is the function of the word which in the sentence?
"The book, which I borrowed yesterday, is excellent."
Relative pronoun
Correct the sentence:
"By next year, I complete my degree."
By next year, I will have completed my degree.
What kind of sentence is this?
"Although she was tired, she finished her homework and went to bed."
Complex sentence
Correct:
"If I would have known, I would have helped."
If I had known, I would have helped.
Rewrite using an inversion structure:
"I have never seen such a beautiful sunset."
Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset.
Identify the grammatical role of the italic phrase:
"Swimming across the river requires great strength."
Gerund
Explain the difference:
"I have lived here for ten years."
vs
"I lived here for ten years."
Present Perfect indicates the situation continues to the present; Simple Past indicates it is finished.
What kind of sentence is this?
"The scientist published the article after the research was completed, and the university celebrated the achievement."
Compound-complex sentence
Correct:
"Each of the proposals have been carefully reviewed by the committee."
has been carefully reviewed
Identify the grammatical issue:
"The data suggests that the phenomenon is less common than previously believed."
Data is plural → "The data suggest..."