Parts of speech
What part of speech names a person, place, thing, idea, or quality?
Noun
what does a participle function as ?
a. as a main verb and a noun
b. a main verb and a adjective
c. a helping verb and a adjective
d. a helping verb and a noun
b.
What do Gerunds function as? Include what part of a sentence they can be.
Nouns. They can be the subject of a sentence or the direct object.
What is contained in an infinitive?
"to" and the main verb
who is the Antagonist of the most dangerous game and owner of ship trap island?
Zaroff
What are the 3 types of verbs that we have learned?
1.Linking
2.Helping
3.Action
Find the participle in the following sentence?
John is going to Bob's house for his birthday
going
Find the Gerund in the following sentence?
To run in the Olympics requires a lot of skill.
To run
Find the Infinitive in the following sentence and what it functions as?
He who is the emperor of Rome is destined to conquer all of the Italian peninsula and fight the Carthaginians.
To conquer;verb
Who was a close friend of Rainsford?
Whitney
Fill the following blanks
Adjectives _____ , ________ , and _______ .
describe, limits, and demonstrates (any order seems fit)
What do Participles and gerunds have in common?
They both end in -ing
What is the gerund in this sentence and why?
Flying was a dream for many.
The gerund is "flying" because it ends in "-ing" and it is functioning as the subject of the sentence.
What type of verb is going to be the base form of the verb?
a. Linking verb
b. action verb
c. Helping verb
b
Who is the author of The Most Dangerous Game?
Richard Connell
what acronym is used for coordinative conjunction .
FANBOYS
How many traps did Zaroff put and what kind are they?(#3 is optional)
3 of them
Burmese Tiger pit, Malay Mancatcher, and a trap he learned in Uganda
What punctuation is used for interjections?
exclamation mark (!)
What type of element of literature did Connell use when Rainsford first described Zaroff at supper.
Symbolism of red