Verb Velocity
Choose the correct verb form: Our neighbors _________ us a basket of fresh vegetables from their garden. (bring/brought)
What is "brought"?
Identify the underlined word as S (Subject), V (Verb), DO (Direct Object), IO (Indirect Object), or PN (Predicate Nominative).
Marcus cleans his saxophone after every practice session.
What is verb?
Choose the correct pronoun: Lucas and ______________ volunteer at the animal shelter on weekends. (I, me)
What is "I"?
Identify all the adjectives (excluding articles) in this sentence: Several ancient artifacts arrived at the local museum.
What are: several, ancient, local.
Identify the adjective clause in this sentence: Veronica was the runner who won the gold medal.
What is "who won the gold medal"?
Choose the correct verb form: Have the children _______ all of the popcorn already? (ate/eaten)
What is "eaten"?
Identify the underlined word as S (Subject), V (Verb), DO (Direct Object), IO (Indirect Object), or PN (Predicate Nominative).
Thunderstorms can be terrifying events for small pets.
What is subject?
Choose the correct pronoun: The coach gave ______________ substitute players a chance to warm up. (we, us)
What is "us"?
Find the adverb in this sentence and name the word it modifies: Our family visits the local library weekly.
What is "weekly" modifying "visits"?
Identify the adverb clause and its subordinating conjunction: Whenever the whistle blew, the factory workers ended their shift.
What is "whenever the whistle blew" and "whenever"?
Choose the correct verb form: Every morning at dawn, the hot air balloons _______ into the sky. (rise/raise)
What is "rise"?
Identify the underlined word as S (Subject), V (Verb), DO (Direct Object), IO (Indirect Object), or PN (Predicate Nominative).
The chef baked the guests a spectacular chocolate souffle.
What is indirect object?
Choose the correct pronoun: Before the long hike, everyone must inspect ______________ own footwear. (his, their)
What is "his"?
Choose the correct modifier: The entire team felt ______________ about losing the championship game. (badly, bad)
What is "bad"?
Find the words that need capitalization in this sentence: the cascade ridge plaza is the busiest market in pierce county.
What are: The, Cascade, Ridge, Plaza, Pierce, and County?
Choose the correct verb form: The weary traveler ________ his heavy suitcase onto the luggage rack. (lay/lie)
What is "lay"?
Identify the underlined word as S (Subject), V (Verb), DO (Direct Object), IO (Indirect Object), or PN (Predicate Nominative).
Thunderstorms can be terrifying events for small pets.
What is predicate nominative?
Choose the correct pronoun: The top scorers on the math team were Samantha and ______________ (us, we).
What is "we"?
Choose the correct modifier: The spy crept into the vault ______________ than his partner. (quieter, more quietly)
What is "more quietly"?
Find the words that need capitalization in this sentence: the cafe paris is operated by lucas and sophie dubois, who moved here from switzerland.
Choose the correct verb form: A beautiful antique rug ______ right in front of the fireplace. (lay/laid)
What is "lay"?
Identify the underlined word as S (Subject), V (Verb), DO (Direct Object), IO (Indirect Object), or PN (Predicate Nominative).
Someone left the librarian an anonymous note of appreciation.
What is direct object?
Choose the correct pronoun: ____________ did the committee choose to design the new logo? (Who, Whom)
What is "whom"?
Find the adverb that modifies another adverb in this sentence:
The rescue team very rarely rests during an emergency operation.
What is "very" modifying the adverb "rarely"?
Identify the relative pronoun and the noun it describes in this sentence: Abraham Lincoln is the president whom historians study the most.
What are "whom" and "president"?