Stems and Roots
"per" as in "percolate" or "perspicacity"
What is "through"?
"the" and "a/an" are usually this
What are adjectives?
AVP is short for
What is "action verb predicate"?
this phrase has a minimum of two words: one tells a relationship/position/location, the other is a noun
What is a prepositional phrase?
the clause that "hangs on" another clause because it needs it
What is dependent?
Go away!
What is imperative? (it could be exclamatory but it is a command, so that takes precedence)
She had great felicity at winning the lottery.
What is "great happiness"?
"trib" in "tribute" and "distribute" and "contribute"
What is "pay"?
What are nouns and pronouns?
(double points if both answers given)
A direct object can be found with this type of predicate
What is AVP/action verb predicate?
The type of phrase in these sentences:
I saw her running away.
Running away, she broke her leg.
What is "participial phrase"?
("running away" in both sentences functions as an adjective describing her/she)
the number of independent clauses in this sentence
I love to run, but I like jogging better, even though biking is the best sport.
What is 2?
"I love to run" and "but I like jogging better"
Simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Although the murderous banana covered up his tracks, when he fled to Canada, the Canadian police investigated him thoroughly.
What is "complex"?
(2 dep + 1 indep)
The detective's perspicacity helped him solve the case quickly despite the lack of evidence.
What is "keen insight"?
"vid" in video
What is "see"?
One good way to test to see if it's REALLY a verb:
What is:
- Is it what is happening in a sentence right now?
or
- changing the tense to see if you can still make a grammatical sentence?True/false: a subject complement can be found with an action verb.
What is false?
I want to go to the store to buy cookies.
How many infinitive phrases are in this sentence
What is two?
I want to go to the store to buy cookies.
"to the store" is a prep phrase :)
The number of dependent clauses in this sentence:
Although the murderous banana covered up his tracks, when he fled to Canada, the Canadian police investigated him thoroughly.
What is 2?
"Although..." and "when..."
(the last part with the police is independent)
Simple, complex, compound-complex, or compound?
Running away from the murderous banana, I tripped and fell into its dastardly trap.
What is "simple"?
there is only one independent clause:
- Running away... is a participial phrase describing "I"
-"I tripped and fell" it has two verbs, but only one subject, "I" -- so it's one clause
A mayfly's life is transient; they live for a day or a few days at most.
What is "existing briefly"?
contra in "contradiction"
what is "against"?
lists of things that adverbs describe
What are adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs?
(double if all 3 named, single if 1-2 named)
The subject of the sentence,
"Running around in circles is a dog's favorite pasttime."
What is "Running around in circles" or "running"?
The banana who ran away was not guilty.
Type of phrase in this sentence
What is "appositive"?
who ran away is an "extra" phrase describing "banana"
Although, since, because, and while are more likely to be found in this type of clause
What is "subordinate" or "dependent"?
Type of sentence?
When the police caught up to the banana, he shed his peel, causing them to trip and fall, but they kept up the pursuit nonetheless.
What is compound-complex?
(2 independent + 1 dependent)
"When" = dep
"he shed" and "but they" = ind.
The punctilious teacher made her students correct every single grammar mistake.
"com" in "company"
What is "together"?
the sentence that has an IO (neither, 1, 2, or both)
1. He wrote a poem for her.
2. He wrote her a poem.
I love swimming in the ocean.
There's two possible types of phrases underlined...
what this is missing:
Since I like swimming.what is an independent clause?
Simple, complex, compound-complex, or compound?
The saga of the murderous banana is over, yet I still worry whenever I walk through the fruit aisle at the store.
What is "compound"?
(two independent clauses)
My friend's solicitude for my problems made me feel better.
What is "concern" or "worry"?