Parts of Speech
Identify the nouns in the sentence: "The librarian shelved the book."
What are "librarian" and "book"?
Capitalize the following sentence correctly: "we visited mr. Lane yesterday."
What is "We visited Mr. Lane yesterday."?
Which sentence uses a verb in the future tense?
"I go to school every day."
"I will go to school tomorrow."
What is "I will go to school tomorrow."?
Which word in the sentence is a preposition? "The book is on the table."
What is "on"?
What word should fill the blank with the correct possessive pronoun (one person): "That belongs to you, so it is ________."
What is "yours"?
The part of speech that joins words, phrases, or clauses
What are conjunctions?
Insert commas where needed: "She brought apples bananas and cookies."
What is "She brought apples, bananas, and cookies."?
Provide the past tense form of "hurry" and use it in a sentence.
What is "hurried; He hurried to get to class on time."?
Identify the conjunction in: "I wanted to walk, but it started raining."
What is "but"?
What is the the correct word to complete: "Put that book back! _________ mine!" (one person)
What is "It's"?
Find the adverb in this sentence: "Kiana quietly closed the heavy door."
What is "quietly"?
Identify the punctuation error and fix it: "After the parade we ate; at the park."
What is "After the parade, we ate at the park."?
Identify the helping verb(s) in: "They have been practicing their lines all week."
What are "have" and "been"?
What kind of noun gets capitalized?
What is a proper noun?
Which is correct in this sentence? "The cat dropped (their / its) toy." Explain why.
What is "its, because it is a singular non-human (one cat)"?
Identify the linking verb in this sentence: "The soup became too salty after it sat out too long."
What is "became"?
Rewrite this sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation: "my cousin emily went to st. paul's church on monday."
What is "My cousin Emily went to St. Paul's Church on Monday."?
These two forms of a verb are often used as adjectives, but the "past" form typically ends in -ed, -en, or -t, while this "present" form always ends in -ing.
What are participles (present participles and past participles)?
Find the interjection and explain its role: "Wow! That was an amazing jump."
What is "Wow! It emphasizes the excitement of the person speaking."?
Choose the correct homophone and use it in a sentence: "(They're/Their/There) going to the game."
What is "They're going to the game."?
Classify each italicized word in this sentence: "Although the small dog barked loudly, the mail carrier continued walking.
What is an adjective ("small") and an adverb ("loudly")?
The following sentence uses an apostrophe incorrectly. Rewrite it correctly: "The childrens playground need's a new slide."
What is "The children's playground needs a new slide."?
Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence: "Running for the ball, a player slipped in the mud".
What is "Running for the ball"?
In the sentence, "Mary got along quite well though she did miss her mother," identify the clause that could be enclosed by parentheses and write the sentence correctly using parentheses.
What is "Mary got along quite well (though she did miss her mother)"?
Explain the difference and write example sentences for: "you're" vs. "your".
What is "'You're is a contraction for 'you are,' while 'your' indicates possession. Ex: You're going to love this movie! Ex: Is this your book?"?