Comparing Adverbs/Adjectives
Which adjective is comparative?
Tall, Taller, Tallest
What is taller.
Independent/ Dependent?
I went to the store.
What is independent.
What is theme?
What is the moral of the story.
What is an action verb?
What is a verb that describes the action.
What is often used to offset an appositive or appositive phrase?
Hint:
What is a comma.
What adjective is a Superlative adjective?
Short, Shorter, Shortest
What is Shortest
Independent/ Dependent?
Because I went to the store.
What is dependent.
What is the theme?
Susie was waiting for Tina to arrive in the crowded lunch room. She looked through the crowd to see if she could spot Tina from afar. Tina was standing in an area all by herself. She had a perplexed look on her face, as there were no other seats available. Thankfully, Susie saved her a seat, and all was well.
What is friendship.
What is a linking verb?
What is the appositive?
Tonka, the family's beloved bull terrier.
What is Tonka.
Which is a positive adverb?
Warmly, warmer, warmest
What is warmly.
True/ False: This is a relative clause.
who had been a teacher
What is true.
What is the theme?
Ben knew his friend was about to receive a check for not being prepared for class. This would have been the third day in a row he would have to stand out. Ben gave the pencil to Tim. Later, Ben received a check and had to stand out.
What is friendship.
Linking or action?
The grocery store was a long way away.
What is linking.
What is the appositive?
My wife, Dorothy, enjoys musical theater.
What is Dorothy.
Which is comparative?
My Grandfather loves me (more/ most).
What is more.
What is an independent clause?
What is a group of words that can stand alone, has a subject and verb and is a complete thought.
What is the theme?
My best friend was having a party Friday night, but I also had a baseball game. This was going to be a tough decision. If I do not go to the game, I will let my team down.
What is Loyalty.
What are all of the action verbs?
When Sarah knocked at the door, Mrs. Stevens was there to open it. “Sorry, but Kayla is at her play practice today,” Mrs. Stevens said. Sarah looked disappointed, but she thanked Mrs. Stevens.
What is knocked, looked, and thanked.
What is the appositive phrase?
My brother's car, a sporty red convertible with bucket seats, is the envy of my friends.
What is a sporty red convertible with bucket seats.
Which is superlative?
I hate pizza more/the most).
What is (the) most
What is a dependent clause?
What is a group of words that have a subject and verb but does not contain a complete thought.
What is the theme?
Jim was stacking boxes at work. There was a certain height he had to reach. He stretched his body, but could not reach to place the final box at the top. Bill happened to see Jim struggling and came to his rescue, since he was a foot
What is teamwork.
Action or linking?
She played her flute all day.
What is action.
What is the appositive phrase.
My brother often likens himself to Zeus, the god of thunder.
What is the god of thunder.