Nouns & Pronouns
He/she are nouns. T/F?
What is false?
What does an adverb do?
What is describe verbs, adjectives, AND other adverbs?
What do verbs do?
What is show action or being?
What do conjunctions do?
What is join together two phrases in a sentence?
What do prepositions do?
What is show relation/direction?
Marissa carefully cut and sanded the boards. How many nouns?
What is 2?
What's the difference between adjectives and adverbs?
The word play is always a verb. T/F?
What is false?
What do interjections do?
What is show emotion or excitement in a sentence?
The word "through" can be a preposition. T/F?
What is true?
The ancient Greeks often decorated their pottery with scenes from daily life. List all the nouns and pronouns.
What is nouns: Greeks, pottery, scenes, life; pronouns: their
How many adjectives? The ghostly, yellow, brick house had a mean, furry, white dog in the untrimmed yard.
What is 7?
My favorite subject is writing. What is/are the verb(s)?
What is "is"?
Jaguars are wild cats, so are ocelots! What is the conjunction?
What is "so"?
His maps of ancient Greece hung on every wall in the house. What is the preposition?
What is on?
Rewrite the sentence replacing the repeated noun with a pronoun: The best part of the movie is the movie's special effects.
What is: The best part of the movie is its special effects.
A mass of dark, threatening clouds loomed above. What is the adverb?
What is above?
Mr. Shapiro has been repairing the piano all morning. What is/are the verb(s)?
What is "has been"?
Some people like pens that make a thick line but I prefer a thin line pen. What is the conjunction in this sentence?
What is but?
In spite of my shyness, I auditioned for the school musical. What are the prepositions?
What is "in" and "for"?
Count the nouns and pronouns: Jalisco is a state in western Mexico, and its capital is Guadalajara.
What is 5 nouns and 1 pronoun?
The ornate house on the corner was the last house beautifully built in a Victorian style. Are there adjectives and adverbs? What are they?
What is ornate, last, and Victorian (adj) and beautifully (adv)?
Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 and became an associate justice of the US Supreme Court in 1967. What is/are the verb(s)?
What is "was born" and "became"?
Wait! Don't forget the banana bread and cookies I baked for the picnic. What is the interjection and conjunction?
What is "wait" and "and"?
The word Mexico comes from a Nahuatl word for a god of war. What is/are the prepositional phrase(s) and preposition(s)?
What is "from a Nahuatl word" and "for a god of war" and "from" and "for"?