Sentences
Name the 4 types of sentences.
Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory
Is this verb transitive or intransitive?
I took the trash to the curb.
Transitive
What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
A phrase is a group of related words that does not have both a subject and a verb.
A clause has both a subject and a verb.
Is this a common or proper noun?
I love to eat (croissants).
common noun
What is the term for the word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun replaces?
Antecedent
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
My elderly Aunt Betty spent her day knitting me a blanket!
Aunt Betty
Is this a transitive or intransitive verb?
After lunch, I slept on the couch for three hours!
Intransitive
Is the part in parentheses a phrase or a clause?
(In the summer), I visited my grandparents in Texas.
Phrase
Is a count noun or a noncount noun?
She spilled all of the (juice) onto the floor.
noncount
What case is this pronoun?
They refused to go on the roller coasters.
Subjective
What is the complete subject of this sentence?
My elderly Aunt Betty spent her day knitting me a blanket!
My elderly Aunt Betty
What kind of verb is this?
My favorite car is a Mercedes G Wagon.
Linking Verb
Is the part in parentheses a phrase or a clause?
The "snowbirds" are people who temporarily move south (when the weather is cold.)
Clause
Is this a collective or compound noun?
The entire (class) flocked to the window to see the man parachute from the plane.
collective
What case is this pronoun?
Please give him the french fries.
objective
What is the difference between a simple predicate and a complete predicate?
The simple predicate includes only the verb(s), but the complete predicate includes the verb(s) and all the other words that tell what the subject is or is doing.
Name two complements that come after a linking verb.
Predicate Adjective and Predicate Noun
What is the dependent clause in this sentence?
After she painted the sunset, she washed her paintbrushes in the sink.
(After she painted the sunset)
How is the noun being used?
The greasy hamburger, our (lunch), made me feel yucky.
Appositive
What is the name for a pronoun that points out specific persons and things.
(That) is his favorite movie!
Demonstrative pronouns
What is inverted order?
If the subject of the sentence comes after the verb or in between two parts of the verb, the sentence is in inverted order.
Which type of complement answers the questions: to whom? or for whom?
Indirect Object
Is the part in parentheses an independent clause, a dependent clause, or a phrase?
Mr. Peterson, (the best pickleball player in the state,) gave us lessons about the game in gym class today!
phrase
How is the noun being used?
(Timothy), help your mother with the groceries please.
Noun of Direct Address
Which type of pronoun does not have an antecedent because it does not refer to specific things?
They broke (many) of the rules when they decided to skip school and toilet paper the principal's car.
Indefinite pronouns