Parts of Speech
What part of speech is the word in quotation marks? The song was "very" beautiful.
What is an adverb?
That dog has no teeth.
What is a simple sentence?
What is missing?
Sue the one in the back has a perfect record.
What are missing commas?
Sue, the one in the back, has a perfect record.
The moon glowed like a fireball in the sky.
What is a simile?
Identify the sentence fragment:
A. I am concerned about Tyler.
B. He is ashamed to talk about his family.
C. Because he feels responsible for his parents' divorce.
C
What is the part of speech of the word in quotation marks?
The cow roamed "behind" the barn.
What is a preposition?
Dancing is Bill's worst nightmare, yet his parents forced him to take lessons.
What is a compound sentence?
Select the best comma placement choice:
A. Jason claims that he is not superstitious but he carries a rabbit's foot, and refuses to walk under a ladder.
B. Jason claims that he is not superstitious, but he carries a rabbit's foot and refuses to walk under a ladder.
C. Jason claims that he is not superstitious, but he carries a rabbit's foot, and refuses to walk under a ladder.
D. No commas needed
B
When he entered the room, it swallowed him up.
What is personification?
Identify the fragment:
A. Cheryl spent the entire weekend at the office.
B. Catching up on paperwork, returning email messages, and analyzing budget reports.
C. She said that she was extremely productive.
B
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and answers the questions which one(s)? how many/much? or what kind(s)
Adjectives
After I finish cleaning the kitchen, I have to go grocery shopping.
What is a complex sentence?
What is missing?
Watch out! Its a snake!
What is an apostrophe?
It's a snake!
A tree of birds tweeted a melody of sunny tomorrows.
What is a metaphor?
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, why?
That the dog would have to be put outside while the house was fumigated.
Sentence Fragment.
Which part of speech is the word in quotations? Jonathon loved "running" to the bus in the morning.
What is a gerund?
Although the gorilla is incredibly strong, its numbers are rapidly dwindling, and they will soon be lost to the world forever.
What is an compound-complex sentence?
Select the best comma placement choice:
A. After a night of heavy rain my four-year old son asked, "Who put that puddle there?"
B. After a night of heavy rain, my four-year old son asked "Who put that puddle there?"
C. After a night of heavy rain, my four-year old son asked, "Who put that puddle there?"
D. No commas needed
C
Crackling, popping and sizzling, the bacon hit the pan.
What is onomatopoeia?
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, why?
He used to work at Burger Palace now he works at Taco Land.
Run-On sentence.
What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
(Coordinating) Conjunction
Jake and Jim want to eat and play Fortnite all day.
What is a simple sentence?
What is missing?
Finn wasn't about to leave he was too excited.
What is a semi-colon?
Finn wasn't about to leave; he was too excited.
A wedding ring is an example of this.
What is a symbol?
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, why?
Because she was new in town and had not met any of her neighbors.
Sentence Fragment