Sentence Classification
Verb Tense
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Misc
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Tell me what the subject noun, verb transitive, and direct object are in the following sentence: During the football game, Bo kicked the winning point.
What is Subject Noun - Bo Verb Transitive - Kicked Point - Direct Object
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What is the verb or verb phrase of the following sentence? Is it past tense, future tense, or present tense? This pen will not write.
What is Verb phrase: Will write Future tense because "will" is a future tense helping verb.
100
A comma is missing from the following sentence. Where should it go? Before the freeze the busy farmer harvested the crops in his fields.
What is Before the freeze, the busy farmer harvested the crops in his fields.
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Define Deficiency
What is A lack of something needed
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Is this sentence in a natural or inverted order? If natural or inverted, what would you do? During the football game, Bo kicked the winning point.
What is Inverted - Underline the subject parts once and the predicate parts twice.
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Classify the following sentence: Two birds built a nest.
What is two - adjective birds - subject noun built - verb transitive a - article adjective nest - direct object
200
Explain the difference between an irregular and a regular past tense verb. Give an example of each
What is An irregular verb becomes irregular by changing a vowel in the middle of the word. ex: froze A regular verb becomes regular by adding ed to the end of the verb. ex: jumped
200
Make the 5 changes necessary to the following sentence: joshs life changed the day he went to an state fair in tennessee
What is Josh's life changed the day he went to a state fair in Tennessee.
200
Define customary
What is the usual way something is done
200
How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence and what are they? Before the freeze, the busy farmer harvested the crops in his fields.
What is 1 prepositional phrase "Before the freeze"
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Do the first 6 questions from the question and answer flow when classifying this sentence: He and I mailed postcards to our parents from camp.
What is 1.) Who mailed postcards to our parents from camp? He and I - CSP, CSP 2.) What is being said about he and I? - He and I mailed, Verb 3.) He and I mailed what? Postcards, verify the noun 4.) Do postcards mean the same thing as he and I? - No 5.) Postcards - DO 6.) Mailed - V-t
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Name all future tense helping verbs
What is Will and shall
300
From the sentence below, tell me the adjectives, verb-transitive, possessive pronoun adjective, and direct object This greedy goat ate all the vegetables in our garden!
What is Adj- this, greedy V-t - ate PPA - our DO - vegetables
300
Create an antonym analogy relationship.
What is Ex: Narrow:wide :: dark:bright
300
If a sentence has a verb, the verb will tell the tense of the sentence. However, if the sentence also has a ___________ that will tell the tense of the sentence.
What is helping verb
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Classify the following sentence using the entire question and answer flow: My uncle makes delicious cakes and delightful pies
What is uncle - SN uncle makes - verb cakes and pies - verify the nouns do cakes and pies mean the same thing as uncle? - no Cakes and pies - Compound direct objects Makes - verb transitive delicious - adjective and - conjunction delightful - adjective my - PPA SN V-T DO P2 Skill Check Verb - transitive - check again Period statement, declarative sentence. Natural - no change
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Name ALL past tense helping verbs
What is was, were, had, did, been
400
Make all 7 corrections needed to this sentence: jeremys class is reading because of winn dixie a novel about a homeless dog
What is Jeremy's class is reading Because of Winn Dixie, a novel about a homeless dog. (Title underlined)
400
Define Designate and use it in a sentence.
What is To name or assign Example: Ashley was designated as secretary of the book club.
400
Define a direct object and tell me where to find it
What is A noun or pronoun located in the predicate
500
Classify the whole sentence using the question and answer flow: Two skillful little birds built a splendid nest in the branches of our tree.
What is What built a splendid nest in the branches of our tree? - Birds SN What is being said about birds? - Birds built - verb Birds built what? - Nest - Verify the noun Does nest mean the same thing as birds? - No Nest - DO Built - V-t What kind of nest? Splendid - Adj A- A In - P In what? - Branches - OP The - A Of - P Of what? - Tree - OP Whose tree? - Our - PPA What kind of birds? Little - Adj What kind of birds? Skillful - Adj How many birds? - Two - Adj SN V-t DO P2 Skill check Verb transitive - check again (In the branches) - Prepositional phrase (Of our tree) - Prepositional phrase Period, statement, declarative sentence. Go back to the verb. Divide the complete subject from the complete predicate. Is this sentence in a natural or inverted order? - Natural, no change.
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Name all present tense helping verbs
What is am, is, are, has, have, do, does
500
Make the 8 corrections necessary to this sentence: one of dads favorite pastimes are building birdhouses but he isnt the best birdhouse builder in the world
What is One of dad's favorite pastimes is building birdhouses, but he isn't the best birdhouse builder in the world.
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Give an example of a homonym analogy
What is Example: Pair : pear :: pain : pane
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Name 5 regular past tense verbs and 5 irregular past tense verbs
What is Answers will vary. Past tense regular end in -ed (ex: climbed) and past tense regular have a vowel change in the middle (ex: became)
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