What is the term for a preposition that consists of more than one word?
What is a compound preposition
100
Is "elected" transitive or intransitive and why
The voters elected him.
What is transitive because the object is "him"
200
A verb that expresses a state of being.
What is a linking verb
200
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:
How are you doing today?
What is "are doing"?
200
Identify the adverb in the following sentence.
Yesterday, I had a huge smile on my face.
What is "yesterday"
200
The preposition, object of the preposition and any modifiers make up the _________________?
What is the prepositional phrase
200
This part of speech can be memorized with the acronym FANBOYS.
What is a conjunction
300
Identify all of the verb phrases in the following sentence.
I asked my mom if she would be home after work.
What is "asked" and "would be"
300
What is the adverb that is most commonly mistaken as part of the verb phrase by students?
What is "not"?
300
Identify the adverb in the following sentence that modifies another adverb.
Sherlock Holmes solved the case very quickly.
What is "very"
300
Identify the part of speech of "around" and "in".
He walked around in a purple Snuggie.
What is "around"=adverb and "in"=preposition
300
This part of speech has no grammatical relevance to the sentence.
What is an interjection
400
Identify the main verb and classify it as transitive or intransitive.
She remembered to ask the teacher the question.
What is "remember"- intransitive?
400
Identify the verb phrase and classify as action/linking.
What jobs has he not completed?
What is "has completed"- action
400
What three parts of speech can an adverb modify?
What is a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
400
The object of the preposition is always a ____________ or a ______________.
What is a noun or a pronoun
400
What part of speech is the word "not"
What is an adverb
500
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Identify the verb as action/linking and as transitive/intransitive.
Is your favorite book The Outsiders?
What is "is"- linking/intransitive
500
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Identify the helping verbs and main verbs. Classify as linking/action and as transitive/intransitive.
Are you feeling healthy today?
What is "are feeling" are-helping, feeling-main, linking and intransitive
500
In the following sentence, is "down" being used as an adverb or a preposition?
That team went down after playing the #1 team in the league.
What is an adverb
500
Identify all of the prepositions in the following sentence:
According to legend, Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology, was the father of the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.
What is according to, of, in, of.
500
This part of speech answers questions like where? when? how? to what extent?