Parts of Speech
The battalion commander was quite gentle in spite of his gruff outward appearance.
What are adjectives?
The political leaders have taken a hard line against the reformers seeking change.
What is the object of the preposition?
The election of Donald Trump and the ongoing crisis in Syria will headline the news for many months to come.
What is the (simple) future tense?
The young recruit was very nervous on his first day of basic training.
What is a simple sentence?
This represents the person or thing affected by the action of the verb.
What is the direct object?
During the football game the spectators were distracted by the fight in the stands.
What are prepositions?
DAILY DOUBLE
Many experts gave President Obama low marks in foreign policy during his eight years in the White House.
What is the direct object?
I haven't eaten yet
What is the present perfect?
I don’t like Japanese food or Indian food.
What is a simple sentence?
These verbs can’t have a direct object.
What are intransitive verbs?
He had invested $200 a month into his 401K, and now that account was worth $50,000.
What are verbs?
The marketing of the Chevy Nova in Mexico and South America was a huge failure, for obvious reasons.
What is the subject complement?
People have been hang-gliding off the cliffs at Marina Beach for years.
What is the present perfect progressive?
My brother and I had heated ping pong matches when we were young.
What is a complex sentence?
A unit of connected speech or writing that contains both a subject and a verb.
What is a sentence or what is a clause?
Because the class was so relieved and happy to pass the DLPT, all the students quickly planned a party tonight
What are adverbs?
The instructor gave us an assignment to memorize 20 new Chinese characters by tomorrow.
What is the indirect object?
The soldiers were counting on the Apache helicopters to clear out the enemy stronghold.
What is the past progressive?
I only got four hours of sleep last night, yet I still feel great this morning.
What is a compound sentence?
These indicate potentiality, advisability, necessity, possibility, etc.
What are modal verbs?
Learning Farsi is the most difficult thing I have ever done!
What are verbal nouns (or gerunds)?
Many people consider Elvis Presley the “King of Rock & Roll.”
What is the object complement?
Good food is served at Belas Dining Hall every day.
What is the (present) passive?
The museum has paintings and other works of art which are priceless.
What is a complex sentence?
This tells us whether the subject performed the action or not.
What is (passive) voice?