Nouns and Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
Types of Writing
A Little Bit of Everything
100
"Jury" is an example of this type of noun.
What is a collective noun?
100
"Am," "is," "can," and "did" are all examples of these.
What are helping verbs?
100
When the word "this," "that," "these," or "those" comes right before a noun or a pronoun, it is considered this type of adjective.
What is a demonstrative adjective?
100
Name the three types of topic and/or clincher sentences used in the Paragraph Writing Strategy.
What are General, Clueing, or Specific sentences.
100
In the sentence, "We will visit Chicago next summer," the word "will" is a/an __________________.
What is a helping verb?
200
"Basketball" is an example of this kind of noun, made up of two words used together as one.
What is a compound noun?
200
In the sentence, "You look lovely," the verb "look" is this type of verb.
What is a linking verb?
200
This type of adjective is placed right before a noun or a pronoun and always begins a question.
What is an interrogative adjective?
200
A word that signals the introduction of a new detail or is used to show a relationship within a paragraph is called a _______________.
What is a transition word?
200
In the sentence, "He knew most of the answers on the test," the word "most" is this type of pronoun.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
300
The words "this," "that," "these," and "those" are these.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
300
A transitive verb always has a noun or pronoun that follows it, that answers "what?" or "whom?" This word is called a/an________________.
What is a direct object?
300
In the sentence, "She does not like the Iowa winters," the word "Iowa" is considered this type of adjective.
What is a proper adjective?
300
Your personal narrative paragraph was an example of this type of writing.
What is narrative non-fiction (or non-fiction narration)?
300
In the sentence, "The police officer took out his pad and gave Alex a ticket for speeding," the word "his" is this type of pronoun.
What is a personal possessive pronoun?
400
"Anybody," "everyone," "few," and "several" are examples of these.
What are indefinite pronouns?
400
This type of verb expresses action, but will never be followed by a direct object.
What is an intransitive verb?
400
In the sentence, "I began my chores reluctantly," the adverb is ____________.
What is "reluctantly"?
400
Your comparison/contrast essay was an example of this type of writing.
What is expository writing?
400
In the sentence "Rain fell very heavily for an hour," the adverb that modifies another adverb is ____________.
What is "heavily"?
500
In the sentence, "Christine did not know that her brother had arrived," the name "Christine" is the __________ of the pronoun "her."
What is the antecedent?
500
These eight verbs are considered the "be" verbs.
What are "am," "is," "are," "was," "were," "be," "being," and "been"?
500
An adverb that modifies an adjective or another adverb will always answer this question.
What is "to what extent"?
500
A story with made-up characters based on the events surrounding the Holocaust would be this type of writing.
What is Historical Fiction?
500
Reflexive and intensive pronouns always end with this.
What is "self" or "selves"?
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