Parts of Speech
"The fire burned through the floor."
What is burned?
This grammatical error features in the Rolling Stones' song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
What is a double negative?
It's what was in the box that Asif and Parvana fought over.
What are bullets?
It's the country that Hamish and his wife Jeanie hailed from before coming to Canada.
What is Scotland?
Crime and _________
What is punishment?
Everyone uses these when they don't want to use a proper noun when addressing a person.
What is a pronoun?
Although people rarely use it, this word should be used in place of "who" in the sentence: "Who did you want to go to prom with?"
What is "whom"?
This word refers to a style of flat bread, common in Afghanistan and other parts of Asia including India, commonly made with garlic.
What is naan?
This is the Canadian province that the third act of Paint took place in.
What is Saskatchewan?
Law and __________
What is order?
The adjective in the sentence is this word:
"The solid iron handcuffs locked with a click."
What is solid?
This sneaky error comes in when you use a comma when you should use a period, like so:
"The two boys will be late, they are coming back from intramurals."
What is a comma splice?
What is an internally displaced person?
The climax of the novel features one of these, which became common in the 1930s and in parts of the 1800s.
Duck and __________
What is cover?
In the sentence "The dog quickly dove under the fence", the word "quickly" is an example of this.
What is an adverb?
It's what happens when you don't line up certain words in a sentence, like this: "The girls was in the bathroom."
What is subject-verb agreement?
This is the name for the allied forces, including Canada, the United States, the UK, and France, who invaded Afghanistan in 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks.
What is the Coalition?
Albert wanted one of these large, strong horses to pull a plow, but he couldn't afford one and it would have cost too much to feed anyways.
What is a Clydesdale?
Seek and __________
What is destroy?
In a sentence, a predicate is used to describe what this does.
What is a subject?
It's what you're left with when your sentence is missing a noun or a verb, like this one: "Went to school."
What is a sentence fragment?
This is the name for the system of Islamic law that the Taliban introduced in Afghanistan when they were in power.
What is sharia law?
It's the Indigenous nation that Noisy Horse belonged to, which claims Mount Rushmore as their traditional territories.
Who are the Lakota?
Cloak and __________
What is dagger?