Grammar Minute
Vocabulary
Test your grammar knowledge
In the news
Staff and Stars
100
This tells us who, or what about a sentence.
What is subject
100
This is how you describe the term "main character".
What is, the person who the story is centered around.
100
This is the term used to describe a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun.
100
This is what crews have been searching for in a vast area of an ocean.
What is the Malaysian air planes that vanished.
100
These are the names of the High School instructors.
What is Mr. Douglass, Mr. Z, Mr. White, Ms. Hans, and Mr. Plowden.
200
This tells us more information about the who or what in the sentence.
What is the predicate
200
This is the setting in a story.
What is, where a story takes places.
200
This is the verb in the following sentence: Mr. Douglass runs to the bathroom.
What is runs.
200
This is the topic of the article we read this week.
What is, how sexting is becoming a major issue among students and what schools are doing to stop it.
200
This celebrity is currently going on tour. The tours name is Bangers.
What is Miley Cyrus.
300
This is a general term person, place, or thing.
What is a pronoun
300
This is the theme for April.
What is commitment.
300
This is the adjective in the following sentence: Mr. White happily held his snake.
What is happily.
300
This is what legend says lurks in the waters around us.
What is Chessie.
300
This celebrity is banned from the pages of the top fashion magazines.
What is Kim Kardashian.
400
This describes what the noun or pronoun is doing.
What is an adjective
400
This is what should be included in a sentence.
What is a subject and a verb.
400
These are the pronouns in the sentence: Her English class was acting all bonkers, and she had to run out of the room because she couldn't stand it!
Her, she, she, it
400
This is the name of our Bay.
What is the Chesapeake Bay
400
This staff member has won the screaming competition in college.
What is Mr. Z
500
Ms. Hans went all crazy and yelled at her classes yesterday. This word is the pronoun.
her
500
This is what a conflict in a story is.
What is, a problem or issue that occurs during the story.
500
This is the predicate in the sentence: Mr. Z ran screaming down the hall when he saw the mouse.
simple: ran complex: ran screaming down the hall
500
This is the name of our vice president.
What is Joe Biden
500
This celebrity just slammed Kim K.
What is Mariah Carey
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