Parts of Speech
Parts of a Sentence
Nominative Case
Objective Case
Misc.
100
Name the nouns in the following sentence: We ran around the corner to the grocery store for some milk.
corner, store, milk
100
Identify the direct object in the following sentence: I threw the ball to my friend.
ball
100
What is the function of the word "band" in the following sentence: The band entertained the crowd for two hours.
Subject
100
Name the cognate object in the following sentence: She sang a song.
song
100
What room number are we in?
225
200
Name all verbs and nouns in the following sentence: By this weekend, Lisa will have painted her entire house.
verbs: will have painted nouns: weekend, Lisa, house
200
Identify the indirect object in the following sentence: Our school gives parents many opportunities to volunteer throughout the year.
parents
200
What is the function of the word "leader" in the following sentence: Emily was the leader of her group and she was extremely effective.
subjective complement
200
Identify the direct object in the following sentence: I drink Starbucks way too much and should probably stop.
Starbucks
200
Name all the parts of speech
noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection
300
Name all adjectives in the following sentence: This test will be the most difficult test that I have ever taken in my life.
This, the, difficult, my
300
Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: The influence of various cultures has changed the way many of us communicate and has profoundly impacted the dynamic of the average classroom.
of various cultures, of us, of the average classroom
300
What is the function of the word "Dan" in the following sentence: Dan, please close the door when you leave.
Direct Address
300
Identify the Indirect Object in the following sentence: The student often give their teacher Starbucks gift cards or twelve packs of Coke as presents during holiday time.
teacher
300
What kind of shoes did Kevin Burke wear yesterday?
flip-flops
400
Name the adverbs in the following sentence: Lisa quickly ran to the mall to buy the very last pair of vintage jeans.
quickly, very
400
Name the subjective complement in the following sentence: She is the captain of the team.
captain
400
What is the function of the word "teacher" in the following sentence: Bridget, our teacher, is making up some of the dumbest sentences we have ever read.
Appositive
400
Name the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: During the summer of 1988, I jumped on a nail that went between my toes and through my foot.
During the summer, of 1988, on a nail, between my toes, through my foot
400
What are the three questions that an adjective answers?
How many, what kind, which one?
500
Name, in order, all parts of speech for the following sentence: She studied her parts of speech until midnight last night.
pronoun, verb, adjective, noun, preposition, noun, preposition, noun, adjective, noun
500
Identify the appositive in the following sentence: Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, is located near the center of the state.
the capital of Indiana
500
Identify all nouns in the nominative case in the following sentence and name their functions: Ali and Linda, my partner teachers, were the co-chairs on the committee for religious education.
Ali, Linda= Subject teachers= appositive co-chairs= subjective complement
500
Identify all nouns in the objective case and their functions in the following sentence: She gave her students the test with great confidence that they would pass.
students=indirect object, test=direct object, confidence=object of a preposition
500
What was the name of the Shakespeare expert who visited class on Tuesday?
Christy Burgess
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