Parts of Speech
This part of speech describes a noun (e.g., "blue," "happy").
What is an adjective?
Fix the error: "She don’t like apples."
What is "She doesn’t like apples"?
Homophone pair: "The ____ is shining on the ____." (sun/son)
What is "The sun is shining on the son"?
Capitalize this sentence: "the eiffel tower is in france."
What is "The Eiffel Tower is in France"?
The verb in this sentence: "Birds sing beautifully."
What is "sing"?
The part of speech that replaces a noun (e.g., "he," "they").
What is a pronoun?
Add punctuation: "Lets eat grandma" (Hint: It’s a life-saving comma!).
What is "Let’s eat, grandma"?
Anagram of "listen" that means "quiet."
What is "silent"?
Add apostrophes: "Sams book is under Jesses chair."
What is "Sam’s book is under Jesse’s chair"?
Is this a simile or metaphor? "Her smile was a ray of sunshine."
What is a metaphor?
The part of speech that shows action or state of being (e.g., "run," "is").
What is a verb?
Correct the tense: "Yesterday, I go to the store."
What is "Yesterday, I went to the store"?
Plural of "octopus" (accept both correct answers).
What is "octopuses" or "octopi"?
Correct the semicolon use: "I love cats; they are soft."
What is "I love cats; they are soft." (Correct as is!)
Correct the order: "never I have seen such a mess."
What is "I have never seen such a mess"?
This word modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb (e.g., "quickly," "very").
What is an adverb?
Fix the double negative: "I can’t get no satisfaction."
What is "I can’t get any satisfaction"?
This palindrome is the time of day when the sun is highest (same spelling forward and backward).
What is "noon"?
Give proper punctuation: "Bring these items a pen, paper, and glue."
What is "Bring these items: a pen, paper, and glue"?
Active to passive: "The dog chased the cat."
What is "The cat was chased by the dog"?
A word that connects clauses or sentences (e.g., "but," "because").
What is a conjunction?
Rewrite for clarity: "The man who was tall opened the door that was red."
What is "The tall man opened the red door"?
The only English word that ends in "-mt."
What is "dreamt"?
Add quotes: Stop! he yelled.
What is "Stop!" he yelled.?
Name the grammatical error: "Everyone should bring their own lunch."
What is "singular/plural disagreement" (should be "his or her")?