Voice Switcheroo!
One day out of boredom, Jack jumped over the candlestick.
The candlestick was jumped over by Jack one day out of boredom.
I WAS THINKING about ordering Chinese food, but I REMEMBERED that I LIVE in Baltimore and PICKED pizza instead.
WAS THINKING: past progressive REMEMBERED: simple past LIVE: simple present PICKED: simple past
Identify all the DETERMINERS in the following sentence: Four bandits leaped onto the tugboat and tried to steal its distinctive foghorn for their collection.
Four the its their
THAT is clearly one of the worst ideas I've heard all day.
Demonstrative
I can't believe that NO ONE has identified the mystery ingredient yet.
indefinite pronoun
Several citations were issued for possession of open alcoholic beverages in a city park.
Indignant citizens issued several citations for possession of open alcoholic beverages in a city park.
The intense sunlight WILL FRY the lizards by the time the sun SETS tonight.
WILL FRY: simple future SETS: simple present
Identify all of the PARTICLES in the following sentence: I thought it best to tune out before I messed up and shut down the entire discussion with a untimely remark.
out up down
The grumbling students sat together in the empty room, sharing ONE ANOTHER's tales of misery and woe.
reciprocal
If we're lucky, the guest speaker will freeze UP, and we'll all feel TERRIBLY bad for him as we chuckle at his expense.
UP: particle TERRIBLY: qualifier
All of the appropriate hoops were jumped through before the rapt audience.
Well-trained tigers jumped through all of the appropriate hoops before the rapt audience.
The snail HAD THOUGHT that salt might be tasty, but he LEARNED his mistake yesterday.
HAD THOUGHT: past perfect LEARNED: simple past
Identify all of the adverbs in the following sentence: The lady in the expensive shoes impatiently flagged down the cab as the man drove fast down the block.
impatiently fast
The monster-under-the-bed ITSELF guaranteed the child that NO ONE would eat his toes if they hung over the side of the bed.
ITSELF: intensive NO ONE: indefinite
We SHOULD have considered all of the other alternatives before we hid the cookies IN the mailbox.
SHOULD: modal auxiliary IN: preposition
Sara baked cookies, and Carlos prepared fruit punch for the party.
Cookies were baked by Sara, and fruit punch was prepared by Carlos for the party.
The jackal IS LURKING in the bushes again even though we HAVE ASKED it several times to leave, and I know it WILL BE there again tomorrow.
IS LURKING: present progressive HAVE ASKED: present perfect WILL BE: simple future
Identify all of the PREPOSITIONS in the following sentence: The dancing cat in front of the crowd proclaimed that it was time to get down on the dance floor and shake off our blues.
in front of on
With great skill, the child gave HIMSELF a black eye, but surprisingly, NO ONE asked him about it.
HIMSELF: reflexive NO ONE: indefinite
The wrens hoped to fly ABOVE the hawk, but FOUR lightning bolts forced them down in the raptor's range.
ABOVE: preposition FOUR: determiner
Mistakes were made, and I paid the price as a result.
Someone made mistakes, and the price was paid by me as a result.
The nervous man HAS BEEN CHECKING his email on his phone all morning, and by the time the important message ARRIVES, the phone's batteries WILL BE dead.
HAS BEEN CHECKING: present perfect progressive ARRIVES: simple present WILL BE: simple future
Identify ALL OF THE PRONOUNS ACTING AS NOMINALS in the following sentence: He always claimed throwing a shoe at the bat was my bad idea, but in truth, it was his.
he it his
THAT man will give EACH and EVERY student who brings him a quarter a lollipop.
THAT: demonstrative EACH: indefinite EVERY: indefinite
The squid's insincere apology for HIS immature behavior was QUITE QUICKLY rejected by the octopus he had covered in ink.
HIS: third person singular possessive personal pronoun acting as a determiner. QUITE: Qualifer QUICKLY: Adverb