Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives
Identify the 3 common nouns in the following sentence:
The skinny types can be hung around the house as ornaments.
What are types, house, ornaments?
Identify the two prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
I was awestruck by the shining blanket of crisp, white snow.
What are:
by the shining blanket
of crisp, white snow
Identify the predicate adjectives in the following sentence:
Most parakeets are clever and affectionate.
What are clever, affectionate?
Identify the correct answer in parentheses:
(Do, Does) anyone here know the difference between a frog and toad?
What is does?
Identify the italicized clause as either independent or subordinate:
Charlie told me about the fuel shortages that have struck China throughout its history.
What is subordinate?
Identify the one abstract noun in the following sentence:
People grow many gourds simply for the enjoyment of their appearance.
What is enjoyment?
Identify the two adverbs in the following sentence:
Clip the curved tip of each claw very carefully.
What are very and carefully?
Identify the predicate nominative in the following sentence:
The mambo is a popular Cuban dance.
What is dance?
Identify the correct answer:
Tammy and I (has, have) agreed to build the sets for the play.
What is have?
Identify then italicized clause as independent or subordinate:
Since only ten people may sit at one table at a Chinese banquet, chopsticks are often sold in packs containing ten pairs.
What is independent?
Identify the 3 adjectives in the following sentence:
As the Japanese adapted this dish, the batter became lighter and fluffier.
What are this, lighter,fluffier?
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:
You should keep the victim of a poisonous snakebite calm and still.
What is should keep?
Identify the complement which is italicized:
The Hopi use kachina dolls in religious ceremonies.
What is a direct object?
Identify the correct answer:
Here (is, are) the magazines you ask to borrow.
What is are?
Identify the italicized clause as either adverb or adjective:
Her pitches, which included a lightning fastball, earned her a spot on the team?
What is adjective?
Identify the italicized word in the following sentence:
His grandfather, who was a strong influence in Joe's life, taught him about his culture and past.
What is a pronoun?
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
I studied for three hours for the science test, yet I only made a B.
What is yet?
Identify the complement in the following sentence:
Rosa Parks would not give a white passenger her seat on the bus.
What is a indirect object?
Is the agreement correct in the following sentence? If incorrect, tell the correct choice.
Both of the salads on the menu today contains onions.
What is incorrect? What is contain?
Identify the subordinate clause in each sentence and identify whether it is adverb or adjective.
I kept the plants that were new separate from our other plants for about a week.
What is that were knew separate from our other plants for about a week? It is an adjective clause.
What type of pronoun is the italicized word:
He continues to set goals and to challenge himself all the time.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
Identify the complements in italics:
After the game Coach Jackson gave each player a compliment and pat on the back.
What are player - indirect object and compliment, pat- direct objects
Is the agreement correct in the following sentence?
If not, please correct.
Someone on the bus forgot his or her backpack.
What is correct?
Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence and identify as either adverb or adjective.
We carefully designed the wooden platforms so that they would provide plenty of height variation.
What is so that they would provide plenty of height variation and it is adverb?