Nouns & Pronouns
California has a larger population than any other state in the United States.
Nouns - California, population, state, United States
Pronouns - none
Identify the underlined pronoun as personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, relative, reflexive, intensive, or reciprocal.
The team is going to the restaurant that is closest to the stadium.
Demonstrative
Give the adjective and adverb in the sentence:
This sparkling waterway is very shallow.
adj - this, sparkling, shallow
adv - very
Identify the underlined word as a conjunction, or interjection. Identify any conjunctions as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
The lifeguards did not like Carl the seagull on the diving board because he pooped a lot.
subordinating conjunction
She only paints with bold colours.
Nouns - colours
Pronouns - She
Identify the underlined pronoun as personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, relative, reflexive, intensive, or reciprocal.
The Special National Park includes the General Sherman Tree, and someone has measured its trunk to be over one hundred feet in circumference.
Indefinite
Give the adjective and adverb in the sentence:
Bad smells are not easy to miss.
adj - bad, easy
adv - not
Identify the underlined word as a conjunction, or interjection. Identify any conjunctions as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
Well, one day Byron decided to remove Carl permanently.
interjection
Give the nouns and pronouns in the sentence:
The effects of air are not always apparent to someone who is inside a plane.
Nouns - effects, air, plane
Pronouns - someone, who
Identify the underlined pronoun as personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, relative, reflexive, intensive, or reciprocal.
The Joshua tree itself can be found only in the western states of California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.
Intensive
Give the adjective and adverb in the sentence:
It was part of a stand that now has approximately five hundred trees.
adj - a, five hundred
adv - now, approximately
Identify the underlined word as a conjunction, or interjection. Identify any conjunctions as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
Byron snuck under Carl's diving board and punched him!
Coordinating Conjunction
Give the nouns and pronouns in the sentence:
He read many books on military tactics.
Nouns - books, tactics
Pronouns - He
Identify the underlined pronoun as personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, relative, reflexive, intensive, or reciprocal.
The two sciences are obviously related to one another.
Reciprocal
Give the adjective and adverb in the sentence:
We ate dinner very quickly.
adv - very, quickly
Identify the underlined word as a conjunction, or interjection. Identify any conjunctions as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
correlative conjunctions
Give the nouns and pronouns in the sentence:
What are the biggest shoes in the entire world?
Nouns - shoes, world
Pronouns - What
Identify the underlined pronoun as personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, relative, reflexive, intensive, or reciprocal.
The Sears Tower, which is no longer the tallest building in the world, is still quite impressive.
Interrogative
Give the adjective and adverb in the sentence:
The children screamed twice when the raggedy scarecrow began to speedily chase them.
adj - the, twice, the, raggedy
adv - speedily
Identify the underlined word as a conjunction, or interjection. Identify any conjunctions as coordinating, correlative, or subordinating.
Carl left, but he now resides elsewhere. The dock is his new home.
coordinating conjunction