Parts of Speech
I benefited from that class.
'benefited' here is _______
A. a noun
B. a verb
C. an adjective
I benefited from that class.
'benefited' here is a verb
A. a noun
B. a verb
C. an adjective
Correct or incorrect sentence for grammar?
I can speak two languages.
Correct
It has a capital letter, subject, verb, and punctuation to end the sentence.
Is this correct or incorrect?
i like to eat ice cream.
I like to eat ice cream.
Complete the sentence wit the appropriate transition word.
There are many advantages to using technology. _______, there are some downsides too.
A. For example
B. However
C. Therefore
D. And
There are many advantages to using technology. However, there are some downsides too.
B. However
This word contrasts with the previous sentence
They took _____ time.
A. their
B. there
C. they're
They took _their_ time.
A. their
(possessive) the time belonged to them
What is a benefit of reading?
benefit = ________
A. Adjective
B. Verb
C. Noun
What is a benefit of reading?
benefit = noun
'benefit' is a 'thing' here
Where does the comma go?
Even though__ I was tired__ I did the work___
A. B. C.
Even though I was tired, I did the work.
A. B. C.
Correct or Incorrect?
They went to london, England on Wednesday.
They went to London, England on Wednesday.
They are bilingual. _________, they are able to speak two languages.
A. However
B. Therefore
C. Even though
D. If
They are bilingual. Therefore, they are able to speak two languages.
therefore - so - for this reason
I don't know where ______ house is.
A. you're
B. your
I don't know where __your____ house is.
B. your
the house that belongs to you
They wanted to achieve their goal.
"Achieve" here is _______
A. verb
B. noun
C. adjective
They wanted to achieve their goal.
"Achieve" here is a verb (action word)
Choose the correct sentence.
A. If I don't feel well I take medicine.
B. If I don't feel, well I take medicine.
B. If I don't feel well, I take medicine.
Where do you pause when speaking? Why?
Correct or incorrect?
There are 12 months in the year.
Correct
There are 12 months in the year.
we don't capitalize the word 'month' but we capitalize specific months (January, May, October, etc.)
Despite their hard effort, they __________.
A. weren't successful
B. were successful
Despite their hard effort, they __________.
A. weren't successful
"Despite" is a contrast word
hard effort/not successful
I'm _____ tired to work right now.
A. to
B. too
I'm too tired to work right now.
too = negative meaning - I can't work because I am so tired.
A. then
B. than
Florida is bigger ________ Virginia.
B. than
than = compares
then = next
Is this a complete sentence?
Because I was hungry.
No, you need to have a subject and verb in a sentence.
I ate it because I was hungry.
Because I was hungry, I ate it.
etc.
They bought a lot of pepsi for the party on saturday in richmond.
Which word(s) need to be capitalized?
They bought a lot of Pepsi for the party on Saturday in Richmond.
proper nouns
Pepsi, Saturday, Richmond
That doesn't _______ me.
A. affect
B. effect
That doesn't _______ me.
A. affect
affect = verb *
effect = noun *
*in MOST uses of these words