Verbs
Which of the following is a verb?
exuberance, crucial, wondering
wondering
Which of the following is a noun?
exuberance, crucial, wondering
exuberance
Which of the following is an adjective:
comedian, comedy, comedic
comedic
Which of the following is TRUE.
A) Coordinating conjunctions like "and" or "but" make a clause dependent, which means it can't stand alone.
B) Subordinating conjunctions like "since" or "because" make a clause dependent, which means it can't stand alone.
B) Subordinating conjunctions like "since" or "because" make a clause dependent, which means it can't stand alone.
Which is the correct definition for a DIRECT OBJECT?
The DO is what is directly receiving the action and answers the questions "what?"
The DO receives whatever is being given and answeres the question "to whom?"
The DO is what is directly receiving the action.
Which of the following is NOT a verb?
Is, Would, Be, Took, Verb
Verb
Which of the following is NOT a noun?
Wolves, School, Important, Spirit
Important
Which of the following is an adverb:
clean, five, around, whenever, black
whenever
Identify which clause is independent and which is dependent in the sentence below.
Since I have a dog at home, I need to leave by 5 tonight.
Dependent: Since I have a dog at home
Independent, I need to leave by 5 tonight
Identify the direct object in the sentence below:
The dog ate his food out of the bowl.
Direct object: his food
Change the following noun into a verb:
implication
imply
Change the following verb into a noun:
juxtapose
juxtaposition
Identify all the adjectives in the following sentence:
Bob cleaned his dirty car after his 4-year-old son enthusiastically spilled ketchup on the back seat in his excitement over the new toy.
dirty, 4-year-old, back, new
Identify the subject(s) and predicate(s) in the sentence below.
The team from the other school finally won a game since they had been practicing night and day.
Subject: The team from the other school / Predicate: won
Subject: They / had been practicing
Identify the Indirect Object:
The teacher gave the students a test.
Indirect Object: the students
Identify all the verbs in the following sentence:
Bob would have cleaned his dirty car after his 4-year-old son enthusiastically spilled ketchup on the back seat in his excitement over the toy, but he was tired.
would, have, cleaned, spilled, was
Identify all the nouns in the following sentence:
Bob cleaned his dirty car after his 4-year-old son enthusiastically spilled ketchup on the back seat in his excitement over the toy.
Bob, car, seat, son, ketchup, excitement, toy
Identify all the adverbs in the following sentence:
Maria is anxiously awaiting the return of her friend after that same friend went frolicking carelessly in the fields yesterday.
anxiously, carelessly, yesterday
Which of the following punctuation rules is FALSE?
When a dependent clause begins a sentence, a comma (is not) IS NEEDED after the dependent clause.
Which of the following sentences HAS an object?
I went to the store.
He gave me a hug.
They fought over the toy.
He gave me a hug.
Identify all the nouns in the following sentence:
It is possible that the rain destroyed the art installation before we got to see it, but what was on the display certainly did look like it was wet.
is, destroyed, got, see, was, did, look, was
Identify all the nouns in the following sentence:
It is possible that the rain destroyed the art installation before we got to see it, but what was on the display certainly did look like it was rained on.
rain, installation, display
Identify all the modifiers in the following sentence AND what each one modifies:
One day, I will find all the Easter eggs on the family hunt because I am tired of my sister bragging obnoxiously about her constant wins.
one -> day
all -> eggs
Easter -> eggs
family-> hunt
tired -> I
obnoxiously -> bragging
constant -> wins
How many clauses does this sentence have?
I went to the market but didn't find the thing that I wanted, so I decided to shop on Amazon; however, they had too many options, which boggled my mind.
Four
1) I went to the market but didn't find the thing
2) that I wanted
3) so I decided to shop on Amazon
4) however, they had too many options, which boggled my mind.
Write a sentence with a dependent and an independent clause where the dependent clause has both a direct object and an indirect object.
When I threw Annie the ball, she caught it.