Verbs
There are three basic verb tenses. Name them.
What are past, present, and future?
This is the difference between a common and a proper noun.
What is a proper noun refers to some specific person, place, brand name, etc.; a common noun refers to a generic person, place, or thing.
Adjectives modify these two parts of speech.
What are nouns and pronouns?
Adverbs may modify an entire sentence, but most commonly modify these parts of speech.
What are adverbs, verbs, and adjectives?
FANBOYS is an acronym used to remember this kind of conjunction.
What is coordinating?
This kind of verb has two categories: transitive and intransitive.
What is an action verb?
This is the kind of noun you can perceive with your five senses.
What is a concrete noun?
In the following sentence, this is the descriptive adjective:
Batman tried on his shiny cape.
What is shiny?
"Always" is an example of this kind of adverb.
What is an adverb of frequency?
This kind of conjunction is known as a dependent clause marker.
What is subordinating?
This grammatical mood is defined by wishes and hypotheticals.
What is subjunctive?
This is another word to describe uncountable nouns.
What is a mass noun?
Find the comparative adjective:
Best
Most Expensive
Braver
Beautiful
What is braver?
If I tell you I will finish the homework tomorrow, I just used this kind of adverb.
What is adverb of time?
What is a comma splice?
In the following sentence, the verb "is" is this kind of verb:
George is a filmmaker.
What is linking?
A word that functions as a singular noun while referring to a group of people or things is this kind of noun.
What is collective?
If I say I like Shakespearean language, I just used this kind of adjective.
What is a proper adjective?
This kind of adverb tells us how something happens.
What is an adverb of manner?
This is when your poster presentations are being given.
When is February 25?
This kind of grammatical mood is expressed in the following sentence:
Can you please get me a new book to read?
What is imperative?
These are the three noun cases we discussed.
What is nominative, objective, and possessive?
Find the adjective in the following sentence:
The ball floated away.
What is "the"?
Find the adverb and identify what kind of adverb is in the following sentence:
I carried my umbrella outside in case it rained.
What is outside and adverb of place?
This kind of phrase is in between the commas in the following sentence:
Batman, a superhero of the highest renown, is believed to live in Gotham City.
What is an appositive?