Prepositions
Interjections and Conjunctions
Verbs Again
Which One?
Whole Sentence
100
The definition of a preposition
What is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence
100
The definition of an interjection
What is a word that expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to other words in the sentence.
100
The definition of a linking verb
What is they help to make a statement by serving as a link between two words
100
What is the difference between the word "Those" in the following sentences: Those are excited fans. Those fans are excited.
What is the first sentence uses it as a pronoun and the second uses it as an adjective.
100
What part of speech is each word in the following sentence: Jack threw the ball.
What is Jack-proper noun, threw-verb, the ball- common noun
200
A preposition always introduces a...
What is a prepositional phrase
200
The definition of a conjunction
What is that it joins words or groups of words
200
Pick out the linking verb in the following sentence: The largest ruin is the Great Temple of Amon.
What is "is"
200
The difference of the word "kindly" in the following sentences: She had a kindly manner. She spoke kindly.
What is an adjective in the first sentence and an adverb in the second sentence.
200
Define each word: The children played in the yard.
What is children- common noun, played-verb, in the yard- prepositional phrase
300
Define the preposition in the following sentence: I rode beyond the village.
What is beyond
300
The difference between a coordinating conjunction and a correlative conjunction
What is that coordinating conjunctions join equal parts of a sentence and correlative conjunctions are used in pairs.
300
Nevertheless, the temple seems an incredible undertaking.
What is seems
300
What is the difference of the word "that" in the following sentence: That camel is the most ill-tempered beast that I have ever encountered.
What is adjective and pronoun
300
Define each word: The hedges always look trim and neat.
What is hedges-noun, look-verb, always-adverb, trim and neat- adjective
400
Pick out the prepositional phrases in the sentence: The house on the corner is the oldest house on the block.
What is on the corner, on the block
400
Pick out the interjections in the following sentence: Wow, that was such a good game!
What is Wow
400
The definition of a verb phrase
What is the verb and the helping verbs that make up a unit
400
What is the difference of the word "flavor" in the following sentences: She used spices to flavor the stew. The stew has a good flavor.
What is verb and noun
400
Define each word: It was a fiercely competitative game.
What is it-pronoun, was-verb, fiercely-adverb, competative-adjective, game-noun
500
Pick out the prepositions in the sentence: The top of her bridal gown was embroidered with lace.
What is of her bridal gown and with lace
500
Pick out the conjunctions in the following sentence: A whaling trip was no pleasure cruise for either the captain or the crew, for they worked long hours during a day on the sea.
What is either, or and for.
500
Pick out the verb phrase in the following sentence: If you should follow the avenue of sphinxes which leads to the entrance, you would be amazed at the 42-meter-high gateway.
What is should follow and would be amazed.
500
What is the difference in the word over in the following sentence: Over a three-month period he was able to win her over to his point of view.
What is preposition and adverb.
500
Identify each word: The U.S. hockey team did not win an Olympic gold medal between 1960 and 1980.
What is United States hockey team- noun, did win- verb phrase, not- adverb, Olympic gold medal- noun, between 1960 and 1980- prepositional phrase
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