Prepositions
From his vantage point on the balcony, he could see the horses running across the field and into the woods.
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What's the participle (as adjective) in the following sentence?
The man threw a bone to the barking dog.
Barking
When you are joining two independent clauses, what do you need to add to the comma?
A coordinating conjunction.
Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction: however, meanwhile, yet, because?
Because
What is the verb tense in the following sentence?
I have run six miles today.
Present perfect.
What are the prepositional objects in the following sentence?
He took the book from the shelf and put it on the desk.
shelf, desk
What's the gerund in the following sentence?
Although it's difficult, I love translating.
Translating
What are the FANBOYS?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Complete the analogy:
Who is to subject as whom is to __________
object
What is the future progressive tense (3rd person singular) of read?
will be reading
What are the prepositions in the following sentence?
Despite his arrogance, he has shown sensitivity with regard to this issue.
despite, with regard to
He loves skating.
Direct object
You use a semicolon to join two ____________ clauses.
Independent
In the following sentence, what is the antecedent of the relative pronoun?
Sara, who won the gold medal, is giving the speech.
Sara
What are the subject, direct object, indirect object, and prepositional object of the following sentence?
She gave the classroom full of brilliant students a scintillating lecture.
subject: she
direct object: lecture
indirect object: classroom
prepositional object: students
In the following sentence, what is the indirect object, and what is the prepositional object?
Both are mother
Is the italicized portion a participial phrase or a gerund phrase?
Running every day is a habit of mine.
Gerund phrase
What do subordinating conjunctions join?
an independent and a dependent clause
No
Where should commas go in the following sentence?
The gilt-edged old chest which had been built in the 19th century fell down the stairs through the window and onto the lawn.
chest,
century,
stairs,
window,
The car raced by.
What kind of word is by in this sentence?
An adverb
Identify the gerunds and the participles in the following sentences:
The cheering fans overwhelmed the broken fence and pushed their way onto the field. I could hear their shouting from across the field.
Participles: cheering, broken
Gerunds: shouting
What kind of words introduce relative clauses?
Relative pronouns
Do we use which to introduce essential or nonessential clauses?
In the following sentence, should commas be put around the italicized phrase?
The car that has an automatic door is the one that belongs to the CEO.
No