Spot the noun (a word that refers to people, animals, objects, events, feelings, etc.) in this sentence:
Billy's frog didn't last the winter.
"Frog" "Billy" "winter"
(Maybe next year Billy will get a G.I. Joe instead.)
100
Spot the adjective (a word that modifies a noun and describes the quality, state or action it possesses) in this sentence:
Now that my wife has left me, I am a free man.
"free"
(After twenty years of marriage, I'm ready to expand my horizons.)
100
Make this sentence into a declarative sentence (a sentence that states a fact, argument, or assertion and ends with a period):
What a thrill!
What a thrill.
(Note the sarcasm. I don't think he was very thrilled once we added that period.)
100
Spot the preposition (a word that precedes a noun to show the noun's relationship to another word in the sentence) in this sentence:
When I heard the police, I hid underneath our bed.
"underneath"
("Here comes a candle to light you to bed, and here comes a chopper to chop off your head!")
100
Spot the complex preposition (a group of words that functions as a single preposition) in this sentence:
I placed my cat on top of the dresser drawer so it wouldn't get in the way of what I was about to do.
"on top of" the dresser drawer
(Can't the cat just jump right off and interfere anyway?)
200
Spot the proper nouns (a noun that refers to the name of individual people, places, etc.) in this sentence:
Jillian went to Shanghai and we never heard from her again.
"Jillian" and "Shanghai"
(Hopefully Jillian will realize that her family loves her and dearly wants her to return.)
200
Spot the adverb (a word used to modify verbs) in this sentence:
"I awoke to the sound to of the violently slamming door."
"violently"
(Uh oh, better run!)
200
Make this sentence into an imperative sentence (a sentence that gives a direct command and ends in a period or exclamation mark):
Hey man, won't you come out of the car with your hands on your head?
(You decide, but I think it would probably look like this)
Get out of the car with your hands on your head, boy. *wipes doughnut powder off badge*
200
Spot the determiner (a word used with a noun that limits the reference of the noun) in this sentence:
I didn't know whether my shot had hit them or not, sir.
"my" referring to "my shot"
(We never should've sent those boys to Vietnam.)
200
Choose the sentence with the interjection (a word or phrase that shows emotion or surprise but has no grammatical relationship to the sentence):
Excuse me, but would you pass the salt?
Wow, it's so smooth now!
Wow, it's so smooth now!
(Slick! Neat!)
300
Spot the example of a countable noun (a noun that has a single and plural form) in this sentence:
My cat ran off, mated with another cat, and now I have six cats instead of one.
"Cats"
(I don't have the time or the money to care for more cats! I already have eight!)
300
Spot the postmodifier (a modifier that comes after the word it modifies) in this sentence:
Apparently, I was the candidate chosen for the reaping.
"chosen"
(May the odds be ever in your favor!)
300
Choose the imperative sentence from these example sentences:
Man, I need a hit of some grade A drugs.
But where will I get money for that?
Open register and empty its contents into this bag I've provided.
Open the register and empty its contents into this bag I've provided.
(Desperate times call for very detailed instructions.)
300
Spot the possessive adjective (an adjective used with a noun to show ownership) in this sentence:
I whirled my shotgun around to face the horde of mummies shambling toward me.
"my" shotgun
(We're gonna make a fortune off of this amulet we plundered, though!)
300
Why is this sentence called a compound sentence?
James has a shiny car, but Jaime only has a goat.
Because they are two sentences joined together by a conjunction.
(Disparity!)
400
Spot the example of an uncountable noun (a word that does not have a plural form) in this sentence:
Johnny had some wood that he found in the woods.
"Wood"
(Literally, not figuratively.)
400
Spot the premodifier (a word that is placed before the word it modifies) in this sentence:
The scaliest dragon won the prize at the village faire.
"scaliest"
(Hundreds of years later, this dragon was slain by a knight looking to impress his lady. They later broke up, but no one was thinking of the dragon.)
400
Choose the interrogative sentence (a sentence that asks a question and ends in a question mark) from these examples:
Why are you upset at me?
Well, are you saying you don't even know what you did?
Why are you responding to my questions with more questions?
They're all interrogative sentences!
(Was that one too easy?)
400
A comparative is the form of an adverb or adjective used to compare two things. Spot the comparatives in this sentence:
My fingers are longer than Jane's, but she has more chest hair.
"longer"
(But I love her anyway!)
400
Change the gender of these words:
Actress
Tiger
"Actor" "Tigress"
(Maybe they're friends.)
500
Grammar Challenge! Spot the noun that acts as a subject in this sentence:
My ex-girlfriend won't stop following me.
"ex-girlfriend"
(I am going to have to call the police soon.)
500
Spot the adjectival noun (an adjective that can sometimes function as a noun) in this sentence:
The newly rich, unless wise, tend to spend their money frivolously.
"Rich"
(Gold all on my chain, gold all on my watch etc.)
500
Write a declarative, exclamatory, interrogative, or imperative sentence to communicate your hypothetical love of dog-themed calendars
The answer is up to you, but I would have written:
Show me to your dog-themed calendar collection and keep your smelly dog away from me.
500
Spot the superlative (the form of an adjective or adverb that shows either the highest or lowest possible quality) in this sentence:
I am the strongest man at the gym, but my heart is empty.
"strongest"
(No joke here, just loneliness!)
500
Spot the pronoun (no definition! ultimate test!) in this sentence:
Still clutching my battered blade, I turned and swung it at the big Viking with the beard.
"it" referring to the "battered blade"
(And that's how the English language was born, right? Not quite?)