Name That Word Job! (Parts of Speech)
Identify the part of speech of “brightly” in: The stars shone brightly above us.
What is an adverb?
What is the complete predicate of this sentence: "The students in the hallway whispered quietly."
What is "whispered quietly"
What kind of clause is in italics?
"We’ll go hiking if the weather stays clear."
What is a subordinate/dependent clause
Identify the location of the comma:
He was late to class so he missed the warm-up.
What is after class or before so.
Rearrange this sentence so the subordinate clause comes first:
We went to the park after the rain stopped.
What is After the rain stopped, we went to the park.
Which word in the sentence is a conjunction? "She wanted to dance, but her shoes were too tight."
What is “but”?
Identify the compound subject: "Maria, Lucas, and James studied together at the library."
What is "Maria, Lucas, and James"
Which of these sentences contains two independent clauses?
A) Before the show began, the lights dimmed.
B) The show began, and the crowd cheered.
C) While we waited, we got snacks.
What is A.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A) Because it snowed we canceled the trip.
B) Because it snowed, we canceled the trip.
C) We canceled the trip, because it snowed.
What is B?
Add a coordinating conjunction to combine these:
I was tired. I kept working.
What is I was tired, but I kept working.
Identify the linking verb in this sentence:
"The students are excited and cheered loudly during the assembly."
What is “are”?
Fix this run-on sentence using correct punctuation:
"The bell rang students rushed to class."
What is: The bell rang, and students rushed to class. —or—The bell rang. Students rushed to class.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A) We stayed inside, because it started to rain.
B) Because it started to rain we stayed inside.
C) We stayed inside because it started to rain.
What is C?
Identify the punctuation error:
She wanted to leave, and grabbed her coat.
No comma is needed.
Turn this sentence into one with a dependent clause and remove the comma:
We had fun, because the ride was exciting.
What is We had fun because the ride was exciting.
Identify the part of speech of each italicized word:
My little "brother" "quickly" grabbed the "last" cookie.
What is:
brother: nounquickly: adverb
last: adjective
Break this sentence into simple subject, complete subject, and complete predicate:
"The excited players from the visiting team celebrated their win."
Simple subject: players
Complete subject: The excited players from the visiting team
Complete predicate: celebrated their win
Which sentence contains two subordinate clauses and one independent clause?
A) Although she was tired, she stayed up late.
B) She stayed up late because she was studying and forgot to set an alarm.
C) Because she was studying and since she forgot to set an alarm, she stayed up late.
D) She stayed up late, and she forgot to set an alarm.
What is C?
Combine these two sentences with proper punctuation and conjunction:
He forgot his notebook. He borrowed one from a friend.
What is
He forgot his notebook, so he borrowed one from a friend.
Fix the misplaced comma:
We stayed home, although we wanted to go.
We stayed home although we wanted to go.
Choose the sentence where “run” is used as a noun, not a verb.
A) I go for a run every morning.
B) I run every morning.
C) Run to the store, please.
D) They run a tight ship.
What is "A"
Which sentence has a compound predicate and no conjunction?
A) I packed my bag and left.
B) I packed my bag, and I left.
C) I packed my bag then I left.
What is "A"
Identify all the clauses in this sentence:
"Although I was nervous, I gave my speech, and the audience clapped."
Subordinate clause: Although I was nervous
Independent clause 1: I gave my speech
Independent clause 2: the audience clapped
True or False:
A comma is always needed before a FANBOYS conjunction.
What is false.
(Only if joining two independent clauses)
Write a sentence with three clauses: one independent, one subordinate at the beginning, and one joined by FANBOYS.
Example: Although it was late, we stayed up, and we watched a movie.