Verbs
Three kinds of verbs.
What is action verb, linking verb, and auxiliary verb
Function of the preposition.
What is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, to another word?
4 types of sentences.
What is a declarative sentence, imperative sentence, interrogative sentence, and exclamatory sentence?
The function of a adverb and an adjective.
What is the function of an adverb is to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs?
What is the function of an adjective is to modify nouns and pronouns?
True or false - A pronoun is a noun.
What is false?
The answer is false because pronouns replace a noun, but they are not nouns.
Identify the verb/verb phrase in the sentence below:
I have been studying Italian for the past 3 years.
What is "have been studying"?
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below:
The book with the tattered cover has been read by many scholars.
What is "with the tattered cover"?
Identify the type of sentence below:
The weather is warm and sunny; a perfect day for a picnic.
What is declarative?
Identify the adjective, what word it is describing, and type of adjective in the sentence below:
I cannot give you money at this moment.
What is "this", "moment", and demonstrative adjective?
Identify the abstract noun in the sentence below:
I could not contain my curiosity so I opened the mysterious door in my attic.
What is "curiosity"?
Identify if the verb in the sentence below is intransitive or transitive:
In the summer, Glenda sits on the front porch with her older sister.
What is intransitive?
Identify the object of the preposition in the sentence below:
The ant gets in my ears when I am sleeping.
What is "ears"?
An interrogative sentence usually begins with a(n)_______ verb that is split from the ________ verb
What is an interrogative sentence usually begins with an auxiliary verb that is split from the main verb?
Identify the adverb and what word it is describing in the sentence below:
Jack looked everywhere for his missing keys.
What is "everywhere" and "looked"?
Identify the pronoun and the type of pronoun in the sentence bein the sentence below:
She hid under the covers when the lighting struck.
Jumping in the pond could be dangerous.
True or false - The verb in the sentence above is "jumping"
What is false?
The answer is false because jumping is a verbal not a verb in this sentence.
Identify what word the prepositional phrase is modifying in the sentence below:
Only one of the hikers was not able to successfully complete the trail.
What is "one"?
Identify the type of sentence below:
Please forgive my meticulousness but you have spelled that word wrong in your email to her.
Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence below:
A mathematical puzzle, which confused many prestigious scholars around the world, was solved by an ambitious young student.
What is "mathematical", "prestigious", "ambitious", and "young"?
That sounded like the cat broke something.
True or false - The word "that" is functioning as a demonstrative pronoun.
Identify the verb and the type of verb in the sentence below:
Dreams come true when we believe in them.
What is "come" and linking verb?
Identify whether the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence below is an adverb or an adjective:
You should watch the show on snow leopards, which will play later tonight.
What is adjective?
Identify the type of sentence below and the punctuation that goes along with it:
How tall the plants have grown in the summer
What is exclamatory and exclamation mark(!)?
Identify the adverb(s) in the sentence below:
The beautifully painted landscape was never found in again after the thief, who was almost caught, stole it from the highly secured museum in England.
What is "beautifully, "never", "almost", and "highly"?
Identify the nouns, pronouns, and what type of noun or pronoun it is in the sentence below:
It's okay to be a glowstick; sometimes we have to break before we shine.
What is
Glowstick - Common noun and concrete noun
We - Subject pronoun
Shine - Abstract noun