Identify the action verb in the following sentence:
Billy, Jake, and Mike studied hard for their grammar quiz
What is studied
100
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence:
She ran errands on her lunch break.
What is she and her
100
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
My monster has huge red paws and two antennae on his round head.
What is huge, red, two, round
100
Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
He wrote quickly so that he could finish the test on time.
What is quickly
200
takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun
200
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:
Mary's parents are very open-minded people
What is are
200
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence. Tell whether it/they are common or proper:
The blue lockers at SIS hold my books.
What is lockers and books (common), SIS (proper)
200
Name two categories of adjectives other than color
What is answers will vary--weight, material, size, taste, smell, etc.
200
Identify the adverb and the verb in the following sentence:
The team searched frantically for the missing equipment
What is searched (verb) frantically (adverb)
300
an action or a connector for subjects and predicates
What is a verb
300
How can you tell the difference between a linking and action verb? Share the rule with us. Is the following verb linking or action?
Bob LOOKS sad today--he has a frown on his face and is looking down at the ground.
What is replace the word with is/are and if it makes sense, it is linking; linking
300
Read the following sentences. Identify the pronoun and the noun it replaces.
The cat ran down the street. While the family was looking, it circled back and hid in the backyard.
What is it replacing the cat
300
What is the difference between an abstract noun and an adjective? Come up with a pair and identify which is which.
What is you can HAVE an abstract noun, you can BE an adjective--HAVE responsibility (Noun) , ARE responsible (Adjective)
300
Name three adverbs of your own
What is answers will vary
400
a word that describes nouns
What is an adjective
400
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Label the verbs as helping or main:
Due to an illness, Erica has not been attending soccer practice.
What is has/been (helping) and attending (main)
400
Identify the nouns in the following sentence. Then, label them concrete or abstract:
John ran his first marathon yesterday.
What is John (concrete) and marathon (abstract)
400
In the following sentences, identify which adjective is comparative and which is superlative:
In my classroom, one bookcase is bigger than the other. However, the bookcase in our closet is the biggest.
What is bigger (comparative), biggest (superlative)
400
What questions do adverbs answer?
What is how, when, where, how often, how much
500
a word that describes verbs, nouns, or other of this POS
What is an adverb
500
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence. Label them as action, linking, and/or helping:
Jen thinks the cookies taste good; her grandmother must have baked them.
What is thinks (action), taste (linking), must have (helping), baked (action)
500
What is the difference between an abstract noun and an adjective? Come up with your own abstract noun/adjective pair
What is you can HAVE abstract nouns, you can BE adjectives. Answers will vary (have responsibility, be responsible)
500
Fix the following boring sentences by adding your own adjectives (at least three):
The woman is tall. She has hair and eyes. She wears jewelry, pants, a sweater, and shoes.
What is colors/shape/weight/material/etc.
500
What are the three steps to finding an adverb in a sentence?
What is look for the action, ask how, when, how much, how many, look for -ly