Nouns & Pronouns
Verbs
Adverbs & Adjectives
Prepositions & Conjunctions
Vocabulary
100
Give two examples of Proper nouns and two examples of common nouns.
Examples Proper: Buck, John Thornton common: dog, sled
100
What is a verb?
A verb is an action or a state of being.
100
List the three adjective articles.
A, an, the
100
Name 5 prepositions
Examples: with to in on under
100
What does the word 'intrepid' mean?
Brave
200
Identify the abstract nouns: happiness floor poster mercy hatred music lamp feather love window
happiness, mercy, hatred, and love
200
What part of speech modifies a verb?
An adverb.
200
What are four of the five questions that adverbs can answer?
Where? When? How? Why? To what extent?
200
List the seven coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS).
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
200
What does the word 'primitive' mean?
From earliest times
300
Give two examples of compound nouns and two examples of collective nouns.
Examples: compound: basketball, toilet paper collective: class, team
300
List the three questions IN ORDER we have to ask when trying to figure out what kind of verb we have.
1) Is there an action? 2) Is the subject doing the action? 3) Is there a direct object?
300
What four questions can an adjective answer?
Whose? Which one? What kind? How many / how much?
300
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence: During the day, vampires sleep in shadows.
During the day in shadows
300
What is a courier? Who in CotW is a government courier?
courier - person who delivers messages, packages, and mail government couriers - Francois and Perrault
400
List five types of pronouns that we've talked about.
demonstrative, indefinite, personal, possessive, interrogative, relative
400
Identify the verbs in the following sentence: I should have been traveling to the north, but I was sleeping instead.
should have been traveling was sleeping
400
Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the following sentences: "He pursued the call into the forest like it were a tangible thing, barking softly or defiantly... Irresistible impulses seized him."
Adjectives: tangible, irresistible, the Adverbs: softly, defiantly
400
What are the noun objects in the following sentence?: The book of fairies was given to Ms. McGuire for Christmas.
fairies, Ms. McGuire, Christmas
400
What does 'primordial' mean?
Primordial - existing at or from the beginning of time
500
Identify all the pronouns in the following sentences and say what kinds they are: "He licked some up on his tongue. It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone. This puzzled him."
He - personal some - indefinite his - possessive it - personal this - demonstrative
500
Identify the verbs in the following sentences and say what kind they are: 1) “That is my cheesecake” (K. Young). 2) The cat was purring with delight (Gutzwiller). 3) The weird man ate cement (Cardenas). 4) The bone was chewed (Zajdzinski).
1) is - IL 2) was purring - IC 3) ate - TA 4) was chewed - TP
500
Give me a sentence where 'this' acts as a demonstrative adjective, and then a sentence where 'this' acts as a demonstrative adjective.
Adj - This cat is green! Pronoun - This is green!
500
Identify the prepositions and conjunctions in the following sentence: A good king and master does not command his men’s loyalty through fear nor purchase it with gold.
conjunction: and, nor preposition - through, with
500
What does 'callowness' mean? Use it correctly in a sentence.
callowness - inexperience The dogs suffer from Hal and Charles' callowness.
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