Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Punctuation
S-V-C and Comps
100
What is being discussed in a sentence or clause
What is the subject?
100
Adverb
What is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, where, when, why, how much (to what extent)?
100
Noun or pronoun that follows (usually) another noun or pronoun, identifies or explains it
What is an appositive?
100
I went to the store and bought apples, bananas, and a cantaloupe. This sentence is an example of...
What is comma rule 1: Use commas to separate items in a series?
100
S-V-C stands for...
What is Subject- Verb- Complement (Completer)?
200
Object Complement
What is a noun or adjective that follows a Direct Object, renames or modifies the Direct Object?
200
The noun or pronoun that a preposition relates to another word.
What is the Object of the Preposition?
200
The three types of verbals
What are gerund, infinitive, participle?
200
The greasy, fattening, flavorless fries went untouched at the dinner table. This sentence is an example of...
What is comma rule 3: Use commas to separate two or more like modifiers that describe the same word?
200
Action and Linking
What are types of verbs?
300
Word group with a subject, verb, and complete thought
What is a sentence or independent clause?
300
Direct Object
What is a noun or pronoun that usually follows an action verb, receives or shows result of action, answers "what" or "whom"?
300
Verbal Phrase
What is verbal plus complements and modifiers?
300
Semicolon Rule 1 (the entire rule).
What is use the semicolon between independent clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)?
300
Sentences with action verbs can be completed with...
What is NADA, DO, IO/DO, DO/OC?
400
The noun(s) in this sentence: The pig rolled around in the muddy puddle contemplating his happiness.
What are pig, puddle, happiness?
400
Phrase
What is a word group without a subject and verb, cannot stand alone, functions as a single part of speech?
400
The appositive/appositive phrase in this sentence: The hardworking student, Jim studied all weekend for his midterms.
What is "the hardworking student"?
400
FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
400
Sentences with linking verbs can be completed with...
What are PN, PA, and adverbials?
500
The modifier(s) in this sentence: The quiet woman paced the cold, marble floor.
What are quiet, cold, marble?
500
The antecedents and their pronouns in the sentence: Susan finished her homework and placed it in her homework folder.
What is Susan (her), Susan (her), homework (it)?
500
The adverbs in this sentence: Jim happily received his semester grades and discovered he had done quite well.
What are happily, quite, and well?
500
Of course, I love grammar; therefore, I study it daily. This sentence includes these punctuation rule(s)
What are comma rule 4: Use comma to set of interrupters (NINO); and semicolon rule 2: Use semicolon between independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb (T/TUNACAN) and use a comma after?
500
The boy kicked his skateboard forward. The DO in this sentence...
What is skateboard?
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