Parts of Speech
Identify all nouns:
Time seemed to go by quickly while she was watching television.
What is time and television
What is the subject of the sentence?
I played the piano in front of the crowd for the first time.
What is I
What is the conjunction in the sentence?
Since I have no money, I can’t go to the play.
What is since
What is the independent clause?
My pet needs a bath because it has fleas.
What is my pet needs a bath
Identify all adjectives:
The sun feels very warm today.
What is warm
What is the predicate of the sentence?
She planned and practiced for her dissertation defense.
What is planned and practiced for her dissertation defense
What is the conjunction in the sentence?
Larry was absent from school, but he had a good reason.
What is but
What is the dependent clause?
Although polar bears are cute, the mothers are extremely dangerous if they think you are threatening their cubs.
What is although polar bears are cute
Identify all adjectives:
When the old, gray haired man died, he left money to his grieving family.
What is old, gray haired, and grieving
What is the subject(s) of the sentence?
I fell from the roof, so my aunt came to the rescue.
What is I and my aunt
What is the conjunction in the sentence?
I want to eat at the new Chicago pizza joint or at a steakhouse.
What is or
What is the independent clause?
Some university classes are challenging while others are boring. while others are boring.
What is some university classes are challenging while others are boring.
Identify all verbs:
The teacher has corrected my poor grammar.
What is has corrected
What are the predicates in the sentence?
I have no money, but I keep shopping.
What is have no money and keep shopping
Which of the following conjunctions are coordinating conjunctions?
since, nor, before, or
What is the dependent clause?
The cell phone ban in cars won’t work unless the government has an enforcement program.
What is unless the government has an enforcement program
Identify all prepositions:
Due to the storm, it was very difficult to walk against the wind.
What is against
What is the subject(s) and the predicate(s) of the sentence?
Before driving to the mountains in the afternoon, we packed the car in the morning.
What is we and driving to the mountains and packed the car
Which of the following conjunctions are subordinating conjunctions?
when, yet, so, although
What is when, although
What is the independent and the dependent clause?
The newspaper reporter was arrested by the police because she refused to say who gave her the information.
What is independent: the newspaper reporter was arrested by the police
Dependent: because she refused to say who gave her the information.