Parts Of Speech
A noun can be defined as a __________, _________, or _________.
What is a person, place or thing?
This question requires multiple answers. What are the three types of verbals?
__________, ___________ & ____________.
What are gerund, participle and infinitive?
What is the grammatical mood for the following sentence?
Where is your planner?
A: What is the interrogative mood?
* If you notice a question mark at the end of a sentence it will most likely be in the interrogative mood.
Identify whether the following sentence is in active or passive voice?
Mr. Elliott lost the key to the phone cart.
What is the active voice?
* The subject is directly performing the action.
The subject usually comes first in the sentence.
Subject: Mr. Elliott
Action" Losing the keys
Where are commas placed in relation to a conjunction?
EX: He loved cake but his stomach was full.
What is before the conjunction?
EX: He loved cake, but his stomach was full.
This part of speech modifies a verb and frequently ends in -ly.
What is adverb?
EX: correctly, quietly, and genuinely.
Verbals can function as a ________, _________ or an _________.
What are noun, adjective or adverb?
What type of grammatical mood is the following sentence?
I hope that he defeats Mr. Kid in a dance battle at the next assembly.
What is subjunctive?
*"Hope"
The subjunctive mood expresses an unlikely wish.
(There is a low probability that this will happen in a short time period.)
Identify whether the following sentence is written in the active or passive voice.
Sabrina Carpenter performs all over the globe.
What is the active voice?
* In the active voice the subject directly performs the action.
Subject: Sabrina Carpenter
Action: Performs
This punctuation is used to connect two closely related independent clauses (complete sentences) without a conjunction (e.g., and, but), or to separate items in a complex list.
What is a semicolon?
EX:Zach went to the suite; Cody went to the lounge. * This sentence has no conjunction.
This question requires two answers. Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentence.
She didn't write her name on the paper.
What is "she"?
What is "didn't write her name on the paper"?
*The subject is the person performing the action.
The predicate is everything after the subject that provides context as to what they are doing.
What type of verbal is the following sentence?
He missed his chance to succeed.
What is infinitive?
*They are a special form of verbs that can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. To + a verb
He missed his chance to succeed.
"to succeed" acts as a noun in this sentence.
What type of grammatical mood is the following sentence?
Take your feet off the desk now!
What is the imperative mood?
* It issues a command or request.
Selections were made by the panel.
What is the passive voice?
* "by the noun"
The object acts upon the subject.
Doesn't sound like the usual conversation.
What form of punctuation would best fit below?
Make sure to complete the work from pages 1___5.
What is an en dash?
*En dash is used to show a range in numbers.
En dash = In range
What three words are known as articles?
_____, _________ & ___________.
What is
A: Used before a consonant (A book)
An: Used before a vowel (An apple)
The: Used with both vowels and consonants
(The apple or The book)
What type of verbal is the following sentence?
Surprised, he said, "so that's how you wanna play"?
What is participle?
Surprised, he said, "so that's how you wanna play"?
*Surprised works as an adjective to describe the manner in which the dialogue was stated.
What is the grammatical mood of the following sentence?
If you don't use your planner, then you may be surprised by deadlines.
What is the conditional mood?
* Key words like If and then help us to identify the conditional mood. If a certain criteria is met then something specific will happen.
Rewrite the sentence in the opposite voice.
The novel was written by a famous author in 1995.
What is a famous author wrote a novel in 19985.
Which punctuation would best fit in the sentence below?
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles_____Carter is a global icon.
What is a hyphen?
*Hyphens are similar to a hyperlink. They both connect something.
This question requires two answers.
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
What part of speech are FANBOYS?
What is a conjunction?
What is For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So ?
What is the verbal in the sentence below?
She hates testing.
What is a gerund?
*A gerund is a verb functioning as a noun that ends with -ing. Simply put, it goes from an action to a thing!
She hates bullying, screaming and running.
(a thing as a concept instead of an action)
Generate an original sentence in a conditional mood.
What is
Identify the subject and the object.
The students followed the instructions very closely.
What is students for subject and instructions for object?
This question requires multiple answers. How many commas should be added to the following sentence?
After finishing his homework John made dinner watched a movie and went to bed.
What is three?
After finishing his homework, John made dinner, watched a movie, and went to bed.
* The first comma separates the introductory phrase. The second and third commas are used to separate items in a list.