Parts of Speech
The part of speech that describes a verb.
Fill in the blank:
If a noun in a sentence is singular, the verb must be ______; if the noun in a sentence is plural, the verb must be ______.
What are singular and plural.
All sentences need a subject and a ___________.
What is verb.
Which spellings of their, there, or they're is correct in the following sentence: "___ going to the park after school because ___ dog loves to play fetch."
What is they're and their.
What is wrong with the following sentence:
I went to the store, and, I bought apples, oranges, bananas, and, grapes, because, I was hungry.
What is this sentence uses too many commas.
The word "football" in the following sentence is what part of speech?
"The boy took the football to the park."
What is a noun.
What is the correct verb in this sentence?
My friend and I (is / are) planning a study session tonight.
What is are.
The object of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that receives the action of the verb. It answers the question “what?” or “whom?” after the action. What is the object in the following sentence?
The teacher gave the students extra homework.
What are the students.
Identify which spelling of to, two, or too is correct in the following blanks:
I want ___ go ___ the party, and my friend wants to come ___.
What are to, to, and too.
Correct the apostrophe error(s) in following sentence:
The dog wagged it’s tail happily as it ran through the Smiths yard."
What is "The dog wagged its tail happily as it ran through the Smith's yard."
This part of speech describes a person, place, or thing.
What is the proper verb in the following sentence?
Each of the players (has / have) a new uniform.
What is has.
A sentence modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that adds extra information to a sentence but is not essential to its basic meaning. It modifies or describes other parts of the sentence, such as the subject, verb, or object. What is the modifier in the following sentence:
The cat, sleepy from playing all day, curled up on the couch.
What is sleepy from playing all day.
What correct spelling of it's and its should go in the following blanks:
The cat licked ___ paw because ___ sticky from eating honey.
What are its and it's
Identify the error in the following sentence:
Her best friend, erika, was funny and smart.
What is the term used for a word that governs and usually preceds a noun to express relation to another word in a clause?
What is a preposition?
Identify the correct verb:
Neither the manager nor the employees (was / were) aware of the new policy.
What is were.
An independent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence. Which part of the following sentence is an independent clause?
She enjoys reading books, and she also likes writing stories.
Fill in the blanks with either lose or loose:
Be careful not to ___ your grip, or the screws might become ___ as you tighten the knot.
What are lose and loose.
The location of proper quotation marks in the following sentence:
I love reading, and my favorite book is The Lightning Thief she said.
What is "I love reading, and my favorite book is The Lightning Thief," she said.
Identify an adjective and a preposition in the following sentence:
The tall, cheerful boy ran across the field and into the park.
What are tall, cheerful, across, and into.
What is the proper verb in this sentence?
The team, along with its coach, (is / are) arriving at the stadium soon.
What is is.
What do you call the error with the following clause:
I love to read I go to the library every week.
What is a run-on sentence.
Please correclty fill in the blanks in following sentence using either except or accept (or both):
I would ___ the invitation to the party ___ I have to work that night.
What are accept and except.
A comma splice is when two independent clauses in a sentence are combined only using a comma. Please correct the following comma splice:
I wanted to go for a walk, it started to rain outside.
What is "I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain outside."