Parts of Speech
What part of speech describes verb?
What is an adverb?
What is the prepositional phrase: She bought her shoes at the garage sale.
What is "at the garage sale"?
What is an appositive phrase?
A phrase that gives more information.
Identify the gerund in the sentence below. "You think carrying it around town is so special?" -Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
What is "carrying it around town" and gerund?
She lives in a tiny apartment. What kind of sentence is this?
Simple
Identify the verb in the following sentence: "When in doubt, tell the truth." -Mark Twain
What is "tell"?
Identify any and all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: She has been studying French since 1956.
What is "since 1956"?
Samantha, the woman in the picture, is from Barcelona.
What is "the woman in the picture"?
What is the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence: I love sleeping through the night."
Direct Object
What kind of sentence is this: Because I was often late, and since I was always forgetting things, I was regarded as a scatterbrain by my friends.
Complex sentence
What kind of conjunction do you use in a complex sentence?
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Identify any and all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: "Training is everything... Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education." -Mark Twain
What is "with a college education"?
A bold innovator, Wassily Kandinsky is known for his colorful abstract paintings. Identify the appositive phrase.
What is "A bold innovator"?
She is running away from home tonight. Is there a gerund phrase in this sentence? Why or why not?
No. It is part of a verb/verb phrase
What kind of sentence is this: I went to the store and I bought two cookies.
Run on
What part of speech would you use to describe a car?
What is an adjective?
What do prepositions show? Name three things.
What is time, place, position?
A beautiful collie, Skip was my favorite dog. Identify the appositive phrase.
What is "a beautiful collie"?
Eating healthy food can make you feel more energetic. What is the function of the gerund phrase?
Subject
Jack and Jill went up the hill and fetched a pail of water. What kind of sentence is this?
Simple
What part of speech replaces a noun?
What is a pronoun?
She left her books under the table. What is the preposition?
What is "under the table"?
Mary went to the store, and John stayed at home to wait for the delivery. Identify the appositive
There is no appositive.
He is tired of working late. What is the function of the gerund phrase?
Object of the preposition.
What kind of clause is found in a simple sentence?
Independent clause