NOUNS
VERBS
INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
TOOLS
FIND THE SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
100
What is the name of the type of noun that must be capitalized?
Proper
100
What are the three types of verbs we've studied?
action, linking, helping
100
What three things do you have to have in order to have an independent clause?
subject, verb, and complete thought
100
What are the three tools that can be added to an independent clause to make it fancier?
dependent clauses, phrases, words
100
Find the independent clause (even though the subject and predicate may be separated from each other): William Shakespeare, an author from Renaissance England, wrote many plays, some of them better than others.
independent clause: William Shakespeare wrote many plays.
200
What are the six types of nouns that we've studied?
Common and proper Singular and plural Concrete and abstract
200
What is a verb phrase?
The main verb and its helping verb.
200
Is this an independent clause: Although he was working around the clock to make money for his rent.
No. It is a dependent clause.
200
What do all clauses have, whether they're dependent or independent?
subject and verb
200
Find the independent clause (even though the subject and predicate may be separated from each other): Suddenly and without any warning, the bear, covered in mud, jumped into the air, scaring us all.
independent clause: The bear jumped into the air.
300
Give an example of an abstract noun in a sentence.
Various answers. Some abstract nouns are "freedom," "anger," "happiness," etc.
300
What are the linking verbs we've studied?
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
300
What are the words called that, when added, can turn an independent clause into a dependent clause?
Subordinate conjunctions.
300
Which is the phrase in the following sentence? Soccer players in the street, all of them talented, practiced their craft, because they wanted to get better.
all of them talented
300
Find the independent clause (even though the subject and predicate may be separated from each other): Terrible though they were, the storms, raging furiously all night, didn't destroy our home.
independent clause: The storms didn't destroy our home.
400
How many nouns are in this sentence? The people on the bus were happy about the weather since the sun was shining on that beautiful morning in Chicago.
6 people, bus, happy, weather, sun, morning, Chicago
400
How many verbs are in the following sentence? The people went to the beach and, while there, they ate hot dogs and were relaxed.
3 went, ate, were
400
How many independent clauses are in the following: Even though the turkey dinner looked weird, we ate it, because we were hungry, and there was nothing else around.
2 we ate it there was nothing else around
400
What is the phrase, and what is the dependent clause in the following? Because the diary was left on the table, a red book with a leather cover, we thought she was coming back.
phrase: a red book with leather cover dependent clause: Because the diary was left on the table
400
Find the independent clause (even though the subject and predicate may be separated from each other): The politician and his wife, embarrassed by the scandal, came out to meet the press, even though they wanted to hide forever.
Independent clause: The politician and his wife came out to meet the press.
500
Identify the number of nouns in the following sentence (either common or proper, singular or plural, concrete or abstract): The gigantic tidal wave was coming straight for the swimmers, causing fear among people on that beach in Florida. Which of those nouns is abstract? Which is proper?
6 wave, swimmers, fear, people beach, Florida
500
What type of verb comes before a predicate adjective?
A linking verb.
500
Which part (or parts) of the following sentence is an independent clause? The phone rang, unexpectedly and annoyingly, although we were not expecting any calls.
The phone rang.
500
What is the independent clause, the dependent clause, and the phrase in the following? Little fish, some of them looking sickly, swam in the ocean, although they were likely to get eaten.
independent clause: Little fish swam in the ocean dependent clause: although they were likely to get eaten phrase: some of them looking sickly
500
Find the independent clause (even though the subject and predicate may be separated from each other): Old and not working very well, the computer, the one on the desk in the old office, is broken, even though we just paid a repair man to fix it last week.
independent clause: The computer is broken.
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