Nouns and Verbs
Clauses
Prepositions, Adverbs, and Adjectives
Verbals
Subjects and Predicates
100
Verbs: He was angry when it rained all afternoon.
was / rained
100
Independent Clause(s): John went to school, but James remained at home because he had a sore throat.
John went to school, but James remained at home because he had a sore throat.
100
Adjectives: When the old, gray haired man died, he left money to his grieving family.
old / grey haired / grieving
100
Participle: The laughing baby is adorable.
laughing
100
Complete Subject: The hungry baby cried loudly.
The hungry baby
200
Nouns: Carmine and I liked to tell scary stories on Halloween.
Carmine / stories / Halloween
200
Independent or Dependent: I scored sixteen points in yesterday's game
Independent
200
Preposition: The policeman walked through the doorway and into the garden.
through / into
200
Infinitive: It is rude to burp in public.
to burp
200
Complete Subject Great-horned owls are at the top of the food chain.
Great-horned owls
300
Nouns: Time seemed to go by quickly while she was watching television.
time / television
300
Dependent or Independent: as if his heart would break
dependent
300
Adjectives: Susan became more and more tense as she studied for her parts of speech test.
tense / parts of speech
300
Gerund: Lying to your mother is a bad idea.
Lying
300
Complete Predicate: The little girl painted a picture for her mother.
painted a picture for her mother
400
Verbs: The teacher has corrected my poor grammar.
has corrected
400
Independent clause: John, a new worker, was very skilled at his job.
John was very skilled at his job.
400
Preposition: Due to the storm, it was very difficult to walk against the wind.
Against
400
Participle: The runners all laced their running shoes tightly.
running
400
Simple Subjects: Jennifer, Sally, and Megan played a great game.
Jennifer / Sally / Megan
500
Verbs: My father must have thought I could swim.
must have though / could swim
500
Dependent Clause: Though Gary prefers watching romantic films, she rented the latest spy thriller,and he enjoyed it very much.
Though Gary prefers watching romantic films
500
Adverb: He literally wrecked his car.
literally
500
Verbals: I support the American flag to fly about the building.
American / to fly
500
Simple Predicates: Jack went to the store when he was hungry for food, but he is now too full.
went / was hungry / is
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