Sentences
A _______ sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.
Declarative
Which of the following words are collective nouns:
1) flock
2) pizzas
3) student
4) United States
flock and United States
Identify the action verb in the following sentence:
The army marched into battle.
marched
Someone who is thoughtful of others is _______
1) helpful
2) reliable
3) considerate
3) considerate
The _________ of a sentence is who or what the sentence is about.
subject
A __________ sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Interrogative
Tell whether each word is concrete or abstract and whether it is proper or common. You must get everything right for points!
1) Catholicism
2) love
3) cheese
1) Abstract Proper
2) Abstract common
3) Concrete common
Replace the italicized verb with one that is more descriptive:
The squirrel ran up the tree.
scurried, hurried, scampered, flew
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
The dressmaker measured her (waste/waist).
waist
What is the predicate?
The predicate of a sentence tells us what the subject is or what it is doing.
Give an example of an imperative sentence.
Imperative sentences express commands or requests and end with a period
Choose the possessive noun from this sentence:
Shakespeare's plays are still read today.
Shakespeare's
Give the singular present tense form of the italicized verb.
Birds fly. A bird _______.
flies
Words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings are (homophones, homonyms).
Homophones ("same sound")
What parts of speech are the simple subject and simple predicate?
The simple subject is a noun and the simple predicate is a verb.
Identify the following as a complete sentence, fragment, or run-on:
Running until he was out of breath
Fragment
Give the plural form of each singular noun:
1) fox
2) shoe
3) girl
1) foxes
2) shoes
3) girls
Write the past tense form of each verb:
1) walk
2) slip
3) cry
1) walked
2) slipped
3) cried
________ are words with similar meanings.
Synonyms
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentence:
I found $10 on the street.
simple subject= I
simple predicate= found
Correct this run-on sentence:
Ms. Vander Bleek wants to visit the Grand Canyon she also wants to see the Northern Lights.
Ms. Vander Bleek wants to visit the Grand Canyon. She also wants to see the Northern Lights.
or
Ms. Vander Bleek wants to visit the Grand Canyon, and she also wants to see the Northern Lights.
Give the gender of each noun:
1) mother
2) parent
3) flower
1) feminine
2) indefinite
3) neuter
Identify the full verb phrase and the helping verb(s) in the following sentence:
You might have read many good books.
verb phrase: might have read
helping verbs: might, have
Give an example of homonyms.
arm, band, bark, fair, match, and many more...
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentence:
Did you understand the lesson?
simple subject: you
simple predicate: did understand