Infinitive or Participle
Noun or Personal Pronoun
Direct Object or Indirect Object
Conjunction or Prepositional phrase
Mystery
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Is the underlined words an infinitive or participle? _To sleep_ is the only thing Eli wants after his double shift waiting tables at the neighborhood café.
What is an infinitive? It's an infinitive because an infinitive starts with to. Also It's followed by a noun.
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Is the underlined word(s) a noun or personal pronoun _John_ started to run.
What is a noun? A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing. John is a person so it is a noun.
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What word or phrase is the direct object of this sentence? Dennis and Susan ate omelets for breakfast.
What is omelets? It's a direct object because the subject is Dennis and Susan and the verb is ate. You ask yourself the question "What did Dennis and Susan eat?" They ate omelets so the direct object is omelets.
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Does this sentence contain a conjunction or a prepositional phrase? In July the islands are often crowded.
What is prepositional phrase? "In July" is the prepositional phrase because "July" is the object of the preposition "in."
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Does the underlined words make an infinitive or participle? Me and Sarah are going _to read_ a book.
What is an infinitive? It's an infinitive because it starts with to and is followed by a noun.
200
Is the underlined word an infinitive or participle? We were to near that _snarling_ coyote.
What is a participle? It's a participle because snarling is a verb used an adjective. Also It describes the noun coyote and answers the question which one.
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Is the underlined word(s) a noun or personal pronoun? _Harvard_ and _Yale_ are two famous _universities_.
What is a noun? A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing. The words Harvard, Yale, and universities are places so therefore they are nouns.
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What word or phrase is the indirect object of this sentence? Alex gave me her algebra notes.
What is me? “Alexa” is the subject, and “gave” is the verb. Ask the question “gave what?” “Algebra notes” is the direct object. To determine the indirect object, ask for whom did the subject do the action? “Me” is the indirect object, and it came before the direct object in this sentence.
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Does this sentence contain a conjunction or a prepositional phrase? I have rods and reels.
What is a conjunction? "And" connects two nouns.
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Is the underlined word(s) a noun or personal noun? I'm going to have so much fun!
What is a personal pronoun? It's a personal pronoun because it speaks in first person and the speaker is talking.
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Is the underlined words an infinitive or a participle? No matter how fascinating the biology dissection is, Emanuel turns his head and refuses _to look_.
What is an infinitive? It's an infinitive because it starts with to and look is a noun.
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Is the underlined word(s) a noun or personal pronoun? _I_ have _my_ butterfly net with _me_.
What is a personal pronoun? It's a personal pronoun because it speaks in first person and the speaker is talking.
300
What word or phrase is the direct object of this sentence? Sophia hates when her father lectures her about her grades.
What is when her father lectures her about her grades? The subject is “Sophia,” and the verb is “hates.” Next ask yourself the question “who or what?” about the verb “hates.” What does the subject, Sophia, hate? She hates “when her father lectures her about her grades.”
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Does this sentence contain a conjunction or a prepositional phrase? An iguana stood in front of us.
What is a prepositional phrase? The pronoun "us" is the object of the preposition "in front of."
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What is the indirect object of this sentence? Paula passed her father the parcel.
What is her father? Paula passed what? The parcel. To whom did she pass the parcel to? Her father. "Her father" is the indirect object.
400
Is the underlined word an infinitive or a participle? The _shouting_ man disrupted the wildlife meeting.
What is a participle? It's a participle because shouting describes man. It also answers the question which one.
400
Is the underlined word(s) a noun or personal pronoun? Please close the _door_ and lock _it_.
What is a noun? A noun is a person, place, animal, or thing. These words are a thing so these are nouns.
400
What word or phrase contains the indirect object of this sentence? Marc paints the house for his family.
What is for his family? "Marc” is the subject, and “paints” is the verb. Ask the question “paints what?” “The house” is the direct object. To determine the indirect object, ask for whom did the subject do the action? “For his family” is the indirect object.
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Does this sentence contain a conjunction or a prepositional phrase? Tad looked in the boat and outside the boat.
What is a conjunction? "And" connects two prepositional phrases.
400
Is the underlined word or phrase a participle or infinitive? Clean up the _splattered_ paint.
What is a participle? Splattered describes the noun paint. Splattered is the participle.
500
Is the underlined word an infinitive or a participle? The _blowing_ wind howled all night at the game.
What is a participle? It's a participle because its a verb used as an adjective and describes wind. It also answers the question what kind.
500
Is the underlined word(s) a noun or personal pronoun? These boots must be _yours_.
What is a personal pronoun? It's a personal pronoun because it's in second person and talks about the person being spoken to.
500
What word or phrase contains the indirect object of this sentence? Samuel sent his aunt a postcard from Martha’s Vineyard.
What is his aunt? "Samuel” is the subject, and “sent” is the verb. Ask the question “sent what?” “A postcard” is the direct object. To determine the indirect object, ask who received the direct object. “His aunt” is the indirect object.
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Does this sentence contain a conjunction or a prepositional phrase? Everyone was here early for the fish fry, but the special guest was late.
What is a conjunction? "But" connects two sentences.
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Is the underlined word or phrase a conjunction or a prepositional phrase? Get blue or green worms.
What is a conjunction? "Or" connects two adjectives.
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