Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs
Which is a noun: "go," "come," "leaf," "leave"?
leaf
Adjective or adverb: "quick"?
adjective
What's the preposition: "He lives over the rainbow."?
over
Identify the simple subject: "The fish walks on land."
fish
Identify the sentence type: "He plays videogames."
declarative
Which is NOT a pronoun: "I," "them," "Hikaru," "us"?
Hikaru
Adjective or adverb: "very"?
adverb
Name the prepositions: "Every day at the beach, I like to sit on the sand and play volleyball with my friends."
at, on, with
Identify the simple predicate: "The children play in the park"?
play
Identify the sentence type: "Where are you going?"
interrogative
Definition of a noun
a person, place, thing, or idea
Name the adverbs: "I really want to go to the mall, but it's unfortunately closing soon."
really; unfortunately; soon
Identify the object of the preposition: "We live near Rycom."
Rycom
Identify the complete subject: "The brave and noble hero saved the day."
the brave and noble hero
Identify the sentence type: "Please bring food to the party."
imperative
Is "to be" (is, are, am, were, was) a verb even though it's not an action?
Yes!
Define "adjective"
describes a noun
Identify the objects of the prepositions: "Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go."
Identify the complete predicate: "Hiro played at the arcade and drank milkshakes all day."
played at the arcade and drank milkshakes all day
Identify the sentence type: "You should study for the quiz."
declarative
What does a pronoun do?
Takes the place of a noun
Define "adverb"
describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
"In less than 72 hours I finished my 10-page research paper!"
Yes, between "hours" and "I"
How many subjects and predicates? "Haruka, Sakura, and Natsuko went to Mt. Fuji and climbed the mountain together."
Subjects: 3
Predicates: 2
Identify the sentence type: "Do your best!"
imperative