Sentences
What type of sentence asks a question?
INTERROGATIVE
What part of speech is a person, place or thing?
NOUN
Name a prepositional.
various answers.
What are the two types of clauses?
INDEPENDENT and DEPENDENT
Name any part of speech.
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, interjection, preposition
How happy I am! is an example of what type of sentence?
EXCLAMATORY
What part of speech are words such as "he" "I" "them"?
(some prepositions: on under over below to through around before by in into with)
complex.
Complex words (subordinate conjunctions): because if while when although even though
since even if
PRONOUNS
Name THREE prepositions.
VARIOUS ANSWERS
How many dependent clauses are in this sentence:
Because we were hungry, we stopped to eat.
ONE: because we were hungry
an incomplete sentence
What three components do all sentences have to have?
subject, predicate, complete thought
What part of speech are the capitalized words in the following sentence? You must get BOTH right.
SUDDENLY, the BRIGHT sun shone through the WHITE clouds.
Adverb, adjective, adjective
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Although some packages come with directions, this package did not.
WITH DIRECTIONS
What are the independent AND dependent clauses in the following sentence?
While the teacher was explaining the problem, the students paid attention because they wanted to make an A on the exam.
independent: the students paid attention
dependent: while the teacher was explaining the problem AND because they wanted to make an A on the exam
Name the three types of sentences
simple, compound, complex
Name the four types of sentences.
Imperative, Exclamatory, Declarative, Interrogative
The OLD man DEFINITELY needs help crossing the BUSY STREET.
adjective, adverb, adjective, noun
LIST ALL THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE:
Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go.
Over the river through the woods to grandmother's house
Name all the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
My brother and I like to go hiking, and we are going this weekend because my cousin will be in town, and he likes to go hiking with us.
INDEPENDENT: my brother and I like to go hiking
we are going this weekend
he likes to go hiking with us
DEPENDENT: because my cousin will be in town
What is the difference between THEIR, THEY'RE, and THERE?
What is the difference between PRINCIPAL and PRINCIPLE
their: possessive they're: they are there: direction
Principal: main/primary/leader of a school
Principle: a belief; a basic truth