Prepositions and Conjunctions
Which word/words are the preposition in this sentence:
Robert was running up the hill.
What is up?
List the three articles.
What are a, an, and the?
Whether the given pronoun is reflexive or intensive (write the full word):
It was revealed that Jack, himself was the killer.
What is intensive?
Indicate if the underlined verb is transitive or intransitive (write the whole word)
Pauline took her book back to the library.
What is transitive?
The two marks of punctuation that separate interjections from the rest of the sentence.
What are , (comma) and ! (exclamation mark)?
What is the whole prepositional phrase in this sentence:
The snow began sticking on top of the roofs.
What is on top of the roofs?
Margaret was very angry at her friend.
What is an adverb?
Indicate whether the underlined pronoun is interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, or relative:
You'll have to invite everyone to the party.
The guitar was tuned before the performance.
What is
AV
The guitar was tuned before the performance.
Write out the helping verbs in the verb phrases:
You could have guessed the twist if you were paying attention.
What are could have and were?
Write out the sentence and underline its coordinating conjunction:
Do you know if the recipe needs butter or margarine?
What is
Do you know if the recipe needs butter or margarine?
Write out the sentence and underline the adverbs:
Rollins walked carefully across the cliffside and hurried away before he couldn't see.
What is:
Rollins walked carefully across the cliffside and hurried away before he couldn't see.
Rewrite the sentence and label whether the pronouns are personal or possessive:
He handed his paper in but it's missing his front page.
What is:
Per. Poss. Per. Pos.
He handed his paper in but it's missing his front page.
In this sentence, underline the nouns and indicate if they are singular or plural:
The season of the show ended on a huge cliffhanger with many characters in danger.
What is:
P S S
The seasons of the show ended on a huge cliffhanger. P S with many characters in danger.
Write out the types of conjunctions
What are coordinating, correlative, and subordinating?
Write out the sentence and underline its correlative conjunction:
Both Odile and Odette are played by the same ballerina in the show Swan Lake.
What is:
Both Odile and Odette are played by the same ballerina in the show Swan Lake.
The last wish made on a bright star is the most wonderful.
What is:
The last wish made on a bright star is the most wonderful.
Write out the sentence and underline the pronouns. Indicate if they are personal, possessive, or demonstrative.
It's a shame that Sophie brought her friend to this game...since it got rained out.
What is:
Pers Pos. Dem
It's a shame that Sophie brought her friend to this
Pers
game...since it got rained out.
Rewrite the sentence and underline the collective noun:
A lot of kids went into town to find a crew to help rebuild their clubhouse.
What is:
A lot of kids went into town to find a crew to help rebuild their clubhouse.
The type of verb that is transitive or intransitive
What is an action verb?
Write out the sentence, underline its conjunction, and tell me its type:
The car was left to idle while Isa ran into the store.
What is:
The car was left to idle while Isa ran into the store.
Subordinating!
Write out the sentence and label the proper adjectives and proper nouns:
American history initially deals with the British and the French, though French food and British manners never crossed the pond.
What is:
American history initially deals with the British and the French, though French food and British manners never crossed the pond.
List the names of all eight types of pronouns.
What are: personal, possessive, reflexive, intensive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, and relative?
Write out the nouns ONLY and label if they are proper/common and concrete/abstract:
Sam was finding enthusiasm between the volunteers at Habitat for Humanity and went out to get pancakes with them after work.
Sam–proper and concrete, Enthusiasm–common and abstract, volunteers–common and concrete, Habitat for Humanity–proper and concrete, pancakes–common and concrete, and work–common and concrete?
Write out a sentence with: a transitive verb, a proper noun, and a coordinating conjunction (all labeled).
Wow!