Nouns
Identifies objects that are tangible or can be identified through the senses.
What is a concrete noun?
In the sentence:
The dog groomer washed her puppy;s hair, which made him smell fresh and clean.
What type of verb is smell?
What is a linking verb?
Refers to people or things and takes the place of one or more nouns.
What is a personal pronoun?
Provide three examples of a preposition.
What are....
What part of speech is the word in bold:
Oh, I don't know if that will work for me.
What is an interjection?
What types of adjectives are the words: a, an, the?
What are articles?
I admire her perserverance. Perserverance is a ________ (type and part of speech).
What is an abstract noun
We waited for hours. Is "waited" transitive or intransitive?
What is an intransitive verb?
Replace the underlined words with correct form of the pronoun:
That gift is for Kyler and I or me.
That gift if for _____ and ______.
What is "him" and "me?"
In the sentence: That was quite nice of him.
What part of speech is "quite"
What is an adverb?
Name the adjective in the sentence below:
She looks pretty nice to me.
What is nice?
What part of speech answers the questions: How? When? Where? Why? To what extent?
For example:
Yesterday, I went to the store.
What is an adverb?
The audience filled the room with their plaudits.
What type of noun is audience?
What is a collective noun?
He has arrived and is ready to go.
What kind of verb is "has"?
What is a helping verb?
Everyone wants to rule the world.
What is singular?
What part of speech is "that" and what part of speech is "by" in the sentence:
That summer it was very hot by the ocean.
What is a demonstrative pronoun and what is a preposition?
Name the preposition, prepositional phrase, and the object of the preposition in this sentence...
The puppy buried its bone under the oak tree.
What is under and under the oak tree and tree?
King George III wanted to expand the British Empire.
Should "British Empire" be capitalized? Why or why not?
"British" refers to the specific nation (Britain), which is always capitalized as a proper adjective.
"Empire" is capitalized because it refers to a specific historical entity, the British Empire, rather than to empires in general.
My boys savor their time on the water.
What kind of verb is "savor?"
What is a transitive action verb?
Neither (want, wants) to sit on the bus for hours.
What is wants? Because "neither" is a singular pronoun.
Which sentence contains a preposition and which contains an adverb?
1. I want you near.
2. I want you near to me.
What is I want you near has an adverb?
What is I want you near to me has a preposition.
Name the preposition AND prepositional phrase...
Larry ate his dinner on the table.
What is "on" and on the table?
The rain in "All Summer in a Day" creates a sense of loss and sadness.
What part of speech is "rain?"
What is a concrete noun?
Find the main verb in the question:
Does she know what to do?
For example:
I assured myself that everything would be fine.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
What questions do adverbs answer?
This is what a pronoun does in a sentence.
What is "takes the place of a noun?"
The squadron flew in a tight formation.
What kind of noun is squadron?
What is a collective noun?
State or Sing the 24 helping verbs.
Be, Being, Been, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Have, Has, Had, Do, Does, Did, Can, May, Might, Must, Shall, Will, Should, Would, Could, Having
Name the (4) four demonstrative pronouns that Mrs. Jones says should be used as adjectives instead of as pronouns.
What are: this, that, these, those?
What part of speech is "that" and what part of speech is "by" in the sentence:
That summer it was very hot by the ocean.
What is a demonstrative pronoun and what is a preposition?