Nouns
My dad loves to read.
What is dad
Explanation:
a dad is a person, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
Monica threw the ball across the field.
What is threw
Explanation:
threw is an action verb because it's something someone can do
Plants were the first living things on earth.
What is on
Explanation:
on is a word that connects a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective in a sentence
The strong athlete help his team win the game.
What is strong
Explanation:
strong describes the noun, athlete
What is the adverb in the sentence? After running three miles, I could barely move.
What is barely
Explanation:
barely describes the verbs, could and move
The crowded mall was a nightmare.
What are mall and nightmare
Explanation:
a mall is a place, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
Friends sometimes argue when they spend too much time together.
What is argue and spend
Explanation:
argue is an action verb because it's something you can do
spend is an action verb because it's something you can do
The policeman walked through the doorway and into the garden.
What is through and into
Explanation:
through and into are words that connect a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective in a sentence
The sun feels very warm today.
What is warm
Explanation:
warm describes the noun, warm
What is the adverb in the sentence? Larry was frequently absent from school, but he always had a good reason.
What are frequently and always
Explanation:
frequently describes the verb absent
always describes the verb had
Peter's honesty allowed him to stay out of trouble.
What are honesty and trouble
Explanation:
honesty is an idea, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
trouble is an idea, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
Name the types of verbs in the following sentence:
He was angry when it rained all afternoon.
What is was (linking) and rained (action)
Explanation:
was could be a helping verb or a linking verb; however, there is no main verb for it to help, so it must be a linking verb
rained is an action verb because it's something the sky can do
People around the world can communicate with each other through the internet.
What is around, with, and through
Explanation:
around, with, and through are words that connect a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective in a sentence
He became even more eager to take to the skies.
What is eager
Explanation:
eager describes the pronoun, He
What are the adverbs in the sentence? The river is most clearly one of the very longest in the country.
What are most and very
Explanations:
most describes clearly, an adjective describing the pronoun, one
very describes longest, an adjective describing the word, country
Carmine and I liked to tell scary stories on Halloween.
What are Carmine, stories, and Halloween
Explanation:
Carmine is a person (remember, proper nouns cannot be preceded by a, an, or the)
stories are a thing, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
Halloween is a thing (remember, proper nouns cannot be preceded by a, an, or the)
The teacher has corrected my poor grammar.
What is has corrected
Explanation:
has could be a helping verb or a linking verb; there is a main verb for it to help (corrected), so it must be a helping verb
corrected is an action verb because it's something someone can do
I looked under my bed, behind my dresser, and above my bookshelf for my missing necklace.
What are under, behind, above, and for
Explanation:
under, behind, above, and for are words that connect a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective in a sentence
When the old, gray-haired man died, he left money to the grieving family.
What is old, gray-haired, and grieving
Explanation:
old and gray-haired describes the noun, man
grieving describes the noun, family
Identify the adverb in the sentence. Oh, Carmine and I often told funny stories at summer camp.
What is often
Explanation:
often describes funny, the adjective describing the noun, stories
Time seemed to go by quickly while she was watching television.
What are time and television
Explanation:
time is a thing, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
television is a thing, and can be preceded by a, an, or the
My father must have thought I could swim.
What is must have thought and could swim
Explanation:
must is always a helping verb; here it is helping the action verb, thought
have could be a helping verb or a linking verb; here, it is a helping verb because it is helping the action verb, thought
thought is an action verb because it's something the someone can do
could could be a helping verb or a linking verb; here, it is a helping verb because it is helping the action verb, swim
swim is an action verb because it's something the someone can do
The storm made it very difficult to walk against the wind.
What is against
Explanation:
against is a word that connect a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective in a sentence
Susan became more and more tense as she studied for the parts-of-speech test.
What are tense and parts-of-speech
Explanation:
tense describes the noun, Susan
parts-of-speech describes the noun, test
Identify the adverb in the sentence. Someone usually scolds the cutter and sends him or her to the end of the line.
What is usually
Explanation:
usually describes the verb, scolds