Verbs
What is the verb in this sentence:
I waited for the pizza to arrive.
waited - that's a past-tense verb.
What is an infinitive? You may provide an example
Example: to sing
What do prepositions do?
Show the relationship between nouns
What does an adverb do?
Describe an adjective, adverb or verb
What is an adjective
Describes a noun
What is the verb in this sentence:
She is definitely a smoking hot babe.
Is - that's a linking verb
Is the verbal in this sentence a gerund, a participle or an infinitive?
The starving man wanted food.
Participle - starving
that's the verb starve + ing and it is describing the word man
Identify the conjunction in this sentence:
I'm not sure if I'd rather eat the hoagie or the stromboli.
or
Find the adverb in this sentence
Tyler is very tall.
very - it is describing how tall. Tall is an adjective.
What are the three articles in the English language?
A, the and an
Explain why this is or is not a correctly written sentence.
Victoria dances like a maniac although she are still very talented.
Flying is the only way to arrive at Tokyo Airport from the Lehigh Valley
Flying is a gerund and to arrive is an infinitive
Find the preposition:
At 4:00 p.m. we'll drive our cars.
At
Look at the following words - which 3 are adverbs
1. often
2. angrily
3. running
4. seldom
5. beautiful
often, angrily and seldom
Identify the adjectives and articles in this sentence:
Red roosters on the range are a big problem for any farmer.
Red - describes rooster
the - article
a - article
big - describes problem
any - describes farmer
Find all the verbs in this sentence:
Helga is eating cheeseburgers while Billy fondly watches.
is - linking verb
Watches - present tense action verb
Write a sentence with a gerund in it.
Answers vary. Gerunds are verbals that act as nouns.
Write a sentence that has a preposition. The sentence needs to be about a cafe.
Answers vary.
Identify the verbal(s) in this sentence:
Writing is boring, but grammar is thrilling.
Thrilling - participle (describing grammar)
Identify the articles and adjectives in this sentence:
Stubborn chefs try the best that they can to proudly create the dishes that their hungry customers are waiting for.
Stubborn - describes chefs
the - article (x2)
their - describes whose customers
hungry - describes customers
One of those disasters that often ______ only in movies happened just as I got off the plane.
A - occur
B - occurred
C - occurs
A - occur
Occur is being performed by disasters - which is plural
Happened is being performed by One - which is why it's singular.
Identify verbals
Bubbling soda fills the glass that I'm hoping to drink.
Bubbling - participle (describes soda)
Hoping - participle (describes I)
to drink - infinitive
Identify the conjunctions and prepositions in this sentence:
When I'm singing in the shower, I fill the air with beautiful music.
When - subordinating conjunction
in - preposition
with - preposition
Identify the adverbs in this sentence:
Early each day, I briskly jog down the very rocky road.
Early - that's describing the adjective each
Briskly - that's describing the verb jog
Very - that's describing the adjective rocky
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