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Final Jeopardy
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What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.  


Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.

Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves  

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"Run" is what part of speech in this sentence? 

I went on a long run.  

noun

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A word used to describe an action or state: 

a verb

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A word used to describe or modify a noun:

an adjective

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A word that shows location, direction or time.

a preposition

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How many English words are there in current use, according to Oxford English Dictionary?

A: 9,859

B: 47,156

C: 171,476

D: 568,322

C: 171,476

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What is a common noun? Give 3 examples. 

Definition: words for types of things, people, places, such as "dog" that are not in capital letters.

Examples kitten, chair, education

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Is this a complete sentence? Why or Why Not?

They lunch after science class. 

No, there is no verb.
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True or false: In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have a noun and a verb. 

true

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Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?

pronouns 

200

Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence: 


Mr. Smith lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.   

Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho

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Name the preposition AND prepositional phrase...

Larry ate his dinner on the table. 

on

on the table

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"He is talking to me right now."  

What part of speech is the word, "is?"

A helping verb which "helps" the word 'talking'. 

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What is a proper noun? Give three examples.

Names - Examples: Thailand, Bangkok, Mr. Ayutthaya

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What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

Did the merry, little children sing a song for the elderly patients at the hospital?

Merry, little children

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Grandmother had been sick for a couple of years now.

What kind of verbs are 'had' and 'been'?

had = helping/auxiliary verb

been = linking verb

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Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:

We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library. 

so, and

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Is this a grammatically correct sentence? Why (not)?

Both of them goes to a special school for gifted children.

No - Both takes on a plural verb, so in this case: GO

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After we arrived home late, mom got very angry.

What kind of verbs are 'arrived' and 'got' here?

arrived = action verb

got = linking verb

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What kind of word can give more information about a verb or an adjective?

An adverb - f.ex.: He drove fast, or, he was totally unapologetic.

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Which part of speech replaces nouns to help with repetition?

pronouns 

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What are indefinite pronouns? Give two examples.

An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". 

F.ex.: Anyone, everyone, everybody, neither, nobody ...

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The, a, and an are all examples of...


Which one is/are the definite article(s) and why?

articles 

"The" because it is talking about a particular thing.  

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Is this sentence grammatically correct? Why (not)?

Everybody cheer when the President tells a joke.

No - everybody takes a singular verb, in this case CHEERS.

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Name the FOUR prepositional phrases in this sentence.

The trip through the dark, dangerous forest caused me fears about tree branches for the rest of my life.

through the dark, dangerous forest

about tree branches

for the rest

of my life

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Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of what? 

Interjections 

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