What is the abstract noun in the following sentence?
I had the joy of looking forward to dinner with my favorite friend.
joy
100
What is the adjective in the following sentence?
The house was decorated with Christmas decorations.
Christmas
100
Is the verb in the following sentence action or linking?
After her finals, the girl felt relieved!
felt is a linking verb
100
Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentence.
The pot roast needs both salt and pepper.
correlative conjunction both....and
100
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence.
After homecoming, the students were exhausted.
after homecoming
200
Turn the word waltz into a plural noun.
waltzes
200
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
My teacher is extremely angry.
extremely
200
Is the verb in the following sentence transitive or intransitive?
The fans shouted their approval.
shouted is transitive because it has an object, in this case the object is approval
200
Identify the interjection in the following sentence.
Goodness, it is cold outside.
goodness
200
Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence.
Elephants in the region are protected.
object of the preposition=region
preposition=in
300
How would you write the noun to show something belongs to the teams?
teams'
300
What word is the adjective modifying in the following sentence?
I don't swim very well so I tend to stay in the shallow water.
shallow (the adjective) modifies water
300
Is the following sentence in active or passive voice?
The food was donated by Windmill Grill.
passive because the subject is not the "doer"
Active: Windmill Grill donated the food.
300
What type of conjunction is used in the following sentence?
My mother sat with me until I fell asleep.
subordinating conjunction (until)
300
Identify all of the prepositional phrases in the following sentence.
I've lived by the railroad tracks for twenty years.
by the railroad tracks; for twenty years
400
In this sentence, what type of pronoun is used?
The tourists suddenly found themselves in a strange part of town.
reflexive
400
What word is the adverb modifying in the following sentence?
The child looked longingly through the bakery window.
longingly modifies looked
400
What is the present participle of the verb begin?
is beginning
400
Identify all of the conjunctions in the following sentence:
John likes watching baseball and hockey; however, he has yet to become a fan of either football or soccer.
and (coordinating); however (conjunctive adverb); yet (coordinating); either...or (correlative)
400
Identify the compound preposition in the following sentence.
We played the game in spite of the bad weather.
in spite of
500
Use an intensive pronoun to fill in the blank:
The poet read her newest work ____________.
herself
500
Identify all of the adverbs, the words they modify, and the parts of speech of each modified word in the following sentence.
I recovered rather quickly.
rather (adverb) modifies quickly (adverb) modifies recovered (verb)
500
What is the future perfect progressive of the verb hit?
will have been hitting
500
FANBOYS stands for what?
What type of conjunctions are these?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
coordinating conjunctions
500
Identify the prepositional phrases in the following sentence.
Nika waited through the long weekend for her test scores.