Nouns & Pronouns
In "The dog chased the ball," identify one common noun.
What is... "dog" or "ball"
In "The dancers jump and sing.", identify the actions verbs. What type of action do they show?
What is...jump and sing; they show physical movement.
In "The blue kite rose," identify the adjective. Does it answer What kind? Which one? or How many?
What is...blue. It answers What kind?
In "Wow! That kite is high," identify the interjection.
What is...Wow
In "Maya and Luis packed lunch," identify the coordinating conjunction and the words it joins.
What is...and; it joins Maya and Luis.
Identify the singular first person pronoun in: "We brought our notebooks, and I shared mine."
What is...I
In "The scientist analyzed the results and pondered the cause," identify both mental-process or cognitive-action verbs.
What is...analyze and pondered.
In "The drummer played loudly," identify the adverb and whether it answers How, When, Where, or To What Degree?
What is...loudly; it answers How
In "Oh, I left my notebook at home," identify the interjection and describe the feeling it might express.
In "The book is under the chair," identify the preposition and explain the relationship it shows.
What is...under; it shows the position of the book in relation to the chair.
In "The artist's sketch won a prize." identify the possessive noun and what it shows.
What is... "artist's" and shows possession of the artist and his/her sketch.
In "I cherish my friends but despise gossip.", identify the internal-emotion action verbs.
What is... cherish and despise.
In "Those three students chose the narrow path," identify two of the adjectives in the sentence.
What is... either those, three or narrow.
Add an interjection expressing surprise to this sentence: "____, the tennis team finished first!"
What is...Wow, Great, Cool, any interjection that accurately shows surprise.
In "We wanted to play outside, but it began to rain," identify the coordinating conjunction. What does it join?
What is...but. It joins the two clauses and signals contrast.
In "Which of those belongs to whom?", identify the interrogative pronouns. What do interrogative pronouns do?
What is...which and whom; they are used to ask questions.
In "The safety rules require helmets and compel riders to slow down," identify the necessity or required-action verbs.
What is...require and compel.
In "The extremely careful editor checked the article yesterday," identify the adverb modifying an adjective and the adverb that tells when.
What is... extremely modifies the adjective careful and answers To What Degree? Yesterday modifies checked and answers When?
In "The glass fell-yikes!-but it did not break," identify the interjection and explain what it expresses.
What is...Yikes!; it expresses alarm or surprise.
In "The keys are inside the drawer," identify the preposition and the prepositional phrase. What relationship does the phrase show?
What is...inside the drawer; the phrase shows the position of the keys (place).
In "A stack of books fell off the table.", identify the collective noun and determine what pronoun would be used to replace "a stack of books".
What is... stack and it
Classify each "was" as a helping or linking verb: "The runner was running quickly, but was tired afterward."
In "This puzzle is easier than that one," identify the adjectives and what they answer/tell us.
What is...This and that are demonstrative adjectives and tell us Which one?
In "Aww well, I'll do better next time," identify the interjection and explain what it expresses.
What is... Aww well; it expresses acceptance, disappointment, and a shrug of resignation
In "We stayed inside because the storm was loud, and the dog slept under the table," identify the coordinating conjunction and the prepositional phrase. What does each one do?
What is...and / under the table. And joins the two clauses and under shows the position of the dog (place).