ndicate whether the noun in quotes in the following sentence is compound or collective: Yesterday, I tried to make houses out of "gingerbread."
What is compound?
100
Identify the personal pronouns in the following sentence: I think that you are one of the brightest students in the class. (2 answers)
What are "I" and "you"?
200
names a general person, place, thing, or idea
What is a common noun?
200
join the subject to the sentence with a word or group of words that identify or describe it
What are linking verbs?
200
end in -self or -selves and cannot be taken out of the sentence without the sentence losing its meaning
What are reflexive pronouns?
200
Identify the possessive pronouns in the following sentence: He claims that the pencil is his, but it is really mine. (2 answers)
What are "his" and "mine"?
200
Identify the intensive pronoun in the following sentence: Did you yourself make dinner?
What is "yourself"?
300
names a person, place, thing, or idea that can be perceived by one or more of the five senses
What is a concrete noun?
300
auxiliary verbs that assist main verbs
What are helping verbs?
300
relate adjective clauses to the noun or pronouns they modify
What are relative pronouns?
300
Identify the reflexive pronoun in the following sentence: Make sure to remind yourself of the things you need to do.
What is "yourself"?
300
Identify the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence: She is the one who assists me with my studies.
What is "one"?
400
names an idea or quality that cannot be perceived by any of the five senses
What is an abstract noun?
400
contain the main verb plus one or more helping verb
What are verb phrases?
400
may either express a certain amount or refer to an unspecified person or thing
What are indefinite pronouns?
400
Identify the verb in the sentence and indicate whether it is an action or linking verb: I looked for my Severus Snape costume. (2 responses)
What is "looked" (action)?
400
Identify the nouns in the following sentence and indicate if they are abstract or concrete: The black ink stood out in stark contrast against the white paper.
ink (concrete), contrast (abstract), paper (concrete)
500
two or more words combined to make a noun that names a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a compound noun?
500
require direct objects
What are transitive verbs?
500
words or groups of words that nouns or pronouns are replacing
What are antecedents?
500
Identify the nouns in the following sentence and indicate if they are proper or common: Mr. Lee informed Ted of his plan to replace the old walls. (4 parts)
Mr. Lee (proper), Ted (proper), plan (common), walls (common)
500
Identify the relative pronoun and dependent clause that it introduces in this sentence: The child to whom you have spoken is my sister. (2 answers)