Syntactic Analysis
What is a noun?
The name of something, person, place, animal, or thing.
What are the past, past participle, and present participle of the verb "wed"?
wed - wed - wedding
What is a root word?
The main or base word, to which you add prefixes or suffixes to create new words.
Say the nouns in the sentence.
The big blue van has belonged to my family since I have memory.
van, family, memory
What is a verb?
An action.
Something you can do.
"wove" is the past and past participle of which verb?
What is the root word of the group below?
dictate - dictator - dictatory - dictates
dict
Say the verbs in the sentence.
Chris and her friends enjoyed the party last night, they were dancing and singing all the time.
enjoyed, were dancing and singing.
What is an adjective?
A word we use to describe nouns.
Complete the sentence in the past progressive.
I was ______ (weep) when I heard the news.
weeping
What is the root word in the group below?
annual - anniversary - annually
ann
Say the adjectives in the sentence.
Marissa bought three beautiful red apples and I ate the little one to complete my short breakfast.
three, beautiful, red, little, short
What is an adverb?
A word we use to describe verbs.
What are the simple, past, and past participle of the verb "wetting"?
wet - wet - wet
Say two words with the root word: photo
Say the adverbs in the sentence.
While the turtle was slowly moving forward, the lazy hare was deeply sleeping, convinced that she was going to win.
slowly, deeply
Luisa happily plays in the new park.
Complete the sentence in the present perfect.
Surprisingly, Megan has _______ (win) the competition!
won
Say two words with the root word: micro
microphone - microscopic - microwave
Say a sentence with a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb.
The song is beautifully played by the great Richard Clayderman.