What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun that it refers to
What is the difference between Adjective and Adverbs?
Adjectives traditionally describe nouns with Adverbs describe verbs
What is a verb? Give 3 examples
An word that denotes an action. to run, to buy, to study
Name all parts of speech in this sentence:
Mary threw the ball
Noun Verb determiner Noun
Mary threw the ball
What is a misplace modifier?
A word or phrase that describes another part of a sentence, but due to misplacement describes an aspect of the sentence other than what is intended
Provide an example of a collective noun
Family, Team, Class, etc.
What do Adverbs usually end in? Give an example
-ly, quickly, lazily, steadily, etc.
What two things does a verb always have to agree with in a sentence
Subject and tense
Identify the prepositions in this sentence
In the barn, the cat hunts mice throughout the night
In, throughout
Identify the correctly used modifier in this sentence and what it refers to
Hailing from Canada, Susan spoke fluent English and French
modifier- Hailing from Canada
referent- Susan
Replace the nouns in this sentence with the proper pronouns
"The boy went into the candy store to buy a lollipop for the boy's sister, and the boy's sister enjoyed the lollipop"
He (the boy) went into the candy store to buy a lollipop for his (the boy's) sister, and she (the boy's sister) enjoyed it (the lollipop)
Add a few Adjective and/or adverbs to this sentence
"The elephant and the monkey walked into town."
"The large gray elephant and the small curious money fashionably walked into funky town"
Conjugate the verb in the following sentence
While she (to sit) by the window (to read) a book, the dog (to run) outside.
While she sat by the window reading a book, the dog ran outside.
What part of speech is the italicized word
Exercising is good for your health.
Gerund
Correct this sentence to fix the misplaced modifier
Soggy from the rain, the ducks ate the bread
The ducks ate the soggy bread
The ducks ate the bread that was soggy from the rain
Provide an example of a sentence with a compound subject
A bear and a bat live in this cave
Provide an example of a countable adjective and uncountable adjective
countable: one, couple
Uncountable: few, several, many
Conjugate to swim for a singular third person subject in the present tense
s/he swims
What does FANBOYS stand for?
Conjunctions
F-for, A-and N-nor, B-but, O-or, Y-yet, S-so
Correctly add a modifier to this sentence
Sam made a sandwich
Sam made a ham and cheese sandwich
What is the difference between he, him, and his?
he - subject pronoun
him - object pronoun
his - possessive pronoun
Identify the Adjectives in this sentence
The chirping birds filled the spring air with their songs.
Chirping - technically a verb acting as an adjective
spring - technically a noun acting as a adjective
What is the difference prefect and progressive tenses?
Perfect - an once time action
Progressive - an ongoing action
What is the difference between who and whom?
who - interrogative subject pronoun
Whom - interrogative Object pronoun
What is the difference between that and which?
That - necessary information, do not need a comma
Cut the wire that is red to defuse the bomb.
Which - good to know but not necessary information, use a comma
Cut the second wire, which is red, to defuse the bomb