Definitions
Adjective
Adverbs
Prepositions
Mystery
100
What is the term for a person, place or thing?
Noun
100
What are the adjectives in the following sentence: According to the tale, Atlantis was the lost continent.
the the lost
100
What is the adverb in the following sentence: I can do that easily.
easily
100
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: After many centuries, an engineer was digging a hole.
After many centuries
100
What four questions do you ask yourself to find the adverbs in a sentence?
Where When How To What Extent
200
What is the term for what the subject does or a state of being?
Verb
200
What are the adjectives in the following sentence? He based the tale on an ancient Greek civilization.
the an ancient Greek
200
What is the adverb in the following sentence: The production of a new coin always begins with a design board.
always
200
What is the term for the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition?
Object of a preposition
200
What three questions do you ask yourself in order to find the adjectives in the sentence?
Which One What Kind How Many
300
What is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun?
Adjective
300
What are the adjectives in the following sentence: Everything was buried by hot ashes and small stone fragments.
hot small stone
300
What is the adverb in the following sentence: This ancient writing had previously puzzled scholars.
Previously
300
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: Was there once a powerful and wealthy island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean?
In the Atlantic Ocean
300
Which of the following words is NOT a preposition? Inside Through Around Often During Of
Often
400
What is the term for a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence?
Preposition
400
The city lay in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius, the only active volcano on the European mainland.
The the the only active the European
400
What is the adverb in the following sentence: Eventually the Egyptian writing was translated.
Eventually
400
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: Workers have uncovered a large part of the original city.
Of the original city.
400
What is the VERB PHRASE in the following sentence: The United States mint was first established in Boston in 1652.
Was established
500
What is the term for a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adverb
500
What are the adjectives in the following sentence: A Greek philosopher wrote a story about a mysterious island.
A Greek a a Mysterious
500
What are the adverbs in the following sentence: Now scholars can read the language fairly easily.
Now Fairly Easily
500
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: They build igloos for shelter during their travels.
For shelter During their travels
500
What is the term for the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition?
Object of a preposition
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