A word that relates a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
100
When a pronoun is the object of a preposition, use a(n) ________ pronoun.
What is an object pronoun?
100
When a prepositional phrase is functioning as an adjective, it modifies or describes a _____ or ________.
What is noun, pronoun?
100
True or False: This sentence contains a correlative conjunction:
Both Lily and Paige have pink highlights.
What is true?
100
Identify the interjection in the following sentence(s):
My foot hurts! Ouch!
What is ouch!
200
This are __________ prepositions:
according to, in spite of, because of
What are compound prepositions?
200
True or false: the blank should be filled in with I.
She came to the play with ____.
What is false?
(It should be me)
200
When a prepositional phrase is functioning as an adverb, it modifies or describes a _______, _________ or ________.
What is verb, adjective, another adverb?
200
The 2 types of conjunctions are ________ and ________.
What are coordinating and correlative?
200
True or False:
An interjection has a grammatical connection to other words in the sentence or phrase.
What is false?
300
He set the paper on top of the table.
The preposition in this sentence is _________.
What is on top of?
300
The subject pronoun who is never the object of a preposition; only the object pronoun _______ can be an object.
What is whom?
300
This is an __________(adjective or adverb) prepositional phrase in this sentence:
The background of the tapestry is white canvas.
What is adjective? (of the tapestry describes the background, a noun)
300
True or False: Yet is a correlative conjunction.
What is false?
300
Name 3 interjections.
What are hey, wow, ouch, meh, ugh, well, whoops, holy cow, hooray, look, ha, good grief, gee, awesome...and a lot more! :)
400
She is from a small town in Chicago.
The prepositional phrases in this sentence are ___________.
What are:
from a small town
in Chicago
400
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses.
Rembrandt is an artist about (who, whom) many historians have written.
What is whom?
400
There is an ___________(adjective or adverb) prepositional phrase in this sentence:
The people are sitting on the ground.
What is adverb? (on the ground modifies sitting, a verb)
400
True or false: For is a coordinating conjunction.
What is true?
400
There are ___(#) interjections in the paragraph.
OMG! I went to Hawaii over the summer! We got there early in the morning and I twisted my ankle coming off the plane. Ouch! Look! Here's a painting. Wow! It's pretty! Oh no! I fell of the bed!
What is 5? (OMG, Ouch!, Look!, Wow!, and Oh no!)
500
There are this many _______ (#) prepositions in the following paragraph. (you can count the same preposition more than once)
He was from a small town. His family is of European origin. Instead of going to school, he is home-schooled. This is a description of him according to his mother:
"He is a funny boy and likes being around his family. He likes jumping off swings.
What is 8? (from, of, of, to, of, to, around, and off)
500
Choose the correct pronoun in parentheses.
There were other famous seventeenth century painters besides Frans Hal and (he, him).
What is him?
500
The people from Argentina were wearing pretty dresses.
The prepositional phrase is ____________.
It is an _________ (adjective or adverb) phrase.
It modifies a ___________(noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, or another adverb).
The modified word or phrase is ________.
What is from Argentina, adjective, noun, people
500
Name all six coordinating conjunctions.
What are: and, but, for, so, yet, and nor?
500
You should use interjections __________ (sparingly or a lot).