Definitely Defined
Preposition Prep
Participle Problems
Positively Appositive
Jivin' Gerunds
100
A verb form that can function as an adjective
What is a participle?
100
Identify the phrase(s) in the following sentence: What did you have for dinner last night?
What is for dinner?
100
Use the participle "peeled" correctly in a sentence.
What is I like peeled apples better than I like them with the skin.
100
Use the appositive phrase "an Olympic gold medalist" correctly in a sentence.
What is "Michael Phelps, an Olympic gold medalist, was signing autographs yesterday"?
100
Identify the gerund in the following sentence: Jordan gives talking his best effort.
What is talking?
200
A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, called the ________________.
What is object?
200
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence: In addition to hamburgers, we ate fries.
What is in addition to hamburgers?
200
Use the participle "scorching" correctly in a sentence.
What is "The scorching sun burned my skin"?
200
Use the appositive "Richard" corrrectly in a sentence.
What is "Joan introduced me to her oldest brother Richard last night at the movies"?
200
Identify the gerund in the following sentence: Eating is something I do when a boring show is on tv.
What is eating?
300
A noun next to another noun to identify it or further explain it
What is an appositive?
300
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence: The truck's tires spun out of control in the mud.
What is out of control, in the mud?
300
Use the participle "drenched" correctly in a sentence.
What is "I let my drenched dog come in the house after Saturday's rain"?
300
Use the appositive phrase "the state capital" correctly in a sentence.
What is "We visited Billings, the state capital, when I traveled last summer"?
300
Identify the gerund in the following sentence: I love watching "Dancing with the stars."
What is watching, dancing?
400
A verb form ending in "ing" used as a noun
What is a gerund?
400
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence: Bill Clinton did not talk to reporters, pending his trial.
What is to reporters, pending his trial.
400
Use the participle "studying" correctly in a sentence.
What is "Studying hard for the exam, John was up all night"?
400
Use the appositive phrase "my favorite dessert" correctly in a sentence.
What is "At the wedding we had strawberry shortcake, my favorite dessert"?
400
Use the gerund "choking" as an object of the preposition.
What is "She was rushed from the restaurant for choking on a piece of meat"?
500
An infinitive is "to" plus the _________ _________ verb form.
What is present tense?
500
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence: Mrs. Smith told us to stand opposite the stage in the auditorium.
What is opposite the stage, in the auditorium?
500
Give two examples of irregular participles.
What is broken, bent?
500
Use the appositive phrase "a growing city" correctly in a sentence.
What is "Harrisburg, a growing city, has expanded rapidly this year"?
500
Use the gerund "diving" as an indirect object.
What is "Tom's performance gives diving a bad reputation in high school sports"?
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