Verbs
A verb is an action or doing word.
True
An adjective is a describing word.
True
A common noun is the formal word for a person, place, animal or thing.
False
A preposition is the shortened form of two words. An apostrophe is used in place of omitted letters.
False
A simple sentence contains one subject and one predicate. They may contain an object or modifiers (adjectives and adverbs), but they will only contain one independent clause.
True
Identify the verb(s) in this sentence:
They are spinning and dancing.
What is Spinning and Dancing
Identify the adjective in this sentence:
Cathy ran down to the shop to create a pretty dress.
What is pretty?
This underlined word is an example of:
The children are running around the playground.
What is a common noun?
She walked through the crowded hallway,” what is the preposition?
Through
This sentence structure contains two independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). Each independent clause has its own subject and predicate.
What is a compound sentence?
Identify all of the verbs in this sentence:
The author carefully examines the evidence before she challenges the reader’s assumptions.
What is examines and challenges?
Identify the adjective(s) in this sentence:
The professor assigned a challenging essay to the class.
To make the word box plural, we add _ to the end.
What is es?
Which word is the preposition in this sentence: “The students discussed the assignment before class.”
Before
This sentence structure contains at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Identify all the verbs in this sentence:
The researcher analyzed the survey results and compared them with previous studies before drawing a conclusion.
What is analyzed and compared?
All of the examples below are examples of adjectives:
Blue
Broken
Happy
Quickly
False
How do we make the following noun plural? Moose
What is moose?
Identify the preposition in this sentence: “The professor placed the papers between the two folders.”
Between
This sentence is an example of a _____\ sentence.
Because it was snowing yesterday, we built a fire to keep warm.
Complex
This consists of a main verb and any helping (auxiliary) verbs that work with it.
Verb phrase
Adverb phrase
VerbWhat is a verb phrase?
Identify the adjective(s)in the sentence:“Despite the numerous revisions, the final argument remained surprisingly weak,” .
What is numerous and final?
In the sentence, “She is smiling at the camera,” what part of speech is “she”?
What is a pronoun?
In the sentence, “The students gathered around the table before the lecture began,” identify all the prepositions.
around and before.
This sentence is an example of which sentence structures:
Although the scientist had warned that the experiment could produce unpredictable results, the researchers proceeded with the trial, which had been designed to determine whether the newly synthesized compound could inhibit the virus without damaging healthy cells.
What is a compound-complex sentence?