Parts of Speech
Identify the adverb in this sentence: "The crowd cheered wildly after the match."
What is wildly?
"Which spelling belongs in this sentence: 'The dog chased [ it's / its ] tail around the room'?"
"What is its?" (Explanation: Possessive pronouns never take apostrophes).
Finish the second conditional formula: If + [past tense], ...
What is would + infinitive/base verb?
Identify the prepositional phrase: "I sit on the back porch."
What is "on the back porch"?
Complete with the correct relative pronoun: "The ancient castle, _____ was built in the 12th century, sits on the hill."
What is which?
Determine whether 'fast' is an adjective or an adverb here: "She took the fast train."
What is an adjective? (It modifies the noun 'train')
State the formula for creating a possessive noun when an irregular plural does not end in 's' (e.g., children).
What is Irregular Plural Owner + 's ?
Correct the verb forms: "If balls [be] square, they [be] hard to catch."
What is "If balls were square, they would be hard to catch"?
Identify the object of the preposition in the phrase "at the desk".
What is "desk"?
What punctuation rule applies to non-defining relative clauses?
What is they require a pair of commas around the clause?
Name the word modified by the boldface adverb: "The stadium was virtually silent."
What is silent? (It modifies an adjective)
Choose the correct option: "The [ teacher's / teachers' ] desk was covered in marked books, but all of the other staff had gone home."
What is teacher's (singular owner)?
Formulate a piece of advice sentence using the second conditional starting with: "If I were you...
What is "If I were you, I would [may vary]?"
Correct the misplaced phrase: "The boy chased the dog in his pyjamas through the park."
What is "The boy in his pyjamas chased the dog through the park"?
Combine using a relative pronoun: "I recently met a wildlife biologist. She studies endangered leopards."
What is "I recently met a wildlife biologist who studies endangered leopards"?
Name all nouns and pronouns in: "The noisy band played their hits, but everyone thought the show was short."
What are band, hits, show (nouns) and their, everyone (pronouns)?
Fix the apostrophe error: "Please hang the twins coats on the wall hook's."
What is "Please hang the twins' coats on the wall hooks"?
Rewrite as a second conditional sentence: "She does better at school / if she (not chat) all the time."
What is "She would do better at school if she didn't chat all the time"?
Identify the two prepositional phrases in: "Splashes of color dazzle the eyes in the mid-October sun."
Correct Answer: What are "of color" and "in the mid-October sun"?
Choose the correct preposition + relative pronoun: "They are the people [ for / with / to ] whom he works."
What is for whom?
Identify the adverb and the word it modifies: "Jill does exceptionally fine work."
What is exceptionally (modifying the adjective fine)?
Fix the apostrophes in: "A weeks vacation in Paris is just what you need."
What is "A week's vacation..."?
Fix both verb errors in this second conditional sentence: 'If I win the lottery, I will buy a spaceship.'
"What is changing 'win' to won and 'will' to would?"
Explain why "in the hall" is an adjective phrase in "The suitcase in the hall is mine", but "by plane" is an adverb phrase in "He travelled by plane."
What is "in the hall" modifies a noun (suitcase), while "by plane" modifies a verb (travelled)?
Combine into one sentence using preposition + which: "There is a tall building at the center of the city. You can see for miles from it."
What is "There is a tall building at the center of the city, from which you can see for miles"?