Verbs
Parts of Speech
Phrases/Clauses
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Potpourri
100

These are the three types of verbs.

What are linking, action, and helping?

100

Nancy, New York City, and Bagels are this part of speech.

What are proper nouns?

100

These are the four kinds of clauses.

What are dependent, subordinate, adverbial, and independent?

100
This is what the N stands for in FANBOYS.

What is nor?

100

This singer just got engaged to her boyfriend of five years on Sunday.

Who is Britney Spears?

200

Maybe Mr. Bagels should have a will - the underlined is this type of verb.

What is a helping verb?

200

Prepositions are __________, ______________, or ____________ words.

What is a directional, locational, or relational word?

200

She ran down the street and it the bus drove away is a _______________ sentence.

What is a compound sentence?

200

These are the parts of speech of both underlined words in the following sentence:

In the fall, the leaves fall and decay.

What are a noun and a verb?

200

This artist won the VMA for best song of the year.

Who is Olivia Rodriguez?

300

The kind of verb that answers the question, "what is a subject is doing?"

What is an action verb?

300

This part of speech answers when, where, why, how, under what condition something has, is, or will happen.

What is an adverb?

300

This is what the clause becomes when a subordinator is at the beginning.

What is a dependent, adverbial, or subordinate clause? (any of these answers will suffice)

300

These are the functions of a conjunction.

What are hooking up words, and phrases, and clauses?
300

This Oscar winning actress recently revealed she is pregnant with her first baby.

Who is Jennifer Lawrence?

400

Sunday nights are awful. - Are is this kind of verb in that sentence.

What is a linking verb?

400

These are the three kinds of conjunctions.

What are coordinating, subordinating, and correlating?

400

This is what a compound-complex sentence needs.

What is a variation of two ICs connected by a FANBOYS and at least one DC?

400

These are the two types of phrases that the underlines words can be:The dog went to the movies.

What are adverbial and prepositional?

400

This couple has reunited after 20 years.

Who are Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez?

500

A helping verb must always have this kind of verb attached to it.

What is an action verb?

500

This is what a prepositional phrase includes.

What is a preposition and the object of the preposition?

500

This is an example of a complex sentence (you will need to come up with an example).

What is ______________________?


DC + , + Ic. 

IC + DC

DC +, +IC + DC.

500

The young boy bought three oranges to the bright yellow room. - These are my adjectives.

What are young, three, and yellow?

500

This iconic soccer superstar is in intensive care after having a tumor removed from his colon.

Who is Pele?

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