Parts of Speech
Find the indefinite pronoun in the sentence: Most of her friends love treating themselves to pizza.
most
Produce the verb phrase, given a verb and a tense. If it can have multiple helping verbs, you must include them.
speak (past perfect)
had spoken
compares two unlike things using like or as
simile
the perspective from which a story is told
point of view
This type of conjunction is used to connect independent clauses. It is also called a FANBOY.
coordinating conjunction
How many articles are in the sentence?
We were lucky to get a ticket for that singer’s show at the arena this Saturday.
2
a, the
Fill in the blanks: _________ modify adjectives, but __________ modify nouns.
adverbs, adjectives
Produce the verb phrase, given a verb and a tense. If it can have multiple helping verbs, you must include them.
lead (future progressive)
will be leading
Gives human qualities to a non-human subject
personification
Third person point of view where the narrator knows everything in the story and reveals the thoughts of multiple characters
third person omniscient
Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: Some people never plant vegetable or flower gardens.
plant
Identify the antecedent of the subject pronoun in the sentence: The students aced their LEAP tests, and they celebrated together.
students
Identify the indirect object in the sentence: My sister painted our grandmother a picture.
grandmother
Produce the verb phrase, given a verb and a tense. If it can have multiple helping verbs, you must include them.
go (past tense)
went
What type of fig. lang.? The snow was like a white blanket on the lawn.
simile
the writer’s attitude toward his or her audience or subject
tone
Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: The talented, strong ballerinas on the stage gracefully leaped and danced.
the talented, strong ballerinas on the stage
Usually, the word walk is an intransitive verb. Write down a sentence where walk is a transitive verb.
walk should have a direct object (ex: walk the dog, walk a mile, walk a path)
Identify the adjective and adverb in the following sentence: Marsha is excited to go to the mall later.
Adj:
Adv:
adj: excited
adv: later
Produce the verb phrase, given a verb and a tense. If it can have multiple helping verbs, you must include them.
do (future perfect-progressive)
will have been doing
What type of fig. lang.? The toys invited the children to play with them.
personification
the feeling created in a reader by a piece of writing
mood
What type of sentence is this? Ivy ate the tuna sandwich even though she dislikes mayonnaise.
Simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
complex
Irregular verbs only show up in these 4 specific tenses (out of the 12 tenses).
Simple past, past perfect, present perfect, future perfect
list 4 object pronouns
him, her, it, us, them, you, me
Produce the verb phrase, given a verb and a tense. If it can have multiple helping verbs, you must include them.
swim (present perfect)
has/have swum
What type of figurative language? Life is a rollercoaster - there are lots of ups and downs.
metaphor
writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses
imagery
Identify the subject complement in the sentence and tell whether it's a predicate adjective or predicate nominative: Rouj Creole is my favorite seafood restaurant.
SC:
Type:
SC: restaurant
Type: PN
List 6 subordinating conjunction
after, although, as, as if, because, before, how, if, since, though, unless, until, when, where, while