A noun is the part of speech that names a PERSON, a PLACE or a THING.
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Define a verb.
A verb is the part of speech that describes the ACTION (what is doing/done) or STATE OF BEING (how something is) in a sentence.
100
Define an adjective
An adjective is the part of speech that MODIFIES (DESCRIBES) a noun, telling SIZE, COLOR OR HOW MANY.
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Define an adverb.
An adverb is the part of speech that MODIFIES (DESCRIBES) a verb in time (WHEN), manner (HOW), or place (WHERE).
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Define the meaing of the prefix 'PRE-' and give an example word.
PRE- means before
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Correctly spell the PLURAL FORM of 'fox'.
f-o-x-e-s
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What is the correct form of the verb:
They (WANT/WANTS) to go again.
They WANT to go again
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Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
The girl sat on the small brown chair.
SMALL; BROWN
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What is the SUFFIX that will help identify the ADVERB in a sentence?
-LY
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define the prefix UN- and give an example word
UN- means 'NOT'
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Identify the SUBJECT and the PREDICATE of the sentence:
"Mr. Morton rode the bus all of the way home."
SUBJECT: Mr. Morton
PREDICATE: rode the bus (all of the way home)
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HAVE or HAS?
The monkeys ________ a bunch of bananas.
'monkeys' is a plural noun.
The monkeys HAVE a bunch of bananas.
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Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:
"The wedding gown was lovely and expensive."
LOVELY; EXPENSIVE
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What is the adverb?
"The bird sang beautifully."
BEAUTIFULLY
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define the prefix 'RE-' and give an example word
RE- means again
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COMMON or PROPER?, WHY? and CORRECT SPELLING: june
PROPER; it is the name of a SPECIFIC month. J-U-N-E
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Complete the sentence using a verb:
I will help my father _________ the house tomorrow.
possible answers: WASH, CLEAN, PAINT, BUILD
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Correctly rearrange the scrambled sentence:
JUAN BLUE GRANDMA GAVE HAT A
Grandma gave Juan a blue hat.
-OR-
Juan gave Grandma a blue hat.
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What is the adverb?
The children were happy there.
'HAPPY' is the adverb for the verb 'WERE'
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define the suffix -LESS and give an example word
-LESS means without
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The sentence "Rufus Xavier Sasparilla spotted a kangaroo with Ludmilla Theresa Renteria" can be rewritten as
"HE spotted IT with HER".
What part of speech are 'he', 'it' and 'her'?
HE, IT and HER are PRONOUNS.
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What are the three TENSES of a verb?
PAST TENSE, PRESENT TENSE, FUTURE TENSE
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Which is an adverb?
TASTE or TASTY?
TASTY
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What is the adverb?
Outside, the pirates guarded their treasure cove.
OUTSIDE
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Define the suffixes -ABLE, -FUL and -LY. Give words for each.
-ABLE means can or able to
-FUL means full of
-LY means in a way that is or