Nouns / Pronouns
Adjective / Adverb
Verbs
Which is it?
Wild Card
100

Identify the subject in the following sentence: The lonely man finds sadness in the middle of a crowd.

A. The lonely

B. sadness

C. man

D. crowd

What is C. 'man'?

100

This adjective points things out.

A. Interrogative Adjectives

B. Indefinite Adjectives

C. Demonstrative Adjectives

D. Possessive Adjectives

What is C. 'demonstrative'?

100

Another name for the term "verb," which shows actions, would be?

A. verb

B. subject

c. preposition

D. predicate

E. conjunction



What is a "predicate"

100

Identify the word in ALL CAPS.

Intensive or Reflexive? I cut MYSELF as I shaved this morning.

(Think of a reflective narrative writing prompt, what do YOU talk about exactly?)

A. Intensive

B. Reflexive

What is B. 'reflexive'?

100

Identify the word in ALL CAPS.

Identify the type of Interjection: OH NO! I dropped my lucky snorkel!

A. strong

B. perfect

C. demonstrative

D. weak

What is a A. 'strong interjection'?

200

Identify the pronoun: Someone needs to answer the questions correctly.(A pronoun replaces a noun.)

A. to

B. Someone

C. answer

d. questions

What is B. 'someone'?

200

Identify the adverb: She danced amazingly at the recital.

A. She

B. at

C. amazingly

D. the

E. danced

What is 'amazingly'?

200

Transitive or Intransitive? That little baby rabbit JUMPED over a five foot fence.

(A transitive verb is one that only makes sense if it exerts its action on an object. An intransitive verb will make sense without exerting its action on an object.)

What is 'intransitive'?

200

Identify the word in ALL CAPS.

Adjective or Pronoun? Take THAT to the service station.

A. Adjective

B. Pronoun

C. Noun

What is B. 'pronoun'?

200

Identify the correlative conjunction: Both my dad and my mom hope that I become an astronaut some day.(A correlative conjunction is a type of conjunction that functions in a pair, with both words working together to balance words, phrases, or clauses.)

A. Both/and

B. my/and

C. an/and

E. become/and

What is A. 'both/and'?

300

This noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

A. Common Noun

B. Proper Noun

What is 'proper noun'?

300

Identify the object of the prepositional phrase: Grab a magazine from the book shelf.

A. Grab

B. from

C. shelf

D. book

What is 'shelf'?

300

Identify the transitive verb pairs in the following sentences: The president of the club denied the funding for the special committee after they were caught cheating on the ballots.

(Transitive verbs need a direct object, in which receives the actions from the subject.)


A. president/club

B. special/cheating

C. funding/committee

D. denied/caught

What is 'denied/caught'?

300

Identify the word in ALL CAPS.

Adverb or Preposition? Why do we have to stay INSIDE today?

A. Adverb

B. Preposition

C. Verb

D. Noun

What is B.'preposition'?

300

Identify the object of the prepositional phrase: Everyone should know how to sing in the shower.

A. should

B. to

C. in

D. shower

What is D. 'shower'?

400

The "who or what" of a sentence that either does the action or is identified or described.

A. Verb

B. Article

C. Subject

D. Helping Verb

What is a C. 'subject'?

400

This key question finds words like completely, almost, and precisely.

A. to what?

B. to what extent?

C. to what state?

B. What is 'to what extent'?

400

Linking verbs commonly come from this infinitive. Hint, an infinitive is (to + verb).

1. to house

2. to floor

3. to be

4. to roof

What is 'to be'?

400

Identify the word in ALL CAPS.

Adjective or Pronoun? This book belongs to MY sister.


A. Adjective

B. Pronoun

C. Conjunction

D. Noun

What is B. 'pronoun'?

400

Identify the ALL CAPS part of speech: You look a bright ray OF sunshine today.

A. verb

B. preposition

C. noun

D. pronoun

D. 

What is B. 'preposition'?

500

This pronoun introduces an adjective clause. For example, "My brother, WHO plays basketball, just signed with North Carolina Tarheels."

A. Correlative Pronoun

B. Indefinite Pronoun

C. Possessive Pronoun

D. Relative Pronoun

What is a D. 'relative pronoun'?

500

Adjectives can be found by asking how many, which one, and _______________.

What is 'what kind'?

500

Identify the word in ALL CAPS.

Action or Linking? The boat SOUNDED its horn while the fog was thick.

A. boat

B. action 

C. linking


What is B. 'action'?

500

Concrete or Abstract Noun? Some folks say that KNOWLEDGE is more powerful than strength.

(Concrete nouns are nouns that you can physically touch, but abstract nouns are classified as "ideas.")

A. Abstract Noun

B. Proper Noun

C. Common Noun

D. Concrete Noun

What is A. 'abstract noun'?

500

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: Not only are we winning the game, but also I scored three touchdowns.

A. only

B. the

C. and

D. but

What is D. 'but'?