Grammar
What word shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence?
preposition
What do we call a preposition that is made of more than one word?
compound preposition
What part of speech takes the place of a noun?
pronoun
Why did most people think Don Meek couldn't play football?
He was too small
Who wrote The Record?
Grantland Rice
What words are used to introduce adverb clauses?
subordinating conjunctions
What does a prepositional phrase consist of?
a preposition, an object, and any modifiers of the object
List all 8 parts of speech
noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
In Run, Boy, Run, who was the boy who overcame the innjury to his legs?
Glenn Cunningham
What piece does this line come from?
He writes-not that you won or lost-but how you played the Game.
Alumnus Football
Find the conjunction in this sentence:
I enjoy working in my garden when I have the time.
when
Not only...but also is a what?
correlative conjunction
Complete the definition
__________________ is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or ________________________.
An adverb, another adverb
What is dusting?
throwing the ball so close to the batter to unnerve him
What is the line to know from Casey at the Bat?
But there is no joy in Mudville
What are the coordinating conjunctions?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet
How do we punctuate a mild interjection?
with a comma
Complete this definition:
________________________is a word that _________________ words or groups of words.
A conjunction, joins
According to Alumnus Football, what is the most important thing?
how we play the game
What piece does this line come from?
When the game is done and the players creep, One by one to the League of Sleep
The Record
Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence.
In da Vinci's masterpiece, The Last Supper, the twelve disciples gather for the Passover supper and learn that one of them will betray the son of God.
In da Vinci's masterpiece, for the Passover supper, of them, of God
Identify the words in italics:
Whoa! That monkey jumped onto the table and stole that man's sandwich.
whoa=interjection, onto=preposition, and=conjunction
Identify the part of speech of each word in the sentence.
As her dad pulled into the driveway, Gabriella told everyone that he was there.
As=conjunction, her=adjective, dad=noun, pulled=verb, into=preposition, the=adjective, Gabriella=noun, told=verb, everyone=pronoun, that=pronoun, he=pronoun, was=verb, there=adverb
Nae two of the boys on the track team in Off the Track.
Don, Mickey, George, Shep
In the Surprise of His Life, what did Kerry receive from Uncle Jim?
twenty-five dollards and a Kendall rod