Plural and Possessive Nouns
To make most nouns plural, add __________.
add (s).
Every action verb has a direct object. True or False?
False
The 2 main tricksters of Native American cultures are __________ and ____________.
Coyote and Raven
Idioms are meant to be taken literally.
True or False
False
The subject is ________ or ________ the sentence is about.
who or what
If a noun ends in x, y, z, ch, sh, or s, add _______ to make it plural.
add (es) to make it plural
The verb phrase "has been walking" is ______.
a) action
b) linking
a) action
The trickster god of the Vikings is __________.
Loki
Which is a simile?
a) My love is a rose.
b) My love is like a rose.
b) My love is like a rose.
Name 2 of the 3 places adjectives are found.
In front of a noun
After the noun
Following a linking verb
If a noun ends in f or fe (such as knife), drop the f and add ________
add (ves)
"He must have been driving." How many helping verbs?
3
The famous Leonid meteor shower of 1833 marked the ____of the old ways for Momaday's people.
end
To "throw the baby out with the bath water" means to ignore the most important issue.
True or False?
True
"When he comes next week," is an example of what?
a) a sentence
b) a run-on
c) a fragment
c) fragment
To make men possessive, add _______.
a) add ('s)
b) add (')
a) add ('s)
"The little dog became became anxious."
Predicate adjective (PA) or Predicate Noun (PN)?
Predicate adjective (PA)
Momaday's people are the __________.
Kiowa
"Splish splash I was taking a bath," contains...
a) onomatopoeia
b) oxymoron
a) onomatopoeia
Name the FANBOYS.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
To make boys possessive, __________.
a) add ('s)
b) add (')
b) add (')
"Mrs. Patrick wrote the mayor a letter about toxic waste."
What is the indirect object?
Mayor
The sacred place of Momaday's people is Rainy Mountain, located in ______________.
Oklahoma
"I felt the eyes of the forest on me," is an example of what?
a) hyperbole
b) personification
b) personification
"The red wagon is his." How many adjectives?
2