Name the two verbals that have similar endings. Include the ending in your answer.
What is the gerund and present participle end in -ing?
100
The clothes on the floor were both clean and dirty.
What is the prepositional phrase?
What is "on the floor"?
100
Chris went to the store. He bought milk. -
In the previous sentences, ______ is the antecedent
What is Chris?
100
The smell of the delicious soup filled the air.
What is the modifier?
What is delicious?
100
Name the type of clause:
the little chicken flew the coop
What is an independent clause?
200
Identify the verb in the following sentence:
I practice kicking a football everyday.
What is practice?
200
Which of the following is a verb phrase?
a. the boys
b. were playing baseball
c. Most of the boys
d. the boys were playing baseball.
What is b?
200
Few college campuses are safe as ____should be, experts say.
What is they?
200
What part of speech is the word "identical" in the sentence?
Mike and Mark are identical twins.
What is an adjective?
200
Which one of these is a noun clause?
A. You really do not want to know what Bob adds in his soup.
B. You really do not want to know the ingredients Bob adds in his soup.
What is A?
300
Which of the following words is not a verb?
found, studied, always, lost
What is always?
300
With all the commotion in the back of the car, the driver missed the exit.
What is the prepositional phrase(s)?
What is with all the commotion, in the back, of the car?
300
The popcorn and soft drinks here are expensive for ____size.
What is their?
300
Correct the following:
The movie made me curiouser about the Muslim period in Spanish history.
What is The movie made me more curious about the Muslim period in Spanish history.
300
Anna scraped, and Tony sanded while I went to buy some paint.
ID the dependent clause
What is while I went to buy some paint
400
The gerund always imitates this part of speech?
What is a noun?
400
During fall and winter, his family will go to Boston.
ID the prepositional phrase.
ID the subject and verb.
What is during fall and winter -
Family - subject
Verb - will go
400
Anyone can improve ____skills as an artist.
What is his or her?
400
Rewrite the sentence so that it is clear and correct.
Reading a book, my cat crawled into my lap.
What is - As I was reading a book, my cat crawled into my lap.
400
Before Kathy went, she made potato salad, and she packed the picnic basket.
ID the dependent clause
What is before Kathy went?
500
Find the verbal and identify it:
To sleep late on Friday was Sarah's goal, but her annoying brother woke her up early.
What is to sleep (infinitive) and annoying (present participle)?
500
You may not go outside the square or this line.
ID the prepositional phrase
What is outside the square or this line?
500
The flash mob interrupted the parade to the delight of ____participants.
What is its?
500
Good or well? Which word is used to modify a verb? Which word is used to modify a noun or a pronoun?
What is Well is used to modify a verb and good is used to modify a noun or a pronoun.
500
What is the independent and dependent clause in the following sentence:
Bob sprinted to get a paper towels for the juice that had spilled over the glass and onto the table.
What is: Independent clause:
Bob sprinted to get a paper towels for the juice
Dependent clause:
that had spilled over the glass and onto the table