Tenses & Structures
This tense is used to describe actions happening right now
Present continuous
A word that names a person, pace, or thing.
Noun
Identify the preposition in the sentence: 'The cat is under the table'.
Under
Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly'.
The dog
What is the prefix in 'unhappy'?
Un-
I ___ (watch) TV when she called.
was watching (Past Continuous)
This part of speech modifies a noun
Adjective
I stayed home ___ the rain.
because of
Identify the object in the sentence: 'She kicked the ball'.
The ball
Easily → The suffix ‘-ly’ turns an adjective into …
An adverb
By the time she arrived, we ___ (finish) dinner.
had finished (Past Perfect)
Identify the pronoun in the sentence: 'They are going to the park'.
They
This preposition shows movement toward a place.
To
Which is the correct article: ___ hour ago?
An
What type of word formation is 'toothbrush'?
Compound word
She asked him to close the window.
Indirect command
In 'She ran quickly', 'quickly' is which part of speech?
Adverb
True or False: 'to' in 'to swim' is a preposition.
False
Contrast clause in: I like tea, ___ I don’t like coffee.
but
What is the root word of 'misunderstanding'?
understand
Rewrite using a gerund: ‘To learn a language takes time.
Learning a language takes time.
A word that connects clauses, like 'although' or 'because', is which part of speech?
Conjunction
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: 'He sat on the bench'.
On the bench
Identify the sentence that makes a suggestion.
a) I think we could go to the park.
b) I love ice cream.
a) I think we could go to the park.
Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Example: sea/see
Homophones