NOUNS & PRONOUNS
VERBS
MODIFIERS
PREPOSITIONS
ANYTHING GOES
100
The main noun in a sentence; the noun that executes the action of the main verb; you must have this and a predicate to have a complete sentence.
What is a subject?
100
The action verbs in this sentence: 'After Wanda left the dance, she walked across the frozen pond and fell through the ice.
What are 'left,' 'walked,' and 'fell?'
100
A part of speech that can tell us 'what kind,' 'how many,' 'what color,' and 'which one' about nouns and pronouns.
What is an adjective?
100
The preposition of this sentence: Take me to your leader, earthling.
What is 'to?'
100
The interjection in this sentence: I agree with you, but, dang, you don't have to be so mean about it.
What is 'dang?'
200
These 3 terms are used to explain the following things about nouns & pronouns: 'how many' and 'ownership.'
What are 'singular,' 'plural,' and 'possessive?'
200
The dimension of a verb that lets the reader know 'when' something is happening.
What is 'tense?'
200
A part of speech that can explain 'to what extent,' 'how,' 'when,' 'where,' and 'in what manner' about a verb or another modifier.
What is an adjective?
200
The 3 prepositional phrases in this sentence: Through the maze he wandered, lost in dreams of ancient civilizations.
What are 'through the maze,' 'in dreams,' and 'of ancient civilizations?'
200
A word that can join pronouns, nouns, phrases or even whole clauses together in a sentence.
What is a conjunction/coordinating conjunction?
300
The noun for which a pronoun is the substitute.
What is an antecedent?
300
The 'verb of being' in this sentence: Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for what comes next, for there is nothing like it on earth.
What is 'is?'
300
The adjectives in this sentence: In your darkest days, remember the wonderful things you saw here.
What are 'darkest' and 'wonderful?'
300
The object of the preposition in this sentence: All day long we swam like dolphins in the ocean.
What is 'ocean?'
300
The term for a verb, like 'flying', that is used as a noun or as part of a noun phrase - as in: Flying kites is a fun activity.
What is a gerund?
400
The simple subject, the direct object, and the object of the preposition of the sentence: The amazing William flew a kite in the storm.
What are "William," "kite," and "storm?"
400
The helping verb in this sentence: 'Why have you stopped trying?'
What is 'have?'
400
The adverbs in this sentence: I am very upset with you because you scored too poorly on the exam to pass.
What are 'very' and 'too' and 'poorly?'
400
The prepositional phrase that acts like an adverb in this sentence: The birds in the sky flew into the giant cloud.
What is 'into the giant cloud?'
400
The term for a verb or verb phrase in it's non-conjugated basic form, as in: to sleep, to eat, to feel, to believe.
What is an infinitive?
500
In this sentence, it is an 'abstract,' not a 'concrete,' noun: 'My friend, Goofy George, eats pizza and tacos all day long, and he does it with love in his heart.'
What is "love"?
500
The present tense singular and plural conjugation of the verb: 'to be.'
What is: 'I am,' 'you are,' 'he/she/it is,' 'We are,' 'You are,' 'They are?'
500
A phrase that starts with another part of speech from this game and can function as a modifier.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
The prepositional phrase that acts like an adjective in the following sentence: In my mind, the cats in the alley are my friends.
What is 'in the alley?'
500
The subordinating conjunction in this complex sentence: Even though you won this battle, you will lose the war!
What is "even though?"