What is .. a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun
100
Describe the difference between indefinite and definite articles.
What is ... indefinite articles refer to a general group of people, things, or ideas...whereas a definite article identifies a specific group of people, places, things, or ideas.
100
Define comparative and superlative adjectives.
What is .. comparative: compares 2 things, groups, or people
superlative: compares more than 2 things, groups, or people
100
Give the definition of an adverb
What is .. a word that modifies, or describes, a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
100
Tell whether the demonstrative is a demonstrative pronoun or demonstrative adjective.
Look at this cathedral.
What is .. demonstrative adjective
200
Give the definition for a predicate adjective
What is ... an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of a sentence.
200
Choose the correct indefinite article to go in front of the group of words...
unknown cause
What is ... an.... an unknown cause
200
Tell the comparative and superlative form of the following adjective:
good
What is ... better and best
200
Locate the adverb, and tell what it's modifying.
It seemed that they had tidied up the tomb incompletely.
What is .. incompletely--tidied
200
Tell whether the demonstrative is a demonstrative pronoun or demonstrative adjective.
That is an unusual window.
What is ... demonstrative pronoun
300
List the indefinite and definite articles.
What is ... a, an (indefinite)...the (definite)
300
Choose the correct indefinite article to go in front of the group of words...
honest effort
What is ... an... an honest effort
300
Choose the correct form of the adj. in parenthesis.
The Boston Common may be the (green) spot downtown.
What is ... greenest
300
Locate the adverb(s) in the following sentence and tell what they are modifying.
The dog very gracefully devoured the scrumptious treat.
What is .. very--gracefully .... gracefully--devoured
300
Give the comparative and superlative form for the irregular adverb:
far(distance)
What is ... farther & farthest
400
Reword the group of words below, using a proper adjective to describe the noun.
a baseball from Taiwan
What is ... a Taiwanese baseball
400
When do you use "a" and when do you use "an"?
What is .. "a" when the next letter begins with a consonant sound, "an" when the next word begins with a vowel sound.
400
How do you make an adjective comparative or superlative if it has more than one syllable?
What is ... comparative add "less" or "more"....superlative add "least" or "most" before the adjective
400
Locate the adverb(s) in the sentence and tell what it's modifying.
Scientists dig there for facts about the Inca.
What is ... there--dig
400
Identify whether the word in parenthesis is an adverb or predicate adjective.
Some Roman bridges still operate (well) after hundreds of years.
What is .. adverb
500
Determine which sentence has a predicate adjective:
Mrs. Aschoff drives a mustang.
Mrs. Aschoff is fabulous.
What is .. Mrs. Aschoff is fabulous.
500
Reword the group of words, using a proper adjective to describe the noun.
a dress from Java
What is ... a Javanese dress
500
Choose the correct form of the word in parenthesis.
Early humans may have found that caves were smaller and (convenient) than structures they could build.
What is ... less convenient
500
List two adverbs that do not end in -ly
What is ... afterward, often, there, hard, sometimes, soon, everywhere, long, later, here, fast, straight
500
Identify whether the word in parenthesis is an adverb or predicate adjective.
The boy seems (sleepy).