Action and Linking Verbs
Compare and Contrast
Subject and Verb Agreement
Prepositions
Correlative Conjunctions
Verb Tenses
Writing Titles
100
What is the difference between an action verb and a linking verb?

An action verb shows action.

A linking verb links the subject to words that describe the subject.

100
Are these sentences comparing or contrasting? 


The gods were pleased with how the clay people looked. The gods were not pleased that the clay people could not walk. 

Contrasting

100

Put the subject and verb in agreement in the present tense

Subject: Margarite 

Verb: draw


Margarite draws

100

What do prepositions tell a reader?

The place, time or partner of the subject. 

100

Which is not a correlative conjunction? 

A. neither/nor

B. after/ then

C. either/or 

D. Not only/ but also

B

200

What is the subject and action verb in the following sentence? 

The Inca divided their empire into four quarters. 

Subject: The Inca

Action verb: divided 

200

Which of the following words would I use to compare two things? 

A. Instead

B. Alternatively

C. Also

D. In contrast

C

200

Put the subject and verb in agreement in the past tense

Subject:  Leonardo da Vinci

Verb: to see

Leonardo da Vinci saw

200

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:

_______ her 16th birthday, Isabella married Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua.

After

200

Which correlative conjunction would be used to show a choice between two things? 

both/and 

either/or 

neither/nor 

not only/but also

Either/or 

200

What is an inappropriate shift in verb tense?

When a writer uses two different tenses in a set of sentences. 

200

What is the correct way to write the title of a book? 

A. Shifts in Power

B. Shifts in Power

C. Shifts in Power

D. "Shifts in Power"

A

300

Write a sentence using a linking verb

Check student answers: 

Must use one of the following linking verbs be, become, seem, appear, remain, feel, look, smell, sound, taste, stay, grow, turn, prove, have, had, has, do, did, does, will, are, and would.

300

What word could I use to complete this sentence? 

Don Quixote thought he saw a man wearing an enchanted helmet, ________, Sancho saw a barber riding a donkey and wearing a basin on his head. 

Any of the following, 

However, in contrast, on the other hand, alternatively 

300

Put the subject and verb in agreement in the present tense

Subject: The yard 

Verb: to be


The yard is

300

What is the preposition and prepositional phrase in the following sentence? 

My dad wakes up before anyone else. 

Preposition: before 

Prepositional phrase: before anyone else

300

Which correlative conjunction would be used to make two negative statements? 

both/and 

either/or 

neither/nor 

not only/but also

Neither/nor

300

Read the sentences, are the verb tenses used correctly?

Rather than conquer or tame the land, Native Americans blended into the land. They built sturdy, cozy houses. 

If not, what should be changed?

Yes, it is correct. 

300

What is the correct way to write a chapter title? 

A. Myths of the Maya

B. Myths of the Maya

C. "Myths of the Maya"

D. Myths of the Maya

C

400

Identify the subject and verb in the sentence. 

Is the verb an action or linking verb? 

In the summer of 1911, Ishi emerged from the wilderness in Oroville. 

Ishi emerged 

Action verb

400

Rewrite the sentences using a comparing or contrasting word or phrase.


My father only roots for Pittsburgh teams. I only root for Pittsburgh teams. 

Check student answers

Sentence should include Comparing words 

(similarly, likewise, in the same way, just as, also, etc.)

400

Put the subject and verb in agreement in the present tense and use it in a sentence. 

Subject: The authors

Verb: to write

Check student answers

The authors write ______________.

400

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition and tell the function of the preposition (place, time, or partner):

The Arapahoe and Cheyenne fought _______ the Lakota at the battle of the Little Bighorn. 

with (partner)

400

Use the correlative conjunction either/or in a sentence 

Check student answers 

Sentence must show a choice between two alternatives.

400

Read the sentences, are the verb tenses used correctly?

Don Quixote tried to do what he thought was right. Sometimes he will make mistakes when he will attempt to fix things. 

If not, what should be changed?

No, they are not. 

he will make-> he made 

he will attempt-> he attempted

400

What is the correct way to write a Work of Art? 

A. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

B. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

C. "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci

D. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

D

500

Identify the action and Linking Verbs in the following sentences.

Chris was shorter than his father. Then he grew six inches. Now he is almost as big as his father. 

Sentence 1: Lining Verb- was

Sentence 2: Action verb- grew

Sentence 3: Linking verb: is

500

Tell whether the sentences are comparing or contrasting, then rewrite the sentences using a comparing or contrasting word or phrase.


My sister enjoys watching the summer Olympic Games. My brother enjoys watching the winter Olympic Games. 

They are contrasting 

Sentence must include contrasting words such as however, in contrast, alternatively, whereas, instead, on the other hand, but, etc.

500

Put the subject and verb in agreement in the past tense and use it in a sentence. 

Subject: Native Americans

Verb: to be

Check student answers

Native Americans were _____________. 

500

Fill in the blank with the correct preposition and tell the function of the preposition (place, time partner):

Francesco was often ___A____, fighting battles ____B____ other city-states and countries.

A: away (place)

B: against (partner) OR with (partner)

500

Use the correlative conjunction not only/ but also in a sentence

Check student answers 

Sentence must create emphasis