Nouns and Pronouns
What are the roles or jobs a noun can have in a sentence, sometimes referred to as SPIDO PONA?
Noun Usages:
Subject Noun, Possessive Noun Adjective, Indirect Object, Direct Object, Object of the preposition, Predicate Nominative, Object Complement Noun, Noun of Direct Address, Appositive
What are the 4 types of one-word adverbs?
simple, flexional, affirmative and negative
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence?
My teacher told us to put all of the pencils across the room in the big bin.
of the pencils
across the room
in the big bin
The sentence pattern of this sentence:
Jesus made me a crown.
S-Vt-IO-DO
What are the 4 verb types?
Intransitive
Transitive
Linking
Helping
What are the Subjective (Nominative) Pronouns?
I, you, he, she it, we, you, they
What is the type of adjective represented below:
a, an, the
limiting article adjectives
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence?
Usually, my dog likes to sleep by my bed, but last night, she slept in my bed and on my head!
by my bed
in my bed
on my head
What is the definition of a compound sentence?
A compound sentence consists of at least 2 independent clauses, connected by coordinating conjunction (FANBOY).
What are the three verb moods?
indicative, imperative and subjunctive
What are the noun attributes?
Common/Proper, Singular/Plural, Concrete/Abstract, Collective, Compound
What is the word that the adverb in the following sentence is modifying:
The boy ran quickly through the field.
ran
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence?
After dinner, we left our dishes on the table but mom likes to have them in the sink.
After dinner
on the table
in the sink
What is the definition of a complex sentence?
A complex sentence consists of one independent clause with at least one subordinate clause.
What is the verb voice used in the following sentence:
I love Essentials.
active voice
What are the Objective Pronouns?
me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Which type of adjectives answer the question "whose?"
possessive adjectives
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence?
My silly neighbor, who lives across the street, carved watermelons for Halloween and placed them between two trees in her yard.
across the street
for Halloween
between two trees
in her yard
What are the two ways you can begin a subordinate clause?
A subordinating conjunction (www.asia.wub)
or
a relative pronoun (who/which)
What type of verbal is in the following sentence and what part of speech is it acting as?
She loves to dance to country music.
infinitive (to dance), acting as a noun (Direct object)
List the Relative Pronouns.
who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever, that, which, what, whatever
What is the type of prepositional phrase represented in the following sentences?
The girl over there loves to play hopscotch.
(hint: adverbial or adjectival)
It is an adjectival prepositional phrase.
Which girl? The girl "over there."
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence?
In the summer, my family likes to go to the beach with our friends from CC and make sandcastles under the pier out of wet sand we find near the shore.
In the summer
to the beach
with our friends
from CC
under the pier
out of wet sand
near the shore
What is the definition of a compound/complex sentence?
At least 2 independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) and at least one subordinate clause
What is the type of verbal in the following sentence and which part of speech is it acting as?
My singing sister is very talented.
A present participle (singing) acting as an adjective describing sister