Nouns
Name the category of noun(s) that the following word falls under: laptop
What is compound, common, and concrete
A pronoun that shows possession
What is a possessive pronoun
A verb that acts like a noun
What is a gerund
Karen runs as fast as the wind.
What is a simile
Name the category of noun(s) that the following word falls under: Red Cross
What is compound, concrete, proper
A word that pronoun refers to
What is an antecedent
Introduces a list of items.
What is a colon
A verb that always begins with the word to
What is an infinitive
My eyes widened at the sight of the mile-high sundaes that were brought to the table.
What is a hyperbole
Name the category of noun(s) that the following word falls under:herd
What is common, concrete, collective
"each other" and "one another"
What is a reciprocal pronoun
Comes between compound adjectives after a noun
What is a hyphen
1. Tell whether the sentence contains a gerund or infinitive.
2. Say the phrase which is the gerund or infinitive
As a food blogger, eating is an involved production for Sasha.
1. What is a gerund.
2. What is eating.
She is a bear when she wakes up in the morning.
What is a metaphor
Name the category of noun(s) that the following word falls under: Diaz Family
What is proper, collective, concrete
When a pronoun does not refer to a specific person, such as "few" and "many"
What is an indefinite pronoun
Divides words at the end of a line.
What is a hyphen
1. Tell whether the sentence contains a gerund or infinitive.
2. Say the phrase which is the gerund or infinitive
He stopped there to help the person in the accident.
1. What is an infinitive
2. What is to help
The kite dances happily across the sky.
What is personification
Name the category of noun(s) that the following word falls under: curious
What is abstract, common
A pronoun used to point out specific things or people, such as "this" and "that"
What is a demonstrative pronoun
Used when a series already has a comma, but you still need to separate the items.
What is a semicolon
1. Tell whether the sentence contains a gerund or infinitive.
2. Say the phrase which is the gerund or infinitive
Trying new restaurants is my favorite thing to do.
1. What is a gerund
2. What is trying
I'm going to try to catch some z's.
What is an idiom