Grammar

Sentence ID

100

Sometimes the weather is cold, snowy, and stormy, making for the perfect time to drink hot tea.

The words in italics are examples of what part of speech?

Descriptive Adjectives

200

I want both the chocolate syrup and the sprinkles on my ice cream. 

The words in italics are categorized as which part of speech?

Correlative Conjunctions

300

Five dogs ran across the meadow. 

The word in italics is categorized as which part of speech. 

Preposition of movement

400

The child in the small, green chair is named Henry. 

The words in italics are categorized as which parts of speech?

Coordinate Adjectives

500

Louisa is writing a sentence about William Shakespeare. 

The words in italics are categorized as which parts of speech?

Auxiliary Verbs

Definitions

100

Which punctuation mark separates two closely related independent clauses. 

semicolons

200

A part of speech that connects a subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. 

linking verbs

300

Which two things do apostrophes mark in a sentence

Possession and contractions

400

A word that describes or indicates the location or direction of objects in a sentence

Prepositions

500

A word that connects parts of a sentence together. 

Conjunctions

True/ False

100

Linking Verbs connects the verb to additional information about the subject. 

True

200

Commas and semicolons are used to introduce dialogue. 

True

300

Demonstrative adjectives examples are: this, that, these, those

true

400

Conjunctive Adverbs require the use of a semicolon.

False. Example: Sam did not eat his green beans. He did eat his squash, however. 

Sam did not eat his green beans. However, he did eat his squash.

Sam does not like green beans. His mother is determined, nevertheless, to have him eat them.

I will not be able to go to the concert tonight; therefore, I am selling my ticket. 

500

There is no difference in Adverbs of Place and Prepositions of Place. 

False, prepositions of place MUST include an object after them. 

Adverb: His mother stopped by. 

Prep: His mother was by the lake. 

Verbs

100

What are the four types of verbs?

Auxiliary, action, linking, and irregular.

200

This is an example of an auxiliary verb: The class was hungry

False - linking

300

The following is an example of a linking verb: The dog was wagging his tail.

False - auxiliary 

400

The following has which type of verbs in it and what are they: The dog was running home because he was hungry. 

was - auxiliary running - action was - linking

500

Please use (to buy) in a past tense sentence

Answers will vary "bought" 

Dep/ Ind. Clause

100

When school is over, we are going to get ice cream. 

Is the part that is in italics dependent or independent?

Dependent

200

Please give me an example of a dependent clause. 

Answers will vary

300

Please correct this sentence: 

Our team won, we are advancing to finals. 

Option: Our team won. We are advancing to finals. 

Option: Our team won; we are advancing to finals. 

Option: Our team won, so we are advancing to finals. 

400

I need to go to the store, _____ I need to buy more eggs. 

What is the part of speech that needs to separate the two independent clauses?

Coordinating Conjunctions

500

For a comma splice to occur, what does the sentence need to contain? Independent or dependent clauses? One of each? Only dependent? Only independent? 

Two independent clauses. A comma splice cannot serve alone to separate independent clauses, therefore for the error to be avoided a comma needs to be between a dependent clauses and an independent.