Word Classes
What are the prepositions in the sentence below?
I fed my cat before cleaning under the sofa.
before and under
Is Belgium a proper noun or common noun?
Proper noun
What is the past tense of the verb bring?
How would you finish the following subjunctive sentence?
Mrs. Ritchie always wishes that...
we were quieter, her family lived closer, she were taking a nap...
What is the following sentence an example of?
Do you know what time it is?
question
How many nouns do you see in the sentence below?
The baby hugged her fuzzy toy in the pink pram.
3-baby, toy, pram
What is the common noun in the sentence below?
David sat at the long, dining table.
Table
Pam tidied her bedroom, vacuumed the kitchen and baked cookies for her visitors.
3 - tidied, vacuumed and baked
Choose the correct option:
It is important that you sleeping/sleeps/sleep at least 8 hours every night.
sleep
Give a command sentence.
Sit down! Raise your hand! Stir the cake batter. Read a book...
In the sentence:
The puppy barked fiercely!
What part of speech is fiercely?
adverb
What is a collective noun? Give an example.
A collective noun is the name given to a group.
Example-swarm of bees, pack of wolves, murder of crows...
Edit the following sentence and say it in the past tense:
Tom thinks he does well on his test so he is overjoy.
Tom thought he did well on his test so he was overjoyed.
Add an adjective to make the sentence longer:
Robyn took her dog for a walk.
Which part of the following sentence is the question tag?
Jon will bring his homework today, won't he?
Won't he
Identify the following words:
Sally eats sandwiches every Monday.
eats-verb
sandwiches-noun
Monday-proper noun
What do you call the names of things you cannot see, such as feelings and ideas like hate, happiness or truth?
Abstract nouns
Give 3 adjectives to make the noun baby more interesting.
crying, loud, cute, sleeping...
Use the yellow book in a statement, command and question.
Statement- The yellow book is on the table.
Command-Put down the yellow book!
Question-Where is the yellow book?
The sloth moved carefully in the tree.
I carried the baby carefully...
Find and name all the nouns in the sentence below:
Sara packed a pod of whales into her blue suitcase and was ready to fly to Michigan on Tuesday full of excitement!
Sara-proper noun
pod-collective noun
whales-common noun
suitcase-common noun
Michigan-proper noun
Tuesday- proper noun
excitement-abstract noun
Give 2 examples of the verb to be.
am, is, are, was, were, being, been...
What is the noun phrase in the sentence:
The crowd gasped in shocked, horrified, puzzled amazement.
Shocked, horrified, puzzled amazement.
Finish the sentence by adding a question tag:
You wouldn't tell anyone my secret_______?
Would you?