Nouns
This is the indirect object in the following sentence:
My mom gave me a new cookbook for Christmas.
This is the verb or verb phrase in the following sentence:
Running is fun.
This is the adjective in the following sentence:
Beaming with pride, Megan accepted the award.
What is, "the"?
This is the adverb in the following sentence:
The baby slept peacefully.
What is, "peacefully"?
Which one, what kind, how many, and whose are all questions to help identify this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
This is the object of a preposition in the following sentence:
I want to go to the soccer game, but my dad won't let me.
What is, "game"?
This is the helping verb in the following sentence:
The chefs are experimenting with new flavors, and their boss is excited about the results.
What is "are"?
This is the adjective in the following sentence:
Sarah’s dress was purchased at Express.
What is "Sarah's"?
This is the adverb word, phrase, or clause in the following sentence:
The kids are playing in the yard.
What is "in the yard"?
This contains a subject, a verb, but lacks a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
Daily Double!!!
This diagram includes this verbal phrase.
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What is, "to show his programming skills."
This is the verb in the independent clause:
Because she wanted to win the race, Mia trained relentlessly.
What is, "trained"?
This is the adjective phrase, or clause in the following sentence:
Running to the store for missing ingredients irritates me, but sometimes it gives me needed time alone.
What is, "to the store"?
This is the adverb word, phrase, or clause in the following sentence:
If you study, you should pass the test.
What is, "If you study"?
Am, is, are was, were, look, appear, become are all this kind of verbs.
What are linking verbs?
This phrase or clause is the direct object of the independent clause in the following sentence:
Michael hoped to run for student body president when he got to his new college campus.
What is, "to run for student body president when he got to his new college campus."
This is the verbal in the following sentence:
Singing louder than the other competitors, Trisha was hoping the judges would be impressed by her projection.
What is, "singing"?
This is the adjective phrase, clause, or verbal in the following sentence:
The award for best musician would have been given to Charles, but he played several flat notes in the final measures.
What is, "for best musician"?
This is the adverb word, phrase, clause, or verbal in the following sentence:
He went to sleep, but the phone woke him.
What is, "to sleep"?
This specific, unique feature is depicted in the bottom portion (circled in pink) in this diagram.
What is an adjective dependent clause?
This is the gerund of the following sentence:
While working diligently, Lisa was learning that teaching is a time consuming vocation.
What is, "teaching."
This is the verbal in the following sentence:
As she admired the meadow, it seemed to Nan that all of nature seemed to sing.
What is, "to sing"?
This is the adjective verbal or verbal phrase in the following sentence:
Jonathan thought about becoming a typewriter repair man, but he was afraid that it was a dying industry.
What is "dying"?
This is the verbal phrase in the following sentence:
Inspired by the sunrise, Melissa painted furiously, and her canvas captured the fleeting beauty of the dawn.
What is, "Inspired by the sunrise"?
A participle can act as any one of these three parts of speech.
What are nouns, adjectives, and adverbs?