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Identify the noun or nouns in this sentence My brother threw his baseball at my head.
What is "brother," "baseball," and "head." A noun is a person, place or thing.
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Identify the article or articles of this sentence. We are having a birthday party for my cousin on Saturday.
What is "a." Articles are a type of adjective used to specify. The articles in English are "a," "an," and "the."
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Does this sentence contain any prefixes? If so identify the prefix or prefixes and the root word or words. My family and I disagree on where we should spend our summer vacation.
What is "dis" (prefix) and "agree" (root word). A prefix is a letter or letters added to the beginning of a root word that changes the meaning of the root word. In this case, "dis" changes the meaning of agree to not agree.
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Identify the modifier in this sentence. I wore my warmest jacket and socks.
What is "warmest." Modifiers are describing words. In this case, warmest is used to describe my jacket and socks.
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Identify the dependent clause of this sentence. I have to leave my house at 7:45 a.m. because there is always traffic on the way to school.
What is because there is always traffic on the way to school. A dependent clause can contain a subject and a verb, but it is an incomplete thought.
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Identify the verb or verbs in this sentence. He rode his unicycle down the middle of the road.
What is "rode." A verb is an action word.
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Which is correct? "I hope she is surprised when she walks in." "I hope she is surprised when she walk in."
What is "I hope she is surprised when she walks in." The subject and verb of the sentence must agree. If the subject is singular (she), then the verb must be singular (walks).
200
Change this sentence to the future tense. I bought marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers for the bonfire tonight.
What is "I will buy marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers for the bonfire tonight."
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Identify the direct object of this sentence. I laced up my skates.
What is my skates. A direct object is the receiver of action in a sentence. The skates are being laced up.
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Identify the indefinite pronoun in this sentence. Anyone could have earned an A on that test.
What is anyone. Indefinite pronouns are used in reference to one or more unspecified objects, beings, or places.
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Identify the adjective or adjectives in this sentence. The best thing about you is that you own an adorable puppy.
What is "adorable." Adjectives describe nouns. The puppy (noun) is adorable.
300
Which is correct? "Whom is bringing the cake?" "Who is bringing the cake?"
What is "Who is bringing the cake?" Who is a subjective pronoun, which is used to refer to the subject of the sentence. He is bringing the cake Whom is an objective pronoun, which is used to refer to the object of the verb.
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Identify the compound noun in this sentence. The place we rented has a housekeeper who cleans once a week.
What is housekeeper. A compound noun combines two or more words to express a single concept. Housekeeper combines house, a place, and keeper, a person who keeps something, to identity a person who keeps the house organized.
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Identify the independent clause of this sentence. We went skating on Friday night because they have disco lights and music.
What is "We went skating on Friday night." An independent clauses is the part of a sentence containing a subject and verb. It can stand on its own as a sentence. "Because they have disco lights and music," is not a complete sentence.
300
Change this sentence to the imperative mood. I wish you would do your homework.
What is "Do your homework." The imperative mood is used to express commands or requests.
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Identify the adverb or adverbs in this sentence. She decorated the house so beautifully for Christmas.
What is "beautifully." Adverbs modify verbs. Adverbs commonly end in "-ly." How did she decorate the house? She decorated it beautifully.
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Identify the mood of this sentence. She is going to get the scare of her life when we jump out at her.
What is the indicative mood. The indicative mood is used to express fact or opinion.
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Identify the auxiliary verb of this sentence. We have been hiking here before.
What is have. An auxiliary verb is a "helping" verb. Auxiliary verbs are used in combination with another verb, in this case, been, to form the tense, mood or voice of a sentence.
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Identify the gerund in this sentence. The young boys' racing around the rink made me nervous.
What is racing. A gerund is a noun formed as a verb, which always ends in "-ing."
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Identify the intransitive verb or verbs in this sentence. I would love to study with you, but I have to leave.
What is "leave." Intransitive verbs are verbs that are not followed by an object.
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Identify the preposition or prepositions in this sentence. In order to make it to the other side, we have to swim through the lake.
What is "through." Prepositions are used to show relationships between words, in this case, "swim" and "lake." Prepositions are often used to describe direction, position or time.
500
Correct this sentence. My mother asked me to bring cupcakes for the children wrapped in tin foil.
What is "My mother asked me to bring cupcakes wrapped in tin foil for the children." This is a misplaced modifier. The cupcakes, not the children, are wrapped in tin foil.
500
Is this sentence is the active or passive voice? My feet were washed over by the deep blue waves.
What is passive voice. Passive voice is a term used to describe a sentence where the subject is being acted upon by something. Active voice is used to describe a sentence where the subject is acting upon something. For example, "The deep blue waves washed over my feet."
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Correct this phrase by adding a conjunction. I am in pain, I broke my hand.
What is "I am in pain because I broke my hand." A conjunction is a word or phrase that links two ideas, in this case, "I am in pain" and "I broke my hand."
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Which is a sentence and which is a sentence fragment? Why? I didn't go to class today. At 4:30 p.m.
What is "I didn't go to class today" is a sentence. A sentence is a complete though containing a subject (I) and a verb (go). "At 4:30 p.m" is a sentence fragment. Sentence fragments are only the dependent clause of the sentence. In this case, no verb is present.