Verbals
In the sentence "Running is my favorite hobby," identify the verbal and its function in the sentence.
What is a gerund and it functions as a noun
Writers use parallel structure primarily to create what in their writing?
What is rhythm, balance, or clarity.
"Close the door!" is an example of which verb mood?
What is imperative mood
What part of speech is "quickly" in "He ran quickly"?
What is an adverb
The root "bio" means what?
What is life
Identify the participle in this sentence: "The broken vase sat on the floor."
What is broken.
Identify the error in parallel structure in the following sentence and explain how to fix it:
"The committee's goals are to increase enrollment, improving student retention, and to raise additional funds for the library."
What is to rewrite improving as "to improve" or you could change a "to increase" and "to raise" to gerunds
Identify the mood: "The game might be cancelled if the rain continues."
What is conditional mood?
What is the conjunction in this sentence and is it coordinating or subordinating? "I stayed home because it was raining."
What is: Because/ Subordinating Conjunction
The Latin root "dict" (as in dictionary or dictate) means what?
What is to say or speak
DAILY DOUBLE ($600)
Identify the verbals and their type, AND each verbal's function in this sentence:
"To win the trophy, the exhausted runner kept breathing deeply."
What is:
1. To win: Infinitive/adverb
2. Exhausted: Participle/adjective
3. Breathing: Gerund/noun
Finish the sentence with parallel structure: "To succeed is to work hard and...
What is: "to stay focused" or any variation of "to (verb)" phrase
Change this indicative sentence to the subjunctive mood: "He is here, so we can start."
What is: "If he were here, we could start."
Identify the antecedent of the pronoun "their" in: "Each of the dancers practiced their routine.
What is: dancers
The Latin root "ced/cess" means "to go" or "to yield."
Using this knowledge do the following:
1. explain the literal meaning of the word "intercede"
2.and identify the meaning of the prefix.
What is:
1. Literal Meaning: To go between.
2. The Prefix: "Inter-" means "between" or "among."
True or False: In the sentence "The whispering wind chilled me," the verbal is an infinitive acting as an adjective.
What is false, "whispering" is a participle acting as an adjective.
DAILY DOUBLE: ($800) Correct the lack of parallelism in this sentence while maintaining the comparison:
"It is much better to live with a clear conscience than having a bank account full of money you didn't earn."
What is "It is much better to live with a clear conscience than to have a bank account full of money you didn't earn."
EXPLAIN the grammatical difference in meaning between these two sentences by identifying their moods:
“If I was rude, I apologize.”
“If I were rude, I would apologize.”
What is that sentence 1 is in the indicative mood because there is a real possibility of them being rude and sentence 2 is in the subjunctive mood because they are implying they are not currently rude but imagining if that were the case.
The word "that" is one of the most versatile words in English. Identify the part of speech for "that" in each of these three sentences:
1. That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
2. I know that you are tired of studying grammar.
3. I want that book on the top shelf.
What is:
1. Pronoun (Demonstrative pronoun—standing in for "the thing").
2. Conjunction (Subordinating conjunction—linking the two clauses).
3. Adjective / Determiner (Modifying the specific noun "book").
Deconstruct the word "Anachronism" into it's smallest parts and provide a definition.
What is:
1. Prefix "Ana-": Against, back, or out of.
2. Root "Chron": Time.
3. Definition: Something that is "out of its proper time"
Rewrite this sentence to turn the gerund into an infinitive: "Laughing is the best medicine."
What is: To laugh is the best medicine
Fix the parallelism in this correlative conjunction pair: "Neither the heat of the sun nor how much it rained stopped the game."
What is: Neither the heat of the sun nor the rain stopped the game
Correct the inconsistency in verb mood in the following sentence to ensure it stays entirely in the Subjunctive:
"If it were to snow tomorrow and the roads are icy, school would be canceled."
What is "If it were to snow tomorrow and the roads were (or should be) icy, school would be canceled."
Using your knowledge of roots, define "anthropomorphism.
What is to give human form/ characteristics to non human things. Anthro= human/ morp= shape/form
DAILY DOUBLE ($1000):
The root "cap/cept" comes from the Latin capere, meaning "to take" or "to seize."
Explain how this single root connects the meanings of the following three seemingly unrelated words: Capture, Inception, and Capacity.
What is:
Capture: To physically take or seize something.
Inception: The taking in or beginning of an idea/process.
Capacity: The amount a space can take in or hold.