Parts of Speech #1
In the sentence, "Monday mornings are tough", the word, "tough" acts as an _________.
adjective
TRUE OR FALSE?
In the sentence, "David wants a dog", the verb "wants" agrees with the subject, "David".
true
"The team agreed to host a car wash to finance (its/their) game."
its
**For double points, what is the antecedent that "it's" is referring to?**
In the sentence, "Oh no! Can you pick up dinner for the kids?", the words "Oh no" act as an ________________.
interjection
Baseball is boring. I prefer hockey.
semicolon
Baseball is boring; I prefer hockey.
In the sentence, "Hunger overcame me as I walked into the restaurant", the word, "hunger" acts as a ______.
noun
"Consumer Reports (is/are) a magazine I read."
is
In the sentence, "When will Anna my hard-working wife be home for dinner?", where should the commas go?
After "Anna" and "wife":
When will Anna, my hard-working wife, be home for dinner?
FANBOYS
**For double the points, name the conjunctions that FANBOYS represents.**
In which sentence below is the colon in the correct place?
(a) When we traveled over break, we visited a number of places: Newport, RI; Cape Cod, MA; Boston, MA; and Hartford, CT.
(b) When we traveled over break: we visited a number of places; Newport, RI; Cape Cod, MA; Boston, MA; and Hartford, CT.
(c) When we traveled over break, we visited a number of places; Newport, RI; Cape Cod, MA; Boston, MA; and Hartford, CT.
(a) When we traveled over break, we visited a number of places: Newport, RI; Cape Cod, MA; Boston, MA; and Hartford, CT.
In the sentence, "A flock of birds hovered over the building", the word, "over" acts as a ________________.
preposition.
**For double points, what do you call the group of words, "over the building"?**
"If a student parks a car on campus, (he or she/they) must buy a parking permit."
he or she
The correct way to punctuate the below sentence is...
(a) Should I get chocolate chip, strawberry, or rocky road ice cream?
(b) Should I get: chocolate chip, strawberry, or rocky road ice cream?
(c) Should I get chocolate chip; strawberry; or rocky road ice cream?
(a) Should I get chocolate chip, strawberry, or rocky road ice cream?
Verbs represent both action words and ____________________________.
state-of-being
True or False: The below sentence is punctuated correctly.
"To make a cake you need a few basic ingredients, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, flour, leavener, and salt."
False
**For double points, correctly punctuate it.**
In the sentence, "We usually have Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt’s house", the word "usually" acts as an adverb. It is modifying the word, ________________.
have
"Crackers or ginger ale (help/helps) alleviate an upset stomach."
helps
*For double points, explain why this is the correct answer.**
"When she got to school, she went directly to her locker."
The independent clause in the above sentence is ________________________________________.
"she went directly to her locker"
In the sentence, "The very friendly dog is happily wagging its tail", the words, "very" and "happily" act as __________________.
adverbs
*For double the points, what words do "very" and "happily" modify?**
An apostrophe is sometimes used to show possession. True or False: The sentence below is written correctly.
"I want to buy that leather jacket, but its too expensive for my budget."
False.
**For double points, correct the mistake.**
In the sentence, "Every afternoon the team heads to the field for practice", the word "every" acts as an adverb. It is in the sentence to modify the word, ____________________.
afternoon
"Everybody", "No one", "Someone", and "Everything" are examples of (singular/plural) pronouns.
singular
True or False: The sentence below is correctly punctuated.
Well let’s ask Susan to come along.
FALSE.
**For double points, correctly punctuate it.**
This part of speech answers these questions:
how much?
how many?
what kind?
which ones?
adjectives
Nabokov writes that life is “a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” This sentence does not have a comma before the quote because ______________________________.
the quote is blended (or integrated) into the sentence.