Definitions
Define a noun.
A person, place, thing, or idea.
My parents sold _____ house.
It was because of Manifest Destiny that North America is what is it is.
Abstract Noun
Come up with a sentence that has a predicate nominative.
Must have a linking verb followed by a noun that refers to the subject.
What are the eight types of speech?
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.
Define a possessive.
A noun/pronoun that shows ownership/possession of a noun.
_____ shoes on your feet are really flashy. I can see them from afar.
My favorite childhood memory is when I was playing with a fluffle of bunnies.
Collective Noun
Come up with a sentence that has an indirect object.
Must have a noun/pronoun that receives the direct object.
A linking verb is like what if it were part of a math equation?
an equal sign
Define a direct object.
A noun that receives the action.
_____ Brian _____ I mentioned something about transferring classes, so it came to us as a surprise.
Neither...nor...
I saw them walking through the forest.
Prepositional Phrase (Adverb)
Come up with a sentence that has a conjunctive adverb.
Must have a transitional word or phrase in between two independent clauses.
What is the difference between demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives?
Demonstrative adjectives must have a pronoun after it to show that it modifies it.
Define an antecedant.
A pronoun that is representing the noun written prior.
_____ of the cookies were eaten before the party even started!
All
They gave themselves a pat on the back.
Reflexive Pronoun
Come up with a sentence that has in intensive pronoun.
Must have a "-self/-selves" pronoun that can be removed from the sentence.
What questions does an adverb phrase answer?
How, when, where, or why.
Define a superlative adjective/adverb.
a modifier that compares more than two things, ends in "-est" for one syllable or starts with "most" for two or more syllables.
When you graduate, you _____ _____ _____ in high school for four years total.
will have been
Which do you want?
Interrogative Pronoun
Come up with compound-complex sentence.
Must have two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
When do you use "whom" vs. "who"?
"Whom" is for when the answer is in the objective case and "who" is for when the answer is in the nominative case.