Word Detectives
Identify the verb phrase:
The students have been preparing for the debate.
have been preparing
Find the subject: The teacher explained the lesson.
The teacher
Identify the adverb: He always studies at night.
always
Add an adjective to this sentence: The dog ran.
descriptive word for dog.
Explain why a pronoun is useful in writing.
Avoids repetition, improves flow and clarity.
Identify the verb or verbs in the following sentence: She tried to jump over the puddle.
tried & jump
Find the predicate: The students listened carefully.
listened carefully
Rewrite this sentence to correct article usage and explain the change: "She is a scientist who studies the climate, so she drinks the coffee every morning."
She is a scientist who studies the climate, so she drinks a coffee every morning.
Add a propositional phrase to the sentence: she sat.
she sat on the bed, or bench or grass.
In addition to describing specific actions, what else can verbs also describe? Bonus 50 points for what we call these kind of verbs.
states of being, or feelings.
bonus: non-action
Identify the adverb and explain what it is changing or describing
He reluctantly agreed to join the team.
recluctantly.
Explaining how he joined the team.
Find the predicate: The dog barked loudly at night.
barked loudly at night.
Identify the conjunction: We stayed home because it was cold.
because
Combine two sentence using a conjunction. I was tired. I finished my homework.
I was tired, but I finished my homework.
Explain the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
Adjectives describe nouns;
adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
What does the acronym F.A.N.B.O.Y.S stand for? AND what part of speech are they?
For, and, nor, but or, yet, so
coordinating conjunctions
Find the direct object: My friends and I went to the mall.
no direct object.
Identify the adjective: The noisy crowd cheered loudly.
noisy
Replace the noun with a pronoun and add an adverb: Jake won the race.
He finally won the race.
What do Subordinating Conjunctions do?
bonus 25 points for each correctly identified subordinating conjunction
join independent and dependsnt clauses. Common ones are: because, since, as, although, while.
What is an example of a non-action verb
any form of to-be, to love, thinking
Identify the subject, predicate, and direct object of the sentence. My brother and I backflipped off the diving board and into the pool.
subject: my brother and I
predicate: backflipped off the diving board
direct object:the pool
Correctly identify all parts of speech in this sentence:
After soccer practice, the happy children ran into the lake for a swim.
after = conjunction
soccer practice, children = noun
the, a = article
happy = adjective
ran = verb, swim
into, for = prepositional phrase
Explain the difference between a subject and a direct object.
Subject = who/what the sentence is about; direct object = receives the action of the verb.
What is the function of a preposition?
Bonus 25 points for each example of additional information prepositions explain
They tell you the relationship between words.
bonus: time, location, direction, and space