Am, is, are, was, and were are forms of the ______ be.
What is Verb.
100
The ________ of a verb helps show when an action happens.
What is Tense.
100
A _______ is a word that means "no" or "not."
What is Negative.
100
You can use an adjective to _________ two people, places, or things.
What is "compare."
100
Write the pronoun that could take the place of the CAPITALIZED word(s) in each sentence:
MARK AND ALICIA wrote a report about New Mexico.
What is "They"
200
True or False: Use “am” after the pronoun I.
What is True.
200
_________ __________ Verbs show that an action happened in the past.
What is Past Tense.
200
True or False: The words, no, not, nothing, none, never, nowhere, on, and nobody are ALL negatives?
What is False; "on" is not negative.
200
True or False: You add the word "more" before most adjectives with two or more syllables.
What is True.
200
Write the pronoun that could take the place of the CAPITALIZED word(s) in each sentence:
She read about THE CARDINALS in a book about Baseball.
What is "them"
300
Use "is" or "was" after a __________ subject.
What is Singular.
300
__________ verbs change spelling in their past tense form.
What is Irregular.
300
The word "not" is found in ____________ like don't or wasn't.
What is contractions.
300
Which word would one select to complete the sentence?
"West Virginia is (more mountainous/mountainouser) than most other states.
What is "more mountainous"
300
Which word(s) will complete the sentence correctly?
(Me and my family/My family and I) want to visit Santa Fe, New Mexico.
What is "My family and I."
400
Use "are" or "were" after a __________ subject, and after the pronoun "you."
What is Plural.
400
Which word fits in the sentence?
Few people (live/lived) in the Utah desert in the 1840s.
What is lived.
400
What is the negative word in this sentence:
"In the 1700s, settlers in Vermont couldn't agree about who should control the land."
What is "couldn't."
400
Which word would one select to complete the sentence?
"They formed the (more small/smaller) state of West Virginia in 1863.
What is smaller.
400
Which word(s) will complete the sentence correctly?
(This/This here) picture shows a Pueblo community.
What is This.
500
State whether this sentence is Singular or Plural:
"I (am/is) interested in the history of Native Americans in the state of New York."
What is Singular.
500
Which word fits in the sentence?
"In the pioneers' second year in the valley, hungry grasshoppers (swarmed/swarm) over the fields and began eating the crops.
What is Swarmed.
500
What is the negative word(s) in this sentence:
"The leader of the Green Mountain Boys, Ethan Allen, didn't never give up until the Vermont settlers controlled the land."
What is "didn't," and "never."
500
Which word would one select to complete the sentence?
"Mining was (more important/importanter) in West Virginia's past than it is today.
What is "more important."
500
Choose a word in ( ) to correctly complete the sentence:
The frontiersman Kit Carson (live/lived) in Taos, New Mexico.