Vocabulary
Words with the same pronunciation but different spelling and meanings
What is a homophone?
action still in progress at the time of speaking
What is present progressive?
This is a ____________ sentence:
Opened the book.
What is a sentence fragment?
This is a(n) _____________ noun:
mother
What is a feminine noun?
Identify the present participle, past tense, and past participle of the verb: learn
What is (is) learning, learned, and (has) learned?
The prefix bio means _____________.
What is life?
action in progress throughout a specific time in the past
What is past progressive?
This is an _________________ sentence:
Did you do your homework?
What is an interrogative sentence?
This is a(n) ____________ noun:
brother
What is a masculine noun?
Identify the preposition(s) in this sentence:
At noon, the policemen will have been searching for four hours for the missing person.
What is "at", "for" and "for"?
__________ means "to place" something.
__________ means "to recline"
What is lay and lie?
action begun in the past and still continuing in the present
This is a ______________ sentence:
My dog howled all night long.
What is a complete sentence?
This is a(n) ______________ noun.
herd
What is a collective noun?
Identify the verb phrase in this sentence:
At noon, the policemen will have been searching for four hours for the missing person.
What is "will have been searching"?
___________ is a possessive pronoun.
___________ is a contraction for "who is".
What is whose and who's?
What is past perfect progressive?
This is an ________________ sentence:
Please clean your room.
What is an imperative sentence?
This is a(n) ______________ noun:
deer
What is an indefinite noun?
Identify the linking verb in the sentence:
(If the verb is not linking, say "no linking verb".)
Jill looks ill today.
What is "looks"?
We use ____________ with nouns that can be counted. We use ___________ when referring to nouns that cannot be counted.
What is fewer and less?
continuous future action completed at some time in the future
This is a ______________ sentence:
The invalid devised a plan to go to the market, he should stay home until he recovers.
What is a run-on sentence?
This is a(n) _____________ noun:
sister-in-law
What is a compound noun?
Identify if the following is a clause or a phrase:
as you may know
What is a clause?