What part of speech is the word "ridiculous"?
Adjective
Is this the correct subject verb agreement?
The cat and the dog likes to fight each other.
NO
What is the purpose and function of the subject in a sentence? (Hint: there are two purposes we have talked about)
To tell us who/what the sentence is about; tells us who is performing the action?
This is preposterous and utterly wiked!
"wiked" -- should be "wicked"
Fact or opinion:
I love water-skiing in the summer.
OPINION
What part of speech replaces a noun?
Pronoun
Identify the verb phrase in this sentence:
The lion is going to the watering hole.
"is going"
What is the predicate in the following sentence?
The cat and the dog chased each other.
"chased each other"
What is spelled incorrectly?
Subject verb agreemint is LAME.
"agreemint" -- should be "agreement"
T or F
The predicate is the action plus the rest of the sentence.
T
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
The dog ran fast up the hill.
fast
What is contained in a verb phrase?
Helping verb and main verb
What is the subject in the following sentence?
During the month of September, the bull elk traveled thousands of miles.
the bull elk
What is spelled incorrectly?
Were are you going tonight?
"Were" -- should be "Where"
What is always at the very beginning of a sentence?
Capital letter
Identify the verb in the following sentence:
He is incredibly happy today!
is
Identify the helping verb in the sentence:
I have received the package from Amazon.
"have"
What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
John passed mom an enormous bowl of mashed potatoes.
mom
Don't you dare go their!
"their" -- should be "there"
Thermometer, speedometer, diameter
The root "meter" means...
MEASURE
Identify the adjective in the following sentence:
You're so incredibly selfish!
selfish
What is the difference between an independent and dependent clause?
Independent clause can stand on its own as its own sentence; a dependent clause cannot.
What is the direct object of the following sentence?
Ben gave Jerry his famous ice cream recipe.
"famous ice cream recipe"
What is spelled incorrectly?
The sun is way to bright.
"to" -- should be "too"
Where does a subject go in a sentence?
Beginning, middle or end