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Principal Parts of and Irregular Verbs
Combining Sentences
Identify Fragments, Phrases, Clauses, and Run-ons.
Comperatives and Superlatives
Homonyms and Homophones
100
What are the 4 Principal Parts of Verbs?
Present, Present-Participle, Past, and Past-Participle
100
Combine: (Compound Subject) Elliot plays basketball. Melvin plays basketball.
Elliot and Melvin play basketball.
100
Is this a fragment, phrase, or clause? In the gray shadows with him
It is a phrase.
100
What is the superlative form of many?
It is most
100
What is a homophone?
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They are not spelled the same.
200
What is the present-participle of move?
(am) moving
200
Combine: (Compound Sentence)(use 'and/but') Tomatoes are red. Carrots are orange.
Tomatoes are red, and/but carrots are orange.
200
Is this a fragment, phrase, clause, or a complete sentence? Clowns tumbled.
It is a complete sentence.
200
When the positive ends in "y" what do you do to the superlative word?
You drop the "y" add "i", and add "est".
200
What are homonyms?
Homonyms sound different but sound the same. They have the same spelling.
300
Do you you add -ed or -d to the past and past-participle of irregular verbs?
No, you do not. Instead, you have to change the spelling of the irregular verb.
300
Combine: (Compound Sentence) (use semicolon) Shamrocks are green. They are a symbol of Saint Patrick's Day.
Shamrocks are green; they are a symbol of Saint Patrick's Day.
300
Is this a run-on, fragment, or a complete sentence? The sun went down, the moon went up.
It is a run-on. There is no coordinating conjunction.
300
What is the comparative form of honest and the superlatiive form of truthful?
Comparative-more honest Superlative-most truthful
300
Give two pairs of homophones.
Bear, Bare, Bear Their, There, They're
400
What is the past-participle of teach?
It is (have) taught.
400
Combine: (Subordinate Clause)(use 'although') My name is George. I have many nicknames.
Although my name is George, I have many nicknames. OR Although I have many nicknames, my name is George.
400
Is this a fragment, clause, or a complete sentence? Although the boy ran
It is a clause.
400
Badly is an adverb. What part of speech does it modify?
It is used with action verbs.
400
Give two pairs of homonyms.
Bow and Bow Wound and Wound
500
What are all the Principal Parts of the verb, pay?
Present: pay, Present-Participle: (am) paying, Past: paid, Past-Participle: (have) paid
500
Combine: (Phrases) Buzz Aldrin is an astronaut. He was one of the first people on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin, an astronaut, was one of the first people on the moon.
500
What is a run-on?
A run-on is two or more complete sentences that are not properly joined or separated.
500
Bad is an adjective. What type of verb will it follow as a predicate adjective?
It is used with linking verbs.
500
Give a homophone and a homonym.
Heard and Herd Read and Read