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Name the six verb tenses.
past present future past perfect present perfect future perfect
100
Which tense is "I have seen"?
Present perfect.
100
Use a helping verb in a sentence. Identify the helping verb.
Sample: I am eating lunch. (am)
100
Name 3 proper nouns
Danbury, Titanic, Crest (or any other 3)
100
What is the appositive in this sentence? Jake, my dog, is a golden retriever.
My dog
200
A linking verb connects ___ to ____ .
the subject / a word (description) in the predicate
200
Name four important linking verbs.
4 of the following: am, is, are, were, was, be, being, been
200
What TWO types of nouns is "Maya Angelou"?
Compound and proper
200
Give an example of subject verb agreement.
(Any correct sentence.)
200
What is a direct address? Give the definition and an example.
When you talk directly to someone and use their name. (Tom, would you open the door?)
300
A verbal is a verb behaving as a ___, ___, or ___.
noun, adjective, adverb
300
What questions does a direct object answer?
Whom? What?
300
Give a sentence that uses "Mr. Stanley" as an appositive.
Sample: My neighbor, Mr. Stanley, walks his dog every day at 7:15.
300
Name 5 collective nouns.
flock, family, class, herd, pack (or any other 5)
300
What is the indirect object in this sentence? I gave my brother $5 for soda for the party.
my brother (D.O. - gave what? - gave $5) (I.O. - gave $5 to whom? - to my brother)
400
What questions does an indirect object answer?
To whom? For whom?
400
Give an example of a sentence with a present participle. State which word is the participle.
The chirping birds woke me up. (chirping)
400
Find the appositive: Mel's eyes, one of her best physical features, are deep chocolate brown with curly lashes.
"one of her best physical features"
400
Give a sentence using an appositive.
Sample: My brother, Sam, is 8.
400
Combine these sentences using an appositive: I go to school at Pathways Academy. Pathways Academy is part of PDYM.
I go to school at Pathways Academy, part of PDYM.
500
Give the word "eat" in all six tenses and the past and present participles.
I ate I eat (I am eating) I will eat I had eaten I have eaten I will have eaten Eaten Eating
500
Write a sentence that uses the verb "shine" in the present participle.
The shining stars filled the sky.
500
Create a sentence that uses a compound indirect object.
I brought Luke and Tyler their lunch.
500
Give a sentence using a helping verb AND a direct object.
Sample: I am walking the dog.
500
Write a sentence with an appositive, a direct object, and an indirect object.
Sample: My friends, Natalia and Elena, gave their mom a necklace for Christmas.