Parts of Speech
What part of speech describes a noun?
Adjective
What punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence?
Period
What type of sentence asks a question?
Interrogative
What is the past tense of “run”?
Ran
What type of figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
Identify the part of speech: “quickly”
Adverb
What do we call the punctuation marks used to separate items in a list?
Commas
Identify the subject in this sentence: “The dog chased the cat.”
The dog
Change “She will eat” to the present tense.
She eats
What is it called when you give human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
What part of speech is a word that shows an action or state of being?
Verb
Which punctuation mark is used to show possession or in contractions?
Apostrophe
What do we call a sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a conjunction?
Compound sentence
What is the future tense of “swim”?
Will swim
Identify the figurative language: “The snow was a white blanket over the town.”
Metaphor
Which part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses?
Conjunction
Where does a comma go in this sentence? “After school I went to the park.”
After “school”
Identify the predicate in this sentence: “The students finished their homework.”
Finished their homework
Identify the verb tense: “They had finished their project.”
Past perfect
What type of figurative language is this: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”?
Alliteration
Identify the part of speech: “Wow!”
Interjection
What punctuation goes at the end of an exclamatory sentence?
Exclamation mark
What kind of sentence is this: “Because it was raining, we stayed inside.”
Complex sentence
Change this sentence to present progressive tense: “He plays soccer.”
He is playing soccer.
Identify the figurative language: “Boom! Crack! The thunder roared.”
Onomatopoeia