Pronouns
Write out the pronoun and its type (Reflexive vs Intensive):
The contestant gave himself a ten out of ten.
What is himself and reflexive?
Write out the three articles.
What are a, an, the?
Write out the preposition from this sentence:
The bird landed on top of the branch.
What is on top of?
What is the collective noun in this sentence:
The movie ended and many of the employees saw the audience crying.
What is audience?
Explain what has to follow a transitive verb to make it transitive.
What is a transitive verb must be followed by a noun?
Write out the type of pronoun for the bolded word (DO NOT SHORTEN IT):
That has to be one of the worst cakes I've ever seen.
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
Write out (don't shorten it) whether the bolded pronoun is a proper noun or a proper adjective:
It's clear that the giant spider is Australian.
What is a proper adjective?
You'll get the prize if you sell the most wallpaper and cookies.
What is if?
List/label the singular and plural nouns:
A litter of kittens was living in the box with its soft blankets and pages of newspaper.
What is:
Singular: litter, box, and newspaper
Plural: kittens, blankets, and pages?
Write out the verb phrase and label the helping verbs and the main verbs:
The radio says it will be snowing by Christmas!
What is
Help. Main.
Will be snowing?
Write out the sentence, underline the pronoun, and indicate its type:
Regina, herself, had rigged the ballots!
What is:
Regina, herself, had rigged the ballots! Intensive?
Write out only the adjectives in this sentence:
A friendly smile is so welcoming.
What are a, friendly, and welcoming?
Write out the sentence and underline the prepositional phrase/phrases:
The show before lunch didn't have applause like the other one.
What is:
The show before lunch didn't have applause like the other one.
List/label the common vs proper nouns:
Paul Hollywood is one of the most famous bakers in Britain with his famous blue eyes.
Common: bakers, eyes
Proper: Paul Hollywood and Britain ?
List the verbs and label if they're linking or action verbs:
My cousin will be purchasing a gardenia plant that smells wonderful.
What is:
Will be purchasing – Action Verb
Smells – Linking Verb ?
Write out the sentence, underline the pronouns, and label their types (personal vs possessive):
Ella got her father's pen and handed it to him.
What is:
Poss. Pers. Pers.
Ella got her father's pen and handed it to him.
Write out the sentence and underline the adverbs:
Yesterday, a very upset whale swam here.
What is:
Yesterday, a very upset whale swam here.
Write out the sentence, underline the coordinating conjunction, and write out the other six options:
The frog leapt through the air but missed the fly.
What is:
The frog leapt through the air but missed the fly.
FOR, AND, NOR, OR, YET, SO?
Write out the sentence, underline the nouns, and label what is concrete and what is abstract:
The stink from the trashcan instilled fear in my father's heart.
What is:
Concrete. Concrete. Abstract.
The stink from the trashcan instilled fear in my father's soul. Concrete
Write out the sentence, underline the verbs, and label whether they are linking verbs or action verbs:
The friends were kind to each other but sometimes fought angrily.
What is:
The friends were kind to each other but sometimes fought angrily. (L, A).
Write out the sentence, underline the pronouns, and label their types (personal vs possessive):
It's a shame that the bee lost its stinger when it stung you.
What is:
Pers. Poss. Pers.
It's a shame that the bee lost its stinger when it stung you. Pers.
Write out the sentence, underline both adjectives AND adverbs, and label which is which:
A very friendly bird sang loudly on the windowsill.
What is:
Adj. Adj. Adv.
A very friendly bird sang loudly on the windowsill.
Adv.
Write out the sentence, underline the conjunctions, and label their type (DO NOT SHORTEN):
You have to take either the rock wall or the ropes course to get the flag.
What is:
You have to take either the rock wall or the ropes course to get the flag and correlative?
Write out the nouns and sort if they are proper vs common, singular vs plural, and concrete vs abstract:
A tray of tasty sandwiches that Wendy made bring so much happiness.
What are:
Tray (C, S, C)
Sandwiches (C, P, C)
Wendy (P, S, C)
Happiness (C, S, A)
Write out the sentence, underline the verbs, and label if they are transitive or intransitive:
Ty was eating the tasty ice-cream and cried loudly when he dropped it on the floor.
What is:
Ty was eating the tasty ice-cream and cried loudly when he dropped it on the floor. (Transitive, Intransitive, Transitive)?