Nouns & Pronouns
A type of noun that can be perceived by the five senses.
What is a concrete noun?
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
"The dark hallway was creepy."
What is "dark" and "creepy?"
A verb that expresses an action directed toward a person or a thing named in the sentence.
What is a transitive verb?
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:
"The little boy fell down on the gravel."
What is "down?"
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
"My dog ate the bone with the marrow in it."
What is "with the marrow" and "in it?"
A conjunction that is used in pairs to join equal parts.
What is a correlative conjunction?
Name the type of pronoun italicized in the following sentence:
"Please tell her I will be late for dinner."
What is a personal pronoun?
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
"He was so devilishly handsome."
What is "handsome?"
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence:
"He might be loathing the decision to go to the park on such a hot day."
What is "might be loathing" and "to go?"
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:
"Sit down quickly before the class begins."
What is "down" and "quickly?"
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
"Within an hour I was able to finish the project."
What is "within an hour?"
An expression of emotion that has no grammatical relation to the other words in the sentence.
What is an interjection?
The type of noun italicized in the following sentence:
"My memory isn't as good as it used to be."
What is an abstract/common noun?
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
"The brown cow jumped over the round moon in the early morning."
What is "brown," "round," and "early?"
A verb that expresses action or a state of being without referring to an object.
What is an intransitive verb?
Identify the word being modified by the adverb in the following sentence:
"I shall gladly help you."
What is "help?"
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
"I think you should definitely put it in the back of the closet."
What is "in the back" and "of the closet?"
Identify the part of speech that is italicized in the following sentence:
"Wow, I am so impressed by your work."
What is an interjection?
What is the type of pronoun in italics in the following sentence:
"Why won't anybody tell me the correct answer?"
What is an indefinite pronoun?
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
"It was so romantically beautiful outside."
What is "beautiful?"
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence:
"I can be super strong if I want to."
What is "can be" and "want?"
Identify the word being modified by the adverb in the following sentence:
"Timidly, the child raised her hand in class."
What is "raised?"
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
"I typed the whole thing in about a minute, and I think it is really good."
What is "in about a minute?"
Identify the parts of speech italicized in the following sentence:
"Both you and I are the best of friends, right?"
What is a correlative conjunction?
The type of noun italicized in the following sentence:
"She was running away from the German shepherd."
What is a common/concrete/compound noun?
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
"This Chicago-style pizza is the best I've had."
What is "this," "Chicago-style," and "best?"
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence:
"I might be going to the movies tomorrow."
What is "might be?"
Identify the part of speech being modified by the adverb in the following sentence:
"Mr. Jones left his laundry outside in the rain."
What is a verb?
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
"Contrary to popular opinion, I am so looking forward to staying at the beach this summer."
What is "contrary to popular opinion" and "at the beach?"
Identify the parts of speech italicized in the following sentence:
"I really think you should go, so you can see all the sights."
What is a coordinating conjunction?