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Tense.
100

A person, place, thing, or idea is a 

noun

100

Give me five examples of a noun

Person, place, thing, or idea

100

Where is the noun/s? The yellow bus drove on the road.

The yellow bus drove on the road.

100

A proper noun is

a specific person, place, thing, or idea

100
What is the tense: They are walking home. 

present

200

A verb is an 

action word

200

Give me five examples of a verb

action words

200

What is the verb in this sentence: The black dog barks at the cat.

barks

200

Give me an example of a proper noun

McDonalds, Texas, Ashley, Kashmere Elementary

200

What is the tense: Peter lived in China in 1963.

Past

300

How many tenses are there?

2

300

Give me five descriptive words

adjective

300

What is the adjective in this sentence: The black dog barks at the cat.

black

300

A proper noun always has the first upper case letter or lower case letter.

Uppercase/capitalized

300

Where can you find the tense: I was reading when she came home.

Was is in past tense.

400

What are the two tenses?

Past and Present

400

Give me an adjective with a noun

the crazy lady, the wild horse, etc.

400
Label the following(Verb, Adjective, and Noun): The furry cat sleeps in the sun.

Verb: sleeps Adjective: furry Noun: cat

400

what word(s) can be used to join phrases, words, or sentences?

but, and, since, until, because etc.

400

Where is the tense: She is playing with her dolls.

Is (present tense)

500

A descriptive word is an

adjective

500

Give me two past tenses, and three present tenses

walked, walking

ran, running

swam, swimming

500

Label the following: A green frog hops into the pond.

Adjective: green

Verb: hops

noun: frog, pond

500

A conjunction does what

joins words, phrases, or sentences. 

500

He liked reading when he was younger. What tense and what affix is used and on what word?

liked is in past tense, like is the root word, -ed is the suffix