What is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun (adjective) and a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb (adverb)?
100
The definition of a main verb and a helping verb.
What is a word that carries the action of the sentence (main verb) and a word that expands the meaning of the main verb (helping verb)?
100
The definition of a preposition.
What is a word that shows the relationships among or between other words in the sentence?
200
Identify the nouns the following sentence:
The announcer said that the bus for Minneapolis would leave in thirty minutes.
What are announcer, bus, Minneapolis, and minutes?
200
Identify AND classify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence:
When Jim's lawnmower broke, the neighbors let him use theirs.
What are:
him = personal
theirs = possessive
200
Identify the adjective and/or adverbs in the following sentence:
Yesterday, Mrs. Blue thoughtfully assigned two brief assignments.
What are yesterday, thoughtfully, two, brief?
200
Identify the adverb(s) and the verb(s) it modifies:
The speaker was somewhat annoyed that the microphone wasn't working properly.
What are:
SOMEWHAT modifies ANNOYED
PROPERLY modifies WORKING
200
Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence:
A competent woodworker needs a number of tools for the job.
What are "of" and "for"?
300
Identify the nouns in the following sentence:
There was a scream of skidding tires and then a metallic thud, followed by the sound of splintered glass.
What are scream, tires, thud, sound, and glass?
300
Identify AND classify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence:
The player injured himself playing football, but his coach made him play anyway.
What are:
himself = reflexive
his = possessive
him = personal
300
Identify the adjective and/or adverbs in the following sentence:
As the striped balloon soared higher, we gripped the supports tightly with our hands.
What are striped, higher, tightly?
300
Identify the adverb and the verb it modifies:
You need to be more meticulous when you do your proofreading.
What is:
MORE modifies METICULOUS
300
Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence:
Large steamers sailed fairly easily from Duluth to Detroit.
What are "from" and "to"?
400
Identify the nouns in the following sentence:
There is a fine exhibition of paintings by Thomas Hart Benton at the Cleveland Public Library.
What are exhibition, paintings, Thomas Hart Benton, and Cleveland Public Library?
400
Identify AND classify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence:
There is something over there; I don't know what it is, but it scares me.
What are:
something = indefinite
I = personal
it = personal
it = personal
me = personal
400
Identify the adjective and/or adverbs in the following sentence:
The four children tried hard to please their wonderful mother on her fortieth birthday.
What are four, hard, wonderful, fortieth?
400
Identify the verb phrase(s) in the following sentence:
You should have gone with your dad, but since you didn't, you will be stuck here with me.
What are "should have gone" and "will be stuck"?
400
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
A major problem has been the linkage of this traffic on the lakes with the ports of the East Coast and Europe.
What are:
of this traffic
on the lakes
with the ports
of the East Coast and Europe
500
rewrite the following phrases so that they use possessive nouns:
1. The baseball teams of the schools
2. The news of today
3. The daughter of Mrs. Jones
4. The purses of Sarah and Beth
5. The teeth of the tigers
6. The classroom of David and Ben
What is:
1. The schools' baseball teams
2. Today's news
3. Mrs. Jones's daughter
4. Sarah's and Beth's purses
5. The tigers' teeth
6. David and Ben's classroom
500
Identify AND classify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence:
The book that you gave me was really interesting; I can't wait to pass it on to someone who will like it just as much as I did.
What are:
that = relative
you = personal
me = personal
I = personal
it = personal
someone = indefinite
who = relative
it = personal
I = personal
500
Identify the adjective and/or adverbs in the following sentence:
Many respected doctors consider skydiving an unnecessarily dangerous sport.
What are many, respected, unnecessarily, dangerous?
500
Identify the verb phrase(s) in the following sentence:
I will always expect your best in class, so you should work hard.
What are "will expect" and "should work"?
500
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
Rubbing with abrasive sandpaper makes surfaces smooth enough for the last step in the process.
What are:
with abrasive sandpaper
for the last step
in the process