Nouns
Is "luxury" a proper, abstract, dynamic, irregular, or concrete noun?
abstract
Is the verb transitive or intransitive?
The audience applauded enthusiastically.
Intransitive — there is no direct object receiving the action.
Which word is the adjective?
The mysterious letter appeared on the desk
mysterious
Which word is the preposition?
The cat hid beneath the table.
beneath
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
In the sentence, “The author’s imagination transformed an ordinary experience into a compelling story,” which word is an abstract noun?
imagination
Which sentence contains an irregular verb?
A. The scientist is recording the results.
B. The scientist will analyze the results.
C. The scientist may write about the results.
D. The scientist can present the results.
C
Which word is the adverb?
The scientist carefully examined the evidence
carefully
Identify the FULL prepositional phrase:
The answer appears in the final paragraph.
in the final paragraph
Identify the conjunction and its category:
The evidence seemed convincing, but the jury remained uncertain.
"but" is a coordinating conjunction
Identify the direct and indirect objects:
The coach taught the players several important strategies.
Indirect object: players
Direct object: strategies
Identify the helping verb: "The heavy wooden door did seem to open entirely by itself."
did
In the sentence “The experiment was extremely difficult,” what does extremely modify?
difficult
What is the object of the preposition in this phrase?
Throughout the afternoon, I continuously fell asleep since I got very little sleep.
afternoon
A subordinating conjunction is used in what kind of sentence?
complex
Which sentence contains a gerund?
A. The boys are swimming in the pool.
B. Swimming is excellent exercise.
C. The swimming team practiced today
B
Is the following verb acting as an action verb, a helping verb, or a linking verb: "The suspicious milk turned sour after sitting on the kitchen counter for three days."
linking verb
Identify the type of adverb in this sentence:
The actor rarely gives interviews after his performances
Rarely is an adverb of frequency.
Compare these sentences:
What part of speech is after in each sentence?
In #1, after is a preposition
In #2, after is a subordinating conjunction
Should there be a comma before but? Explain why.
The students wanted to attend the performance but had already made other plans.
No. "Had already made other plans" is a dependent clause
In the sentence, “Lena was studying for her exam while studying at the library,” identify which use of studying is part of a verb and which is a gerund.
“was studying” = verb; “studying at the library” = gerund
Compare the verbs in these sentences:
Which verb is transitive and which is intransitive?
Investigated is transitive because it has a direct object, disappearance. Hesitated is intransitive because it does not act on a direct object.
Identify all of the adjectives and adverbs in this sentence:
“The remarkably talented actor delivered a surprisingly powerful performance.”
Adjectives: talented, powerful
Adverbs: remarkably, surprisingly
Identify the preposition: She looked up and walked down to board the inbound train nearby like the other patrons.
like
Although the weather was unfavorable the team continued practicing because the championship game was approaching.
Identify: