Name the noun in the following sentence:
"Barack Obama is the president."
What is: "president?"
100
Name the two adjectives in the following sentence:
"The gigantic rat ate the stinky cheese"
What are:
"gigantic" and "stinky"
100
Name the linking verb in the following sentence:
"Josh is beautiful."
What is: "is?"
100
Name the action verb in the following sentence:
"Sarah shouted to me from far away."
What is "shouted?"
100
What is the adverb in the sentence below:
"We roll merrily along."
What is: "merrily?"
200
In the sentence below, is the word "mother" a proper noun or a regular old noun?
"This game of jeopardy is dedicated to my Mother."
What is "proper noun?"
200
List all of the adjectives the following sentence:
"Hungry, hairy trolls lie quietly under toll bridges waiting for tasty roly-poly elves and gnomes."
What are "hungry, hairy, toll, tasty, and roly-poly?"
200
What is the linking verb in the following sentence:
"You shall be my pupils!"
What is "shall be?"
200
What is the action verb in the sentence below?
"The pregnant lady waddled down the stairs."
What is "waddled?"
200
True or false: Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns.
What is "false?" They don't modify nouns!
300
True or false: There are three pronouns in the following sentence:
"The one person I love is me, myself, and I."
What is "true?"
300
List all of the adjectives in the following sentence and name the noun that each one modifies:
"Bashful Billy has a huge crush on gorgeous Gertrude."
What are "Bashful (Billy), huge (crush), and gorgeous (Gertrude)?"
300
True or false: The most common linking verbs are forms of the verb "to be."
What is "True?"
300
What are the action verbs in the sentence below
"I love to run while I eat ice cream."
What are "love" and "eat?"
300
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
"You look quite terrible this morning."
What is "quite?"
400
Name the two pronouns in the following sentence and explain why they are pronouns!
"You are my favorite class!"
What is "you" and "my?" Both take the place of a noun (you = the class, and my = Ms. Berwick)
400
True or false: There are 5 adjectives in the sentence below:
"The evil teacher refused to dismiss the restless class until they found her missing teeth on the mucky rug."
What is "False?"
400
Tell me three different forms of the verb "to be"
Possible answers include:
"I am"
"You are"
"I was"
"I will be"
"I should be"
AND MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MORE!
400
True or false: the word "juggles" in the sentence below is a linking verb.
"Mindy juggles for her friends."
What is "false?" "Juggles" is an action verb in this sentence.
400
What are the adverbs in the sentence below:
"She very proudly walked into the room."
What is "very" and "proudly?"
500
The word "that" in the following sentence is either a pronoun or an adjective. Which is it?
"Don't eat that cheese, Bella!"
What is "adjective?"
500
"To be or not to be? That is the question!"
True or false: the word "that" is an adjective above.
What is "false?" It is a pronoun, replacing the words "to be."
500
The word "grow" the following sentence is a linking verb or an action verb?
"Billy grows fat."
What is a LINKING verb?
"Fat" describes the subject, "Billy."
500
In which of the following sentences is "look(s)" used as an action verb? How do you know?
1. "Arnie's armpits look hairy."
2. "Arnie looks at his hairy armpits."
What is #2?
IN the first one, hairy is describing his armpits and "look" is the word linking those two words!
500
Name the adverb in the following sentence:
"Tomorrow Marvin will complete his brain surgery class."