What is a preposition/ what does a preposition do? Give an example of a prepositional phrase.
Connects two nouns in a sentence together by stating their relationship to one another in terms of location, direction, and time.
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What is an adjective? Give an example.
Modifies (gives more information) about a noun
100
What is an adverb? Give an example.
A word that describes a verb, and could also modify (give more information) adjectives and other adverbs
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What is a pronoun? Give an example.
A word that takes the place of a noun.
200
What is a linking verb? Give an example.
A word that links someone/something to a description of them.
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Name 10 prepositions.
Answers will vary.
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Create a sentence that has at least 5 adjectives. You will have 60 seconds to complete this task. No more than 3 adjectives can be describing a single noun.
Answers will vary.
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Adverbs commonly end with what?
-ly
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Name all of the nouns in the following sentence: Susanne is going to France to study music next semester.
Suzanne, France, Music, Semester
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Name all of the verbs in the following sentence : Ashley sounded angry in class.
Sounded
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Name the all of the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: My neighbor, Ellen, bought a cute puppy from the pet store
From the pet store.
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Name all of the adjectives in the following sentence:
A Washington delicious apple is red, sweet, and crisp.
Washington, Delicious, Red, Sweet, Crisp
300
Name all of the adverbs in the following sentence:
Although our neighbors never complained, we played the music loudly.
Never, Loudly
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Name all of the pronouns in the following sentence: She sent me a package in the mail with her name on it.
She, Me, Her, It
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Name all of the verbs in the following sentence: Lila became sweaty after playing tennis.
Became, Playing
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Name all of the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: I sat next to my dad around the campfire and told ghost stories.
Next to my dad, around the campfire.
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Name all of the adjectives in the following sentence:
A police officer directed the heavy traffic on the busy downtown street.
Police, Heavy, Busy, Downtown
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Name all of the adverbs in the following sentence:
Your answer suddenly made the question clearer to me.
Suddenly. clearer
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Name all of the nouns AND pronouns in the following sentence: They told us to bring chips and dip and meet them in the parking lot.
They, Us, Chips, Dip, Parking Lot
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Name all of the verbs in the following sentence and identify each as "linking" or "action" : It was lunchtime so Jimmy ate a sandwich, drank juice, and then threw away his garbage.
was (linking), ate (action), drank (action), threw (action).
500
Is the capitalized word in the following sentence a preposition or an adverb?
Jimmy stuck his foot out, and Tommy stumbled and then fell DOWN.
Adverb
500
Name all of the questions that adjectives "answer".