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Parts of Speech
Just be-clause
Which verb is it?
Name that rule!
Which role do aliens play?
100
"Often" is this part of speech. "Trial often exhibits truly wonderful results." -William Henry Porter-
What is an adverb?
100
I have this many clauses making me this kind of sentence. "Emma and McKenzie accessorize and dress to impress."
What is one and simple?
100
I am the predicate in the second clause. I am this tense. "Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin." -Aesop-
What is "will grow" and future tense?
100
This rule accounts for the commas in this quote. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." -Maya Angelou-
What is a comma after a dependent clause that comes before the independent clause?
100
Professor X threw the aliens a new power source as they boarded their ship for the return journey home.
What is indirect object?
200
"Thirsty" is this part of speech. "Dig the well before you are thirsty." -Chinese Proverb-
What is an adjective?
200
I have two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. I am this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
200
I am the predicate in the first clause, I am this tense, in this type of clause. "The students were sleeping during their grammar lesson, but they woke up for guidance."
What is "were sleeping", past progressive, and independent clause?
200
"Jenny" is not the indirect object for this reason. "Riley threw the hacky sack to Jenny."
What is the object of a preposition can't be the indirect object?
200
Sometime during the night, aliens entered our airspace.
What is the subject?
300
"Nation's" is this part of speech. "A nation's treasure is in its scholars." -Chinese Proverb-
What is a possessive noun?
300
I have this many clauses, this type of conjunction, this kind of clauses, making me this type of sentence. "Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement." - Ronald Reagan-
What is two clauses, subordinate conjunction, an independent and dependent clause, and complex sentence?
300
I am the predicate of this sentence, I am this tense, and I am found in this type of sentence. "By the end of the lesson, I will have received ten boos and hisses, eight snarky remarks, twenty eye rolls, and fifteen yawns."
What is "will have received," future perfect, and simple?
300
This rule has been broken in the following sentence: "I love to learn the rules of grammar but I love to play games even more."
What is a comma follows the first independent clause in a compound sentence?
300
Although he appears normal, Mr. Lettich is an alien.
What is the predicate noun?
400
"Difficult" is this part of speech. "All things are difficult before they are easy." -Chinese proverb-
What is an adjective?
400
This acronym helps people remember this list of coordinating conjunctions. (acronym and conjunctions)
What is FANBOYS and for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
400
Wait! I do not belong here, because I do not behave like a verb. I look like a verb, but have an -ing suffix and function as a noun, often playing the subject, direct or indirect object, or subject complement in a sentence.
What is a gerund?
400
This is the rule that says "great" is not a direct object in the following sentence: "Playing in the snow is great."
What is a direct object will not follow a linking verb?
400
The army attacked the aliens as they were disembarking from their spacecraft.
What is the direct object?
500
We are the pronouns in this proverb. "Coming events cast their shadows before them." -Chinese proverb-
What is "their" and "them"?
500
This type of conjunction connects things of equal value, like two subjects, two predicates, two direct or indirect objects?
What is a coordinating conjunction?
500
I am the predicate in this sentence, I am this tense, and I am in this type of clause. "An unnamed student (who may or may not be Korean) is always driving Mr. Lettich bananas."
What is "is driving," present progressive, and independent?
500
I am the implied subject of the following sentence because it is this type of sentence. "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." -Maya Angelou-
What is "you" and imperative?
500
Grammar seems alien to me.
What is the predicate adjective?