Show:
Tell Me
I Am Almost in 8th Grade
What Do You Know
The End
It Has Been a Great Year
100
Identify the 5 Adjectives - - They wore wet suits in the icy waters on the foggy day.
wet, the, icy, the, foggy
100
Identify the formula - - A brown dog took a chunk out of the mailman's leg; the mailman yelled at the top of his lungs.
I ; I
100
DOUBLE POINTS: Name the kind of sentence - - Fasten your seatbelts when the sign is illuminated.
IMPERATIVE
100
Identify the parts of speech - - The brown house needs paint, but the Perkins family is too poor to buy the paint.
imperative - to buy; verb - needs/is; subject - house/family
100
What punctuation ends a declarative sentence?
Period
200
Identify the 5 Adjectives - - Erin's first Easter basket was shaped like a gigantic egg.
Erin's, first, Easter, a, gigantic TRIPLE POINTS: Identify the subject and verb
200
What other conjunction means the same as 'yet'?
but
200
Use OR or NOR - - Marilyn's parents will not allow her to go out this weekend , ______ will they allow her to talk on the phone.
NOR TRIPLE POINTS: Why is nor used and not or?
200
DOUBLE POINTS: Identify the 6 Adjectives - - These large greeting cards with the funny kittens are cute.
these, large, greeting, the, funny, cute
200
TRIPLE POINTS: Identify the 6 Adjectives - - Several paper towels were scattered on the dirty floor of the boy's bathroom.
several, paper, the, dirty, the, boy's
300
Name the parts of speech in each sentence. - - He did not look below the stove or beneath the table for his coin.
prepositional phrase - below the stove, beneath the table, for his coin; verb - did look; subject - he
300
Name the verb - - The cake was beautiful; it was covered with lots of tiny flowers.
was/was covered DOUBLE POINTS: Why is beautiful not part of the verb?
300
Identify the parts of speech - - A mailman ran down the street and delivered the mail.
prepositional phrase - down the street, verb - ran/delivered, subject - mailman
300
Put commas in if they are needed. - - The water rose and then receded.
No comma
300
Identify the verb - - The jury did not believe his story.
did believe TRIPLE POINTS: WHY IS NOT PART OF THE VERB?
400
Identify the parts of speech - - He jumped through the bushes and over the flower bed.
prepositional phrase - through the buses/over the flower bed; verb - jumped; subject - he
400
Name the kind of sentence - - What a mess this room is!
EXCLAMATORY
400
DOUBLE POINTS: Identify the 6 Adjectives - - An orange tricycle was given to the surprised child on his fourth birthday.
an, orange, the, surprised, his, fourth
400
TRIPLE POINTS: Name the two types of sentences. - - Sit down and listen!
IMPERATIVE, EXCLAMATORY
400
Is this a compound sentence? - - At the crack of dawn, the men got up to go fishing.
NO DOUBLE POINTS: What part of speech is 'at the crack of dawn'?
500
DOUBLE POINTS: Identify the parts of speech - - The boys and girls in the neighborhood watched with frightened eyes and whispered among themselves.
prepositional phrase - among themselves/ in the neighborhood; verb - watched/whispered; subject - boys/girls
500
Identify the kind of sentence - - How you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm when they’ve seen Paris?
Interrogative
500
Name the subject(s) and verb(s) - - The police captured the dog, and they put him in their van to be taken to the pound.
verbs - captured/put; subject - police/they
500
Name the coordinating conjunctions - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
DOUBLE POINTS: What conjunction mean the same as because?