Adjectives
The words a, an, the are special adjectives known as this.
What are articles?
Identify the adverb:
"She arrived early to the party."
What is early?
Identify the preposition:
"The cookies are inside the jar."
What is inside?
Find the conjunction in this sentence:
"I like apples and oranges."
What is and?
When an interjection shows strong emotion, it is followed by this punctuation mark.
What is an exclamation mark?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
Adjectives usually come before this part of a sentence.
What is a noun?
Choose the adverb: "The dog barked loudly at the stranger."
What is loudly?
Find the prepositional phrase:
"We walked through the park."
What is through the park?
When using a coordinating conjunction like and, but, or, nor, yet, you should place this punctuation mark before the conjunction if joining two complete sentences.
What is a comma?
Choose the interjection in this sentence: “Oh no! I forgot my homework.”
What is Oh no!
What type of sentence gives a command or makes a request?
What is an imperative sentence?
This article is used before words that begin with a vowel sound.
What is an?
Find the adverb:
"Please sit here."
What is here
Identify the adjective phrase: The girl with the blue backpack is my friend.
What is with the blue backpack?
Identify the conjunction that shows contrast between two ideas?
and, but, or, because
What is but?
When an interjection interrupts a sentence to show mild emotion, where should you place the comma?
What is immediately after the interjection?
When an author compares the similarities and differences between two topics in a passage, what is the name of this text structure?
What is compare and contrast?
These four words — this, that, these, those — belong to this category of adjectives.
What are demonstrative adjectives?
Pick out the adverb:
"We sometimes eat pizza for dinner."
What is sometimes?
Identify the adverb phrase?
"The children played until dark."
What is until dark?
When joining two similar or related ideas, which coordinating conjunction is most appropriate?
and, but, because
What is and?
Select the sentence where the interjection is placed at the end of the sentence, which is grammatically acceptable.
A) Hooray we won the game!
B) We won the game, hooray!
C) Hooray! We won the game.
What is: We won the game, hooray!?
In the sentence "The incredibly fast cheetah sprinted gracefully through the tall grass," identify all the adverbs.
In the sentence "The incredibly fast cheetah sprinted gracefully through the tall grass," identify all the adverbs.
Which demonstrative adjective would you use to describe one nearby object?
What is this?
Spot the adverb:
"He studies hard to pass the test."
What is hard?
Pick the preposition?
"Quickly" "Candid" "Behind" "Established" "Interject" "Invisible"
What is behind?
When using a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses, both sides of the conjunction must be able to stand alone as this type of sentence.
What is a simple sentence
Which of the following sentences contains an interjection used incorrectly based on punctuation rules?
A) Ouch! That really hurt.
B) Oh, I didn’t see you there.
C) Well I guess it’s fine.
What is C) Well, I guess it’s fine.?
Identify the complete subject and complete predicate in this sentence:
"The loud thunder during the storm shook the entire house."
What is:
Complete Subject: The loud thunder
Complete Predicate: shook the entire house