Possessive Nouns
Argumentative Essays
Main and Helping Verbs
Classmates 1
Classmates 2
100

Which pronoun is the possessive pronoun in this sentence?

John saw her book on the floor.

her

100

All five paragraph essays, not just argumentative essays, require an introduction, a conclusion, and how many body paragraphs? 

Three

100

What is the main verb in this sentence?

John studied for the test.

studied

100

Name your classmates in this class

Answers will vary.

Ethan, Candy, Vivian

100

This classmate was with us for only one day before he left and joined another class.

A) Bryan

B) Aaron

A) Bryan

200

Which noun is the possessive noun in this sentence?

The three dogs' food bowl in empty.

dogs'

200

It is a good idea to help our readers underwent the order of our ideas.  One way we, as writers, can do this, is to use...

A) transition words

B) questions and exclamations

A) transition words

200

What is the helping verb in this sentence.

All the students are walking to class.

are

200

He tries to be helpful by giving writing hints and making corrections in student writing.  

Mr. Hawley

200

This classmate likes to build Legos.  He spends hours doing it.

Ethan

300

Which nouns are the possessive nouns in this sentence?

John's friend's little brother is in second grade.


John's

friend's

300

All essays, not just argumentative essays, require a main idea sentence, also known as a thesis statement.  Where should we write the thesis statement?

A) the final sentence of the introduction

B) the middle of body paragraph 1

A) the final sentence of the introduction

300

What are the helping verb and main verb in this sentence?

Billy and Paul are playing on the soccer field.

are playing

300

This classmate lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.  She likes the Kpop group G-idol.

Vivian

300

This classmate likes the Marvel universe.  Recently she has been completing Marvel jigsaw puzzles.

Vivian

400

Two sisters share the same toy doll.  Which is the correctly written sentence?

A) The two sisters' doll is on the kitchen table.

B) The two sister's doll is on the kitchen table.

A) The two sisters' doll is on the kitchen table.

400

TRUE or FALSE

You should never include new information in the conclusion paragraph.

TRUE

400
What are the helping and main verbs in this sentence?


The teacher will give new assignments tomorrow.

will give

400

This classmate likes to collect Squishiest, and she doesn't worry about them getting dirty.  They are easy to clean and she can dry them with a hair dryer.

Candy

400

This classmate doesn't do any of the work that is assigned in class.  He hasn't written a single essay.  But... he shows up for every class and does a lot of talking.

Mr. Hawley

500

Which is the correct possessive pronoun in this sentence.  

That new car is (theirs, their's)

theirs 

500

When writing the conclusion paragraph, we might include a final sentence that is short, and tells out readers to take some kind of action.  We call this final sentence a

A) call to action

B) introduction to what might be 

A) call to action

500

What are the helping and main verbs in the following sentence?

Everyone has read the book.

has

read

500

This classmate knows some students who like G-Idol, but he isn't a fan.  He wrote about two fast food restaurants and used information he found online to help him make his points.

Ethan

500

This classmate likes to cook.  She mentioned making a strawberry cake.

Candy