verb tense | parts of speech | general grammar | 7th grade vocab | 8th grade vocab |
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past tense
what tense is the verb in this sentence:
"The girl swam a mile." |
adjective
what part of speech is an article
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Henry W. Longfellow wrote a poem called "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.
which letters should be capitalized in the following sentence:
henry w. longfellow wrote a poem called "the midnight ride of paul revere" |
antebellum
which of the following means "before the war"
antedate, antebellum, anteroom |
conscience
our sense of right and wrong is called our ___________
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will/shall be walking
what is the future progressive tense of "walk"
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verb
what part of speech is the simple predicate
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substitute
find the object(s) of the preposition in this sentence:
"According to the substitute, the class was disruptive and belligerent." |
straighten
an Orthodontist does what to teeth:
clean, straighten, whiten |
caucus
which of the following is a meeting
quorum, census, caucus |
past perfect
what tense is the following verb:
"had fired" |
wooly bear, chalk board
which of these is a compound noun (can be more than one):
wooly bear, geese, herd, chalkboard, batch, snow |
gerunds, infinitives
name two types of verbals
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tele
which prefix means far, or distant
peri, morph, caco, tele, ante, ortho |
delusion
which of the following means a persistent false belief
allusion, illusion, delusion |
has been cheering
what is the present perfect progressive form of the verb "cheer"
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preposition
what part of speech is "because of" in this sentence:
The boy refused to work in the barn because of the stench. |
transitive
Is the verb in this sentence transitive or intransitive?
"Mr. Longfellow wrote a long poem for the children." |
around, about, surrounding, or near
(credit for any of the words above)
the Greek prefix peri- means_________________
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hedonism
the theory that pleasure is the highest good is known as _________________
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1. present tense
2. present participle 3. past tense 4. past participle
what are the four principle parts of a verb
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collective proper noun
what type of noun is
Europe |
see answer
diagram this sentence:
Halef Omar and Kara BenNemsi shot and wounded the horses of several shaggy bandits. |
megalomania
a mental order characterized by delusions of greatness and power is known as_____________
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prob
which of the following roots mean "upright, honorable"
crim, prob, amare, ante |