Parts of Speech | Verb Tenses | Sentences | Subordinate Word Groups | Sentence Diagrams |
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What is a pronoun?
The word "he" is this part of speech.
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What is "I was"?
Simple past tense of the verb "be" in first person singular
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What is simple, compound, complex, and compound complex?
The four types of sentence structures.
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What is "to include," "including," and "included"
The verb "include" in infinitive, present participle, and past participle forms
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What is [insert sentence diagram]?
Diagram the following sentence:
"He has read the funny book." |
What is a conjunction?
The word "yet" is this part of speech.
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What is "they have given"?
Perfect present tense of the verb "give" in third person plural
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What is declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory?
The four types of sentence purposes.
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What is a gerund?
This type of subordinate word group is a verbal form used as a noun and identified by an -ing ending.
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What is [insert sentence diagram]?
Diagram the following sentence:
"My mom made me breakfast." |
What is a preposition?
The word "through" is this part of speech.
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What is "he/she/it is playing"?
Simple present progressive form of the verb "play" in third person singular
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What is a compound sentence?
This type of sentence must have two or more independent clauses, no dependent/subordinate clauses, and a conjunction.
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What is an appositive?
This type of subordinate word group is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun. It is often, but not always, placed between two commas.
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What is [insert sentence diagram]?
Diagram the following sentence:
"On the roof the squirrel rests." |
What is an adverb?
This part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
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What is "you have been talking"?
Perfect past progressive form of the verb "talk" in second person singular
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What is a transitive verb?
This type of verb involves a direct object that receives the action of the verb.
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What is an adjective phrase/clause?
This type of subordinate word group modifies nouns or pronouns and always appears immediately after the modified word.
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What is [insert sentence diagram]?
Diagram the following sentence:
"Jonathan loves diagramming sentences." |
What is an abstract noun?
The word "fragility" is this kind of noun.
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What is "they will have been being"?
Perfect future progressive form of the verb "be" in third person plural
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What is a subject and a predicate?
Every sentence contains these two elements.
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What is "in the dark," serving as an adverbial prepositional phrases?
Name the prepositional phrase in the following sentence, and whether it is serving as an adjective or as an adverbial phrase within the sentence.
"I am often scared in the dark." |
What is [insert sentence diagram]?
Diagram the following sentence:
"The teacher taught the students to diagram sentences." |