English Test 11-24 (verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions)
A verb that links the subject to the main verb or action of the sentence
Helping verb
Mary IS planting flowers in her garden.
Helping verb
Tommy IS throwing a ball.
Helping verb
This book is TOMS
His
What do adverbs tell?
How (slowly), where (inside), when (late), to what extent (partially)
A verb that links or joins a noun to adjective
Linking verb
The flowers that Mary plants ARE beautiful.
Linking verb
Word that takes the place of a Direct object (me, you, him, her, it's, them)
Object pronoun
Word that takes the place of noun and also show ownership (Mine, yours, his, hers, it's, theirs, ours)
Possessive pronoun
A ____ relates its object to some other word in the sentence. Never appears alone & never is at the end of sentence
Preposition
Identify the capitalized word. I stepped INTO the tent
Preposition
The mouse went THROUGH the whole
Preposition
A word that takes the place of a noun
Pronoun
MARY gave THe GIFT to TOM.
She...it...him
used when the noun that the pronoun is replacing is the subject of the sentence (I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who)
Subject pronouns
Tommy IS a pitcher.
Linking verb
Replace the capitalized. MARY did the job.
She
A verb that expresses a physical action
Action verb
Mary PLANTS beautiful flowers.
Action verb
Tommy THROWS a ball.
Action verb
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Adverb
This book is TOMS & MARYS
Theirs
Mary and I went to the park.
We
What do adjectives tell us?
What kind (pretty), which one (my), how many (some), how much (much)