English Pop Quiz
verb
shows action or state of being
interjection
shows strong feeling or emotion
What is a compound subject?
Subjects may be compound. A compound subject has two or more simple subjects.
What is a complete predicate?
The complete predicate of a sentence includes all the words that tell what the subject is or does
What is a complete subject?
The complete subject of a sentence includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about
What is a simple predicate?
The simple predicate is the most important word or words in the complete predicate. It is a verb or verb phrase.
What is the simple subject?
The simple subject is the most important word or words in the complete subject. The simple subject is usually a noun or pronoun.
adjective
describes a noun or pronoun
adverb
describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
What is the abstract noun in this sentence: Dolores was delighted by her nephew's excitement about his new bike.
excitement
What is the simple subject of this sentence: Glittering jewels of many sizes and colors filled the jewelry store display cases.
jewels
conjunction
joins words or groups of words
What is the complete subject of this sentence: Glittering jewels of many sizes and colors filled the jewelry store display cases.
many sizes and colors
Antecedent
means a substitute word usually a pronoun that replaces a word or phase.
What is the compound predicate in this sentence: Our student government met yesterday and voted to ban music players in school
met/voted
transitive
modifying verb/adverb word after the verb
noun
names a person, place, thing or idea
intransitive
no modifying verb/adverb
What is the past participle in this sentence: After the culture medium has reached the correct temperature, add the bacteria.
reached
preposition
relates a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence
pronoun
takes the place of a noun
What is the direct object in this sentence: After her graduation party, Colleen sent everyone in her family thank you notes.
thank you notes
Is the underlined verb transitive or intransitive: When Betsy moved to Madrid, she couldn't speak Spanish at all.
transitive
What is the subject of this sentence: When opening the package, take care not to damage the contents.
you
When does a run-on sentence occur?
when two or more separate sentences are joined incorrectly.
Underline the Independent Clause in this sentence: No matter how hard she tried, Margaret couldn't finish the crossword puzzle.
Margaret couldn't finish the crossword puzzle.
What is a fragment?
A fragment is group of words that make up only part of a sentence. A fragment does not express a complete thought.
Can a predicate be a compound?
A predicate may be compound, which means it has two or more simple predicates
What is the correlative conjunctions in this sentence: On yesterday's problem set, both Jody and Matt scored 100%
Both/and
What is the indirect object in this sentence: After her graduation party, Colleen sent everyone in her family thank you notes.
Colleen
Rewrite this phase using possessive noun: The swimming pool at the athletic center
athletic center's swimming pool
What is the predicate noun in this sentence: George is Wanda's older brother he works in Dayton, Ohio.
brother
When do helping words come?
comes before the main verb-has, had, been, is, etc.