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Question: Noun for 20 points
What is a noun?
Answer: Noun for 20 Points
A noun is a person, place, thing,
quality or idea.
Question: Noun for 30 points
Give an example of a
person noun.
Answer: Noun for 30 points:
Examples: teacher, sister,
baker, etc.
Question: Noun for 40 points
Give examples of
a place noun and
a thing noun.
Answer: Noun for 40 Points
Example: park,
mall, theater, pencil,
shoe, computer etc.
Question: Noun for 50 points
Give examples
of quality and
idea nouns.
Answer: Noun for 50 points
Examples: wish,
dream, wisdom
Question: Verb for 20 Points
What is a verb?
Answer: Verb for 20 Points
A verb shows action, state
of being, or links the
subject to the predicate.
Question: Verb for 30 points
In which part of a
sentence does the
verb belong?
Answer: Verb for 30 Points
A verb is in the predicate.
Question: Verb for 40 points
In the following
sentence, which word
is the action verb?
The children ran around
the yard all afternoon.
Answer: Verb for 40 points
Ran is the action
verb.
Question: Verb for 50 points
Give 3 examples of
helping verbs.
Answer: Verb for 50 points
Examples: is, are,
must, etc.
Question: Article for 20 points
Articles always
appear before
what part of
speech?
Answer: Article for 20 points
Articles appear
before nouns.
Question: Article for 30 points
What are the three
articles?
Answer: Article for 30 points
a, an, the
Question: Article for 40 points
When do you use “a”
in front of a noun, and
when do you use “an”?
Answer: Article for 40 points
Use “a” in front of
nouns that start
with consonants
and “an” in front
of nouns that start
with vowels.
Question: Article for 50 points
An article is a
special form of
what other part
of speech?
Answer: Article for 50 points
Adjective
Question: Adjective for 20 points
What part of
speech does an
adjective tell
about (modify)?
Answer: Adjective for 20 points
Noun
Question: Adjective for 30 points
What three things
do adjectives tell
about a noun?
Answer: Adjective for 30 points
which, how many,
what kind
Question: Adjective for 40 points
Give examples
of each kind of
adjective:
which, how
many, what
kind
Answer: Adjective for 40 points
which: first
how many: few
what kind: soft
Question: Adjective for 50 points
Identify the
adjective(s) in the
following sentence:
The smart detective
figured out the cat
burglar’s plan.
Answer: Adjective for 50 points
smart
cat
Question: Adverb for 20 points
What parts of
speech does an
adverb describe
(modify)?
Answer: Adverb for 20 points
verbs, adjectives,
and other adverbs
Question: Adverb for 30 points
What three things
do adverbs tell?
Answer: Adverb for 30 points
how, where,
when
Question: Adverb for 40 points
Give examples
of each kind of
adverb:
how
where
when
Answer: Adverb for 40 points
how: quietly
when: tomorrow
where: there
Question: Adverb for 50 points
Identify the
adverb(s) in the
following sentence:
The girl quickly hid
the cookie when her
mom walked into the
room.
Answer: Adverb for 50 points
quickly
when
Question: Preposition for 20
points
What relationship does
a preposition show?
Answer: Preposition for 20 points
A preposition shows the
relationship between the subject
and rest of the sentence.
Question: Preposition for 30
points
What is the usual form of a
prepositional phrase?
Answer: Preposition for 30 points
preposition—article—noun
Question: Preposition for 40
points
A prepositional phrase will
never contain what two
sentence parts?
Answer: Preposition for 40 points
subject and predicate
Question: Preposition for 50
points
Give three examples of
prepositional phrases.
Answer: Preposition for 50 points
…over the hill
…behind a tree
…for an assignment