Prepositions Assessment Warm Up

Front

What is an independent clause?

Back

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Example: 'Roger worked.'

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Front

What is a preposition?

Back

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. Example: 'in' in 'Roger worked in the school.'

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Front

What is an object in a sentence?

Back

An object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. Example: In 'The dragons arrived above Jerome,' 'Jerome' is the object.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

What is a subject in a sentence?

Back

The subject is the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about. Example: In 'Roger worked in the school,' 'Roger' is the subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Front

What is a verb?

Back

A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being. Example: 'worked' in 'Roger worked in the school.'

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Front

What is a noun?

Back

A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. Example: 'school' in 'Roger worked in the school.'

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Front

What is a conjunction?

Back

A conjunction is a word that connects clauses or sentences. Example: 'and' in 'Roger worked in the school and played soccer.'

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Front

What is a compound sentence?

Back

A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. Example: 'Roger worked in the school, and he played soccer.'

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Front

What is a complex sentence?

Back

A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Example: 'Although Roger worked in the school, he still had time to play.'

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Front

What is a phrase?

Back

A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject-verb pair and does not express a complete thought. Example: 'in the school' is a phrase.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B