Grammar Practice #8

Look at the word in all caps in the following sentence. What part of speech is it? WE studied the biology of insects, and we watched an endlessly long film about bugs.

• Adjective

• Pronoun

• Article

• Noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

Look at the word in all caps in the following sentence. What part of speech is it? We STUDIED the biology of insects, and we watched an endlessly long film about bugs.

• Linking Verb

• Preposition

• Article

• Action Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Look at the word in all caps in the following sentence. What part of speech is it? We studied the biology OF insects, and we watched an endlessly long film about bugs.

• Preposition

• Linking Verb

• Adjective

• Article

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CCSS.L.2.1E

Look at the word in all caps in the following sentence. What part of speech is it? We studied the biology of insects, and we watched an endlessly LONG film about bugs.

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Linking Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Using the sentence found below, determine one of the prepositional phrases.  

We studied the biology of insects, and we watched an endlessly long film about bugs.  

• biology of insects

• about bugs

• an endlessly long film

• film about bugs

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What are the subjects in the following sentence? We studied the biology of insects, and we watched an endlessly long film about bugs.

• biology, we

• We, we

• We, film

• We, bugs

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the literary device in the following sentence? We studied the biology of insects, and we watched an endlessly long film about bugs.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Identify the type of sentence: Mike went to a game, and his parents watched his kids.

• Simple Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the correct vocabulary term: Our school ______________ student work in some of the glass cases in the hallway.

• protagonist

• confirms

• displays

• notable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G