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English Review #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does a prepositional phrase always begin with? | preposition |
| What must a prepositional phrase end with? | noun or pronoun |
| What is an action verb? | a verb that shows doing |
| What does a preposition show? | position |
| What is the noun or pronoun of the prepositional phrase called? | object of the preposition |
| Quotations marks are most commonly used for: | dialogue |
| Name three types of verbs. | action verbs, helping verbs, and verbs of being |
| What is dialogue? | when a person is speaking |
| Which word is an action verb: will, be, girl, ride | ride |
| Which word is an action verb: over, under, skip, was | skip |
| Which word is a verb of being: girl, will, ride, over | will |
| Which is a verb of being: chair, shall, beneath, we | shall |
| Which word is a preposition: jump, hop, under, dog | under |
| Which word is a preposition: beneath, sweet, potato, smash | beneath |
| What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence? The clown danced on his toes. | on his toes |
| What is the object of the preposition? The clown danced on his toes. | toes |
| What is the verb in the sentence? The clown danced on his toes. | danced |
| What is the preposition in the sentence? The clown danced on his toes. | on |
| List the verbs of being | am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had, be, being, been, do, does, did, may, must, might, can, could, would, should, shall, will |
| What is the linking verb in the sentence: He is sick? | is |
| What is the linking verb in the sentence: The little girl in the blue dress was very happy. | was |
| What is the verb: Mother and Meg ate cotton candy. | ate |
| What is the verb: Doug ran in the marathon last week. | ran |
| What are the verbs: You can slide and slip in the snow. | slide, slip |
| What is the verb: Rita is our fast pitcher. | is |
| What is the verb: The shirt appears to be stained. | appears |
| What are the verbs: He was wearing an unusual tie today. | was wearing |
| What are the verbs: Sandra was hiding under the bed. | was hiding |
| What is the preposition: Put this one above the red one. | above |
| What is the preposition: We kept laughing during the program. | during |
| What is the preposition: That is good with fresh cookies. | with |