Grammar Review/Preview

What are the 3 biggest mistakes young writers make when writing sentences?

What part of speech is the term, “Multnomah County Public Library?” I visited the M.C.P.L. with my wife.

Verbs show what?

What part of speech is, “forcefully?” Sara pulled the jammed switch forcefully.

What are parts of speech?

What part of speech is, “through?” She pulled the lace through the hole.

Prepositions often tell?

Prepositions connect nouns, pronouns, and phrases to what?

Which part of speech is the word, “nor?” She’d neither sing nor dance.

What part of speech is the word, “petition” when used this way? We petitioned the senator for a vote on the bill.

How many main parts of speech are there?

Which part of speech is, “Ut-Oh?” Marci remarked, “Ut-Oh” upon viewing Coach Shed drop his ice cream.

An adverb tells more about a verb. Specifically an adverb tells what?

Common nouns and pronouns have shared qualities.

What part of speech is the word, “petition” when used in the following way? The voters signed the petition.

What part of speech is the word, “democracy?” The ancient Greeks invented democracy.

A way to identify a verb in a sentence is to?

Adjectives tell us more about what kind of word?

The function of a conjunction is to?

What part of speech is, “gargantuan?” The gargantuan skunk sprayed my date and I was horrified.