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| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is THAT? | demonstrative adjective |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is SHINY? | positive adjective modifying motorcycle |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is BLACK? | adjective modifies motorcycle |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: IS is what type verb and tense (in that order)? | Linking Verb, present |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is MINE? | possessive pronoun |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is BECAUSE? | subordinate conjunction |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is MY? | possessive pronoun |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What type verb and tense (in that order) is BOUGHT? | action verb, past |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is IT? | subjective/nominative pronoun |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is IN? | prep |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What POS is SEEMS? | linking verb (remember with the fickle verbs you can substitute IS, ARE, AM for the verb to check if it is a LV. |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What are the COMMON NOUNS? | motorcycle, dealership, dream |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What is the SIMPLE SUBJECTS of the INDEPENDENT CLAUSES? | motorcycle, it |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT of the DEPENDENT CLAUSE? | dad |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What is/are the DIRECT OBJECT(S) in the sentence? | it--My dad bought what? IT |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What are the PREDICATE NOMINATIVES in the sentence? | mine, dream (renames subjects of sentence they are in) |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What is the prep phrase, if there is one, and if one, what type is it? | in a dealership-- adverb prep phrase answers WHERE he bought it |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What is the ANTECEDENT of IT? | Motorcycle |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What type of punctuation goes between DEALERSHIP and IT to prevent it from being a run-on? | semi-colon |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What TYPE sentence is this? | compound-complex |
| that handsome shiny black motorcycle is mine because my dad bought it in a dealership it seems a dream: What is the PURPOSE of the sentence? | exclamatory |
| How many clauses are in the sentence? | three -- 2 independent and 1 dependent |
| Are you in the (bridal, bridle) party? | bridal |
| Did you carefully (bridle, bridal) the horse?LE, BRIDAL the horse? | bridle |
| You must learn to (adapt, adept) to the new changes. | adapt |
| That loss didn't seem to (faze, phase) you! | faze |
| Saima's academic rank is (hire, higher) than mine. | higher |
| Owen is (adept, adapt) with musical instruments | adept |
| Every (phase, faze) of the operation was critical if it was going to be successful. | phase |
| I hope Disney will (higher, hire) me when I graduate! | hire |
| The captain of the cheerleaders is known to be very _ (acting superior, obnoxious, smug, or rude, adj.).: a. emulate b. arrogant c. quell d. whimsical | arrogant |
| a. emulate b. arrogant c. quell d. whimsical: My younger sister wants to __ (imitate, v.) me! | emulate |
| a. emulate b. arrogant c. quell d. whimsical:37. The mayor tried to _ (calm, pacify, adj.) the angry citizens at the city council meeting | quell |
| a. emulate b. arrogant c. quell d. whimsical: My mom is so _(unpredictable; erratic in behavior; capricious, adj.)! | whimsical |
| What POS is the word "IF"? | subordinating conjunction |
| High in the tree’s branches, the bird built (their, its) nest. | ITS -- bird is singular |
| Everybody in the group wanted to use (his or her, their) own map. | HIS or HER -- EVERYBODY is a singular indefinite pronoun and always takes a singular |
| Neither Ms. McMahan or Mrs. Trisler reached (their, her) classroom on time. | HER -- When you use OR, use a singular pronoun |
| The band members and the fans cheered on (his or her, their) team. | THEIR -- When you use AND, you use a plural pronoun |
| The valuable collection resides in (its, their) fireproof case. | ITS -- collection is a singular unit so takes a singular pronoun |
| What is the ANTECEDENT to the capitalized pronoun in the following sentence? While going to their friends’ houses, Morgan and Lindsey forgot to take THEM. a. houses b. friends’ houses c. Morgan, Lindsey d. antecedent not stated | D. Antecedent not stated -- You don't know what THEM is. |
| Which word in the sentence is the antecedent for him? JP’s dad wants HIM to finish his homework before starting to going over to Tad and Nick’s house. a. JP b. dad c. homework d. Tad e. Nick’s | JP is who is to finish his homework |
