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19 Cards in this Set
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Write a sentence that turns the verb UNDERSTAND into a gerund.
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Understanding is a hard thing to gain when in a romantic relasionship.
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Write a sentence that turns the verb RUN into a participial.
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Running down the stairs, Suzie-Jean tried to stop him from leaving the house.
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Which of the following underlined nouns is also a gerund?
(a) the recently completed "building" is ready for inspection (b) a recently pruned "wisteria" (c) "things" that go bump in the night (d) "Building" on your failures makes you stronger. |
D
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Which of the following underlined items is not an adjective?
(a) the smartest student (b) a "really" bright student (c) the "tallest" buiding on the block (d) a truly "principled" decision |
(b)
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In the following sentence:
Morti "appears" ready for her new challenge. How would you classify the quoted verd, appears? (a) linking (b) transitive (c) intransitive |
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"However", I can't accept your argument.
What part of speech is however? |
conjunctive adverb
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It looks "as if" the drought will end soon.
What part of speech is each underlined word or group of word? |
subordinating conjunction
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I "absolutely" do not want to go to Trinidad in August.
What type of speech is absolutely? |
adverb
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Our women's team is "magnificant"!
What type of speech is the word magnificant? |
predicate adjective
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"Whom" do you wish to see?
What part of speech is "whom"? |
pronoun
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"Between" you and me, this is a fantastic exercise.
What part of speech is "between"? |
preposition
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What "effect" do you think this exercise will have on your self esteem?
What part of speech is effect? |
noun
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I hope that I never see "another" parsnip!
What part of speech is another? |
adjective
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Come over to my house "but" don't bring your dog.
What part of speech is but? |
conjunction
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This plan will "never" work.
What part of speech is "never"? |
adverb
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Blinding "snow" closed the highways in three Midwestern cities.
What part of speech is snow? |
noun
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"Shattering" glass rained down on her head.
What part of speech is "shattering"? |
adjective modifying glass
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The team continues "its" phenomenal rally.
What part of speech is "its"? |
possessive pronoun
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"Neither" the priest nor the nuns were in church that day.
What part of speech is neither? |
correlative conjunction
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