Twenty Questions Subjects Parts of Speech Types of sentences Punctuation marks.

Twenty Questions Subjects•Parts of Speech•Types of sentences•Punctuation marks

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1. Name the four types of sentences.

1. Name the four types of sentences.

Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory

2. What is a declarative sentence?

2. What is a declarative sentence?

A declarative sentence makes a statement.

3. What is the ending punctuation in a declarative sentence?

3. What is the ending punctuation in a declarative sentence?

Period

4. What is an interrogative sentence?

4. What is an interrogative sentence?

The interrogative sentence asks a question?

5. What does an imperative sentence do?

5. What does an imperative sentence do?

The imperative sentence gives a command.

6. Give one example of an exclamatory sentence.

6. Give one example of an exclamatory sentence.

(My example) Wow, you are absolutely beautiful!

7. What is the predicate?

The predicate in a sentence tells what the subject does or is.

7. What is the predicate?

The predicate in a sentence tells what the subject does or is.

8. What does the pronoun do?

8. What does the pronoun do?

The pronoun replaces or takes the place of the noun in a sentence.

9. Name all 8 parts of speech.

9. Name all 8 parts of speech.

1. Noun

2. Pronoun

3. Verb

4. Adjective

5. Adverb

6. Interjection

7. Conjunction

8. Preposition

10. Name the three punctuation marks discussed in our class.

10. Name the three punctuation marks discussed in our class.

Period Exclamatory mark Question mark

11. What are the plural form of the following nouns.

Family

Woman

Child

11. What are the plural form of the following nouns.

Families Women Children

12. Select the correct word that best completes these sentences.

(His, He) drew a diagonal line on his paper. I gave Brandon a hug when he returned

home from (his, he) trip. There is one piece of cherry pie left, but

(their, theirs, they, there’s) more cake.

12. Select the correct word that best completes the sentence.

(His, He) drew a diagonal line on his paper. I gave Brandon a hug when he returned

home from (his, he) trip. There is one piece of cherry pie left, but

(their, theirs, they, there’s) more cake.

13. Select the correct word that completes the sentences.

(It, Its, It’s) easier to use self-rising flour in some recipes.

AT&T agreed to sell (it, its, it’s) cable television business to Comcast Corporation.

13. Select the correct word that completes the sentence.

(It, Its, It’s) easier to use self-rising flour in some recipes.

AT&T agreed to sell (it, its, it’s) cable television business to Comcast Corporation.

14. Select the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

Joe took a bus from the city (in, into) the desert.

The ride back to the city was (different from, different than) the ride to the desert.

14. Select the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

Joe took a bus from the city (in, into) the desert.

The ride back to the city was (different from, different than) the ride to the desert.

15. Select the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

The bus broke down (between, among) the desert and the city.

The driver of a car going (in, into) town called for help.

The passengers wandered (between, among) the many desert plants while the bus was being repaired.

15. Select the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

The bus broke down (between, among) the desert and the city.

The driver of a car going (in, into) town called for help.

The passengers wandered (between, among) the many desert plants while the bus was being repaired.

16. Find the verbs in the following sentence.

We cannot afford to go to the movie until Dad gets paid on Friday.

16. Find the verbs in the following sentence.

We cannot afford to go to the movie until Dad gets paid on Friday.

(5 verbs)

17. What part of speech is the following underlined word?

After launch, the spacecraft was visible just above the horizon.

17. What part of speech is the following underlined word?

After launch, the spacecraft was visible just above the horizon.

NOUN

18. Name and correctly spell this week’s word of the week.

18. Name and correctly spell this week’s word of the week.

APTITUDE

19. What is the difference between zany and lollygag?

19. What is the difference between zany and lollygag?

Zany is someone who is crazy. Lollygag is when a person play, clowns

around.

20. Identify the adverb in the following sentences.

As they continued to climb, the hikers saw snowy peaks above.

Joshua fell behind in the pizza-eating contest when he couldn’t eat another bite.

20. Identify the adverb in the following sentences.

As they continued to climb, the hikers saw snowy peaks above.

Joshua fell behind in the pizza-eating contest when he couldn’t eat another bite.