Grammar, Punctuation, and Stems

Captain Pete adjusted the brim of his hat. What is the verb?

• Captain
• brim
• adjusted
• hat

Rex the Red was tired after a long day of making his foes walk the plank. What is the HELPING verb?

• was
• tired
• plank
• long

Captain Carly called the pirate in the purple shirt an "old sea dog". What figurative language is being used here?

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia 

Rex the Red and the pirate with the purple shirt were lonely during the slow dances. What is the LINKING verb?

• dances
• with
• lonely
• were

Captain Carly loves the taste of fresh ham and root beer. What is the verb?

• taste
• loves
• and
• fresh

Toby was just a regular horse. What is the adjective?

• Toby
• was
• just
• regular

Toby was startled by an old horse-wizard with a long beard, a tall hat, and a sparkly cloak. What are the adjectives?

• startled, horse-wizard
• long, tall, sparkly
• cloak
• beard, hat, cloak

As Toby was running through the lush meadow, he took flight and soared through the blue sky in his magical new shoes. What are the adjectives?

• lush, blue
• blue, lush
• magical, new
• lush, blue, magical, new

He went to the store, he bought a candy bar. How should this run-on sentence be re-written?

• He went to the store he bought a candy bar.
• He went to the store. he bought a candy bar.
• He went to the store and bought a candy bar.
• He went to the store, and bought a candy bar.

When I went to the park to sit on the swings. Is this a complete sentence?

• Yes.
• No, it is a sentence fragment.