Terms Review January/August

A word that looks like a verb but acts like a modifier (adjective or adverb)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the gerund.

Tom was punished for cheating.

• Halim

• was

• punished

• cheating

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerund

Many of the laughing students love singing.

• Many

• laughing

• love

• singing

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerunds (check three):

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

• acting

• keeping

• coughing

• art

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The flying insect was a nuisance.

• Flying

• Insect

• Nuisance

• No participle

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The water, gushing through the ravine, was very dangerous.

• Gushing

• Very

• Dangerous

• No participle

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the word being modified by the participle.

The dog wearing the red collar is very kind.

• Dog

• Red collar

• Kind

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Predicate adjectives follow...

• Helping verbs (ex. can, would, have, etc.)

• Linking verbs (ex. forms of to be, seem, sound, etc.)

• Action verbs (ex. run, jump, play, etc.)

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CCSS.L.2.1E

She was eating spaghetti. Which of the following does this sentence have?

• direct object

• predicate noun

• predicate adjective

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CCSS.L.3.1A