Grammar Catch Phrase

Grammar Catch PhraseCore Test Grammar ReviewIn the following slides, your knowledge of parts of speech, sentence structures, commas, adverbs, colons, and parentheses will be tested in an effort to prepare you for the core test. With each word you see on the following slides, you will need to either define it or give an example of it. After you finish, the person next to you will do the next word and so on. The trick is to answer as many as you can before the timer rings, and you dont want the timer to ring while it is your turn or the other team wins a point. Good luck!DirectionsDAYS MARKETWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?TO WANDERWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF USING PARENTHESES.THOUGH I LOVE SUMMER I DO NOT LIKE ALL THE BUGS THAT COME OUT.INSERT THE COMMALIST ONE COLON RULE.ADJECTIVEI RAN A MARATHON, AND I TOOK 1ST PLACE.THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE?INFINITIVE VERB PHRASEFOURTEENWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF USING A COMMA WITH AN INTRODUCTORY PHRASEA popover has four common ingredients flour, milk, salt, and butter.

INSERT THE COLONRUNNINGWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?TO SWIMWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?HIKEWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?BLUEWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?PRONOUNTHEYWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?HEWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?THATWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?A, AN, THEWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SOWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?OVERWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?NOUNINWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?WAS HIKINGWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?BYWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?ADVERBISWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?THROUGHWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?ABOVEWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?YIKES!WHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?WASWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?AM RUNNINGWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?WOW!WHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?RUNNING SHOESWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?BECAUSE, SINCEWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?HIKING BOOTSWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?HELPING VERBI RAN A MARATHON.THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE?INTERJECTIONSWHEN I WAS FIFTY, I RAN A MARATHON, AND I TOOK 1ST PLACE.THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE?PREPOSITIONWHEN I WAS FIFTY, I RAN A MARATHON.THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE?CONJUNCTIONDOGWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?SIMPLE SENTENCELINKING VERBGERUNDCOMPOUND SENTENCEPARTICIPLECOMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCEGIVE AN EXAMPLE OF USING A COMMA WITH AN INTRODUCTORY PHRASEDURING LUNCH I ATE PIZZA.INSERT THE COMMACOMPLEX SENTENCEWHILE SLEDDING BEHIND THE FOUR-WHEELER JEN BROKE HER ARM.INSERT THE COMMAWHEN I WAS 12 I WAS AFRAID OF SPIDERS.INSERT THE COMMAWHILE RIDING HIS BIKE JACK RAN OVER A SKUNK.INSERT THE COMMAWHAT IS AN ADVERB?JACK WHO HAS ORANGE SHOELACES IS FIFTEEN.INSERT PARENTHESESA _____ is a signal that something is to follow: a rephrased statement, a list, or a formal quotation. Use a ______ if you can insert namely after it.Use a _____ at the end of a complete statement to show anticipationthat is, to show that amplifying details follow, such as a list, a series of items, a formal quotation, or an explanation.

FILL IN THE BLANKDURING THE MOVIE I STARTED TO CRY.INSERT THE COMMAAfter five minutes of silence, the actor uttered those famous words To be or not to be; that is the question.

INSERT THE COLONGIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN ADVERB.LIST ONE COLON RULE.Of all the gauges in an airplane cockpit, three are crucial the altimeter, the gas gauge, and the crash-warning indicator.

INSERT THE COLONMY MOM THE BEST COOK IN THE ENTIRE WORLD BOUGHT A NEW DRESS.INSERT PARENTHESESLIST ONE COLON RULE.ACTION VERBWHEN DO YOU USE PARENTHESES?PARENTHESESOH!WHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?AMWHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE THESE WORDS?SOFTWHAT PART OF SPEECH IS THIS WORD?ARTICLE