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1. Identify the noun.
Please answer the door.A. Please
B. Answer
C. The
D. Door
2. Identify the proper noun.
Mesopotamia was not an easy place to live.
A. Live
B. Place
C. Mesopotamia
D. Easy
3. Identify the abstract noun.
Katherine lives her life by the values of truth and honor.
A. Katherine
B. Life
C. Her
D. Honor
4. Identify the common noun.
Democracy means all citizens share in ruling.
A. Ruling
B. All
C. Democracy
D. Citizens
Everybody feeling warmed up?
These questions are a little more challenging.
5. Identify an adjective
The firefighter carefully adjusted her oxygen mask.
6. Identify an adverb
The firefighter carefully adjusted her oxygen mask.
7. Identify an adverb
My relatives will sometimes play football on Thanksgiving Day!
8. Identify an adjective
Andrea saw the dark clouds and turned toward home.
9. Identify an adverb
I ran swiftly to catch the train.
10. Identify the pronoun
Many are excited to see Harry Potter!
11. Identify the helping verb
My brother is attending law school at Yale University.
12. Identify an adjective
My favorite food is Thai food.
13.Identify the verb phrase
My older brother will visit our classroom while he is home this week.
14. Identify an adverb
My sister-in-law will soon be starting a new job as an event planner.
15. Identify an adverb
Life in the Byzantine Empire was generally more pleasant than life in Western Europe.
16. Identify the verb phrase
Do you know the story of the first Thanksgiving?
17. Identify an interjection
Well, both the Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe were in attendance.
18. Identify a conjunction
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, but was not made a national holiday until 1941.
19. Identify a pronoun
The firefighter carefully adjusted her oxygen mask.
20. Identify an adverb
Next week, we will be on vacation.
21. Identify a pronoun
Did Kelly order this?
22. Identify a concrete noun.
The firefighter carefully adjusted her oxygen mask.
23. Identify the prepositional phrase
Carlos grabbed the seat by the window.
24. Identify the auxiliary verb(s)
Next week, we will be on vacation.
25. Identify a verb phrase
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, but was not made a national holiday until 1941.
26. Identify a verb phrase
If you plan on traveling this Thanksgiving, you should have already purchased your tickets.
27. Identify the main verb.
This week,about 5.2 million people will travel by air for the holiday.
28. Identify an interjection
Wow! That turkey looks delicious.
29. Conjunctions
What type of conjunction is in the following sentence:
Well, both the Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe were in attendance.
30. Identify the main verb
If you plan on traveling this Thanksgiving, you should have already purchased your tickets.
31. Identify the verb phrase
My sister-in-law will soon be starting a new job as an event planner.
32. Identify a prepositional phrase
We will be learning about different civilizations throughout the school year.
33. Identify the verb phrase
My relatives will sometimes play football on Thanksgiving Day!
34. Identify a conjunction
The same woman helped convince Congress to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, and wrote the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
35. Identify an interjection
Goodness, over 40 million green bean casseroles will be served this Thanksgiving!
36. Identify a conjunction
It may rain some next week, but we will still enjoy our time off.
37. Identify the verb.
Carlos grabbed the seat by the window.
38. Identify the prepositional phrase.
He knew he was ready for the quiz.
39. Identify the auxiliary verb(s)
We will be learning about different civilizations throughout the school year.
40. Identify an adjective
Do you know the story of the first Thanksgiving?
41. Identify a conjunction
The average plane holds about 375 people, so about 13,867 plane loads of people will fly this week!
42. Identify a pronoun.
What is the best brand?
43. Identify a pronoun.
I hope you enjoy yourself at the party.
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