Adjectives & Their Uses Flashcards
Find the Adjectives:
The pesky crow can be a menace to some corn growers.
pesky, some, corn
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A mother bear can become intensely angry when another animal threatens her cubs.
mother, angry, another, her
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A honeybee relays vital information to other bees by its body movements.
vital, other, its, body
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The ladybug is a helpful insect predator because it eats crop-destroying insects.
helpful, insect, crop-destroying
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The woolly mammoth was a large, lumbering beast related to the elephant.
woolly, large, lumbering, related
Determine whether this sentence is essential or nonessential. Set off the nonessential clauses with commas:
Aphids which are a greenhouse menace destroy leafy plants.
Nonessential
Aphids, which are a greenhouse menace, destroy leafy plants.
Determine whether this sentence is essential or nonessential. Set off the nonessential clauses with commas:
The cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born has been restored.
Essential
Determine whether this sentence is essential or nonessential. Set off the nonessential clauses with commas:
The Egyptian ruler whose treasures have been exhibited in the United States is King Tut, the “Boy King.”
Nonessential
The Egyptian ruler, whose treasures have been exhibited in the United States, is King Tut, the “Boy King.”
Put parenthesis around all adjective clauses. Put squiggles around the phrases used as adjectives:
The jew’s harp, which is made of metal or wood, is a musical instrument without strings.
The jew’s harp, (which is made of metal or wood), is a musical instrument (without strings).
Put parenthesis around all adjective clauses. Put squiggles around the phrases used as adjectives:
The scientific name for the study of plants is botany.
The scientific name ~for the study~ ~of plants~ is botany.
Put parenthesis around all adjective clauses. Put squiggles around the phrases used as adjectives:
Living things that are neither plant nor animal are protists.
Living things (that are neither plant nor animal) are protists.
Put parenthesis around all adjective clauses. Put squiggles around the phrases used as adjectives:
People with high blood pressure should avoid foods containing a high concentration of salt.
People ~with high blood pressure~ should avoid foods ~containing a high concentration~ ~of salt~.
Make corrections to the following sentence:
Lying under the sod, he discovered an antique silver dollar.
He discovered an antique dollar lying under the sod.
Make corrections to the following sentence:
Them turbans are worn mainly by Muslims living in the southern part of Asia.
Those turbans are worn mainly by Muslims living in the southern part of Asia.
Make corrections to the following sentence:
We will have less people than usual at our house for Thanksgiving this year.
We will have fewer people than usual at our house for Thanksgiving this year.
Make corrections to the following sentence:
Texas is larger than any southwestern state.
Texas is larger than any other southwestern state.
What are the relative pronouns?
That, which, where, who, whose, whom
What’s the difference between an essential clause and a nonessential clause?
A nonessential clause is set off by commas, while an essential clause has no commas.
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
The scout leader and (they, them) caught fish from the stream.
They is the subject
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
I hope you will give Connor and (he, him) a copy of your speech.
Him is the indirect object
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
My favorite teachers are Miss King and (she, her).
She is the predicate nominative
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
Bob treats his sisters, Brittany and (she, her), like good friends.
Her is the appositive of the direct object
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
Nobody came to the meeting except Rebecca and (I, me).
me is the object of the preposition
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
Mark and Brianna replaced Kevin and (she, her) as class officers last year.
Her is the direct object
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
My best friends, Nathan and (him, he), are both on the varsity team.
he is the appositive of the subject
Select the correct pronoun in parenthesis. Choose if the pronoun is the subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, appositive of the subject, appositive of the direct object, or an appositive of the object of the preposition:
The book was dedicated to my colleagues, Mr. Dortch and (he, him).
Him is the appositive of the object of the preposition
Correct the following sentence:
Our parents gave Jack and I new luggage for our trip to Oklahoma.
Our parents gave Jack and me new luggage for our trip to Oklahoma.
Correct the following sentence:
The brothers, James and him, were semifinalists in the spelling bee.
The brothers, James and he, were semifinalists in the spelling bee.
Correct the following sentence:
Us boys are going to paint the parsonage this weekend.
We boys are going to paint the parsonage this weekend.
Correct the following sentence:
Whomever skates at this time of year is skating on thin ice.
Whoever skates at this time of year is skating on thin ice
