Lecture 2: Parts of Speech Quiz and Introductory Blog Post

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Lecture 2: Parts of Speech Review and Quiz

With a partner, choose one of the following activities and post your responses as a comment to the Lecture 2 blog post: (30 minutes)

1. Find 3 newspapers, each in English but from a different country, and note down 12 adjectives (4 from each paper) and their effects on sentence structure and meaning. What are any difference in writing styles? 
2. Write a description of these images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesslaccetti/3904727918/sizes/l/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesslaccetti/3061235409/sizes/o/in/set-72157610185167406/. Include at least 6 adjectives for each. Write the parts of speech that you use (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions etc…) in capital letters
3. Create an online “Parts of Speech Treasure Hunt.” List 12 sentences, each with as many parts of speech as you manage directing readers where to go to find the treasures. At the end of your comment include 12 links to the treasures

Lecture 1: Parts of Speech Group Activity

Here are the photos of each part of speech poster. Please remember to add a comment (at the bottom of this post) on a part of speech poster (but not the one that you helped create).

A remind of what your creations include:

• A definition and explanations of varieties
• Rules about use
• Examples
• A visual symbol
• A slogan
• A 100 word story, a song, a rap or a poem

Note: Click each picture to see a much bigger version.

 

  

 

 

  

  

 

Grammar Test from Daily Writing Tips

Try this test from the blog Daily Writing Tips and see how you do.

Grammar Test 1

Grammar might not be the most exciting of the topics, but you sure need to master the basics of it. Test your skills with the 20 questions below!

1. ______ shall I say is calling?.
Who


Whom


Whose


Who’s






2. ___ hour ago we met ___ history teacher.
a / an


a / a


an / a


an / an




3. Sentences can be broken down into:.
periods


predicates


objects



clauses




4. Charles and ___ are attending the conference.
me


I


myself


mine




5. Homophones are:.
two or more words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings.


two or more words that share the same meaning but have different pronunciations



two or more words that share the same spelling but have different meanings


two or more words that share the same pronunciation but have different spellings




6. He was not thinking well __ that occasion.
at


in


on


when




7. Love, courage, and childhood are examples of:
proper nouns



abstract nouns


relative nouns


countable nouns




8. Microsoft announced ________ releasing a new product next week.
it is


they are


itself is


she is




9. We need three _______ and two _______ for the soup.


fungi / potatos


fungus / potatoes


fungis / potatoes


fungi / potatoes




10. Adverbs can modify:
nouns


adjectives


pronouns


sentences






11. The boy _______ threw the ball was blond.
himself


that


which


who




12. Those are all prepositions, except:.
upon


from


so



like




13. The other boys or Henry ____ to blame.
is


are


were


will




14. The two types of adjectives are:.
attributive and relative


predicative and collective



attributive and predicative


predicative and alternative




15. The cat has ___ the canary.
eat


eaten


ate


eated




16. Which of the following is NOT an article:
a



it


the


an




17. Chairs _______ don’t have cushions are uncomfortable to sit on.
that


which


whose


where




18. Those are all coordinating conjunctions, except:


for


yet


from


but




19. Which of the following is NOT a type of incomplete verb:
auxiliary verb


intransitive verb


semi-auxiliary verb


being verb






20. This will be just between you and ___ .
myself


I


me


mine