Element Support for Grammar Games: Constructor

Grammar Games: Constructor™ helps students learn to identify both parts of speech and parts of a sentence. Game Plans define what types of sentences are generated and what questions are asked. Some pre-defined game plans come with the application, but an unlimited number of tailored plans can be created to focus on specific areas.

The sentence options and question types cover both parts of speech and parts of a sentence. The complete list of options available are defined here.

Sentence Options

The following sentence options control the sentences that are generated by Constructor.

• Possessive Nouns
  When the Possessive Nouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have possessive nouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with possessive nouns will not be used.
  
  
• Concrete Nouns
  When the Concrete Nouns Only sentence option is selected, Constructor will select sentences that only have concrete nouns. Concrete nouns are nouns that you can actually see and touch. This option can make the nouns easier for younger players to identify.
  
  
• Personal Pronouns
  When the Personal Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have personal pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with personal pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Subjective Pronouns
  When the Subjective Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have subjective pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with subjective pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Objective Pronouns
  When the Objective Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have objective pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with objective pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Possessive Pronouns
  When the Possessive Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have possessive pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with possessive pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Relative Pronouns
  When the Relative Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have relative pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with relative pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns
  When the Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have reflexive or intensive pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with reflexive or intensive pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Demonstrative Pronouns
  When the Demonstrative Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have demonstrative pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with demonstrative pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Indefinite Pronouns
  When the Indefinite Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have indefinite pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with indefinite pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Interrogative Pronouns
  When the Interrogative Pronouns sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have interrogative pronouns in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with interrogative pronouns will not be used.
  
  
• Helping Verbs
  When the Helping Verbs sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have helping verbs in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with helping verbs will not be used.
  
  
• Phrasal Verbs
  When the Phrasal Verbs sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have phrasal verbs in them. Phrasal verbs are verbs that are made up of more than one word, such as: "He looked up the address in the phonebook." If this option is not selected, sentences with phrasal verbs will not be used.
  
  
• Adverbs
  When the Adverbs sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have adverbs in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with adverbs will not be used.
  
  
• Non-Article Adjectives
  When the Non-Article Adjectives sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have adjectives that are not articles. Articles are also classified as adjectives, but these are always allowed. If this option is not selected, sentences with adjectives that are not articles will not be used.
  
  
• Phrasal Prepositions
  When the Phrasal Prepositions sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have phrasal prepositions in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with phrasal prepositions will not be used.
  
  
• Coordinating Conjunctions
  When the Coordinating Conjunctions sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have coordinating conjunctions in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with coordinating conjunctions will not be used.
  
  
• Subordinating Conjunctions
  When the Subordinating Conjunctions sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have subordinating conjunctions in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with subordinating conjunctions will not be used.
  
  
• Correlative Conjunctions
  When the Correlative Conjunctions sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have correlative conjunctions in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with correlative conjunctions will not be used.
  
  
• Phrasal Conjunctions
  When the Phrasal Conjunctions sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have phrasal conjunctions in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with phrasal conjunctions will not be used.
  
  
• Interjections
  When the Interjections sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have interjections in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with interjections will not be used.
  
  
• Compound Subject
  When the Compound Subject sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have compound subjects in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with compound subjects will not be used.
  
  
• Compound Predicate
  When the Compound Predicate sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have compound predicates in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with compound predicates will not be used.
  
  
• Direct Object
  When the Direct Object sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have direct objects in them.
  
  If this option is not selected, sentences with direct objects will not be used. This can be helpful, for example, if you only want to focus on sentences that have predicate nominatives or predicate adjectives, or if you want to focus on intransitive verbs.
  
  
• Compound Direct Object
  When the Compound Direct Object sentence option is selected, Constructor will allow sentences that have compound direct objects in them. If this option is not selected, sentences with compound direct objects will not be used.
  
  
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Question Types

The following question types control the questions that will be asked about the sentences that Constructor generates.

• Nouns
  When the Nouns option is selected, Constructor will ask you to identify any nouns in the sentence, but it will not ask you to distinguish between the different types of nouns. If any of the other more specific noun question types are also selected, Constructor will sometimes ask you to distinguish between the specific types of nouns and sometimes not.
  
  
• Possessive Nouns
  When the Possessive Nouns option is selected, Constructor will ask you to identify any possessive nouns in the sentence.