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No, creek, meaning a small stream, is not a verb, but creak, an onomatopoeic word meaning a sound, can be used as a verb.
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What kind of phrase is the underlined group of words the ducks waddled by the creek?
"The ducks" is a noun phrase. "waddled by" is a verb phrase. "the creek" is a noun phrase.
Is state creek a proper noun?
No, the noun 'state' is a common noun; the noun 'creek' is a common noun. A 'state creek' is a compound common noun, a word for any creek within any state.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing, for example:Deer Creek State Park, UtahMalibu Creek State Park, CaliforniaBrandywine Creek State Park, DelawareBledsoe Creek State Park, Tennessee
How do you use creek in a sentence?
While rowing up the creek all Jack could hear was the creak of the ores.
Is creek a pronoun?
No, it is not. The word creek is a noun (small river or stream).
Should slate creek be capitalized?
When Slate Creek is the name of a creek, it is a proper noun and should be capitalized. A proper noun is always capitalized.When slate creek is a general description of a creek, it is a common noun. A common noun is only capitalized when it is the first word of a sentence.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Slate Creek Airport, White Bird, IDSlate Creek Drive, Cheektowaga, NYSlate Creek Grille (restaurant), Hill City, SD"The Slate Creek Bridge Mystery", a novel by David McCulloch
What kind of phrase is the underlined group of words the ducks waddled by the creek?
"The ducks" is a noun phrase. "waddled by" is a verb phrase. "the creek" is a noun phrase.
Is purify a noun or verb?
The word 'purify' is a verb: purify, purifies, purifying, purified.We drink the water from the creek but we purify it first by boiling.Noun forms for the verb to purify are purifier, purification, and the gerund, purifying.
Hopped is the what part of speech?
The word 'hopped' is a verb, the past participle, past tense of the verb to hop. The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.Examples:He hopped over the creek without getting his feet wet. (verb)He makes his own hopped beer in his basement. (adjective, describes the noun beer as made with hops)
Is crooked creek a noun?
The term 'crooked creek' is a noun phrase, a group of words based on a noun that functions as a unit in a sentence.The noun phrase 'crooked creek' is made up of the noun'creek' described by the adjective 'crooked'.Example use of a noun phrase:A crooked creek runs through the property.The noun phrase is the subject of the sentence.We crossed the crooked creek to pick the flowers.The noun phrase is the direct object of the verb 'crossed'.There are minnows in the crooked creek.The noun phrase is the object of the preposition 'in'.
Where is the Alum Creek in Alum Creek located?
The address of the Alum Creek is: Fuquay Creek, Alum Creek, 25003 0530
What is the real name of the creek in dawson's creek?
a summarhill creek
What are some interesting facts about the creek tribe?
The creek has a central square, The creek made things by hand and the creek had a government
What US States have Colorado rivers or streams named after them?
There is the:Arkansas River,Colorado River,Florida River,Illinois River,Michigan River,Idaho Creek,Indiana Creek,Maryland Creek,Minnesota Creek,Montana Creek,Virginia Creek,Missouri Creek, (six different creeks),New York Creek, (two different creeks),Ohio Creek, (two different creeks),Pennsylvania Creek, (two different creeks),Tennesee Creek, (two different creeks), andTexas Creek, (of which there are seven different creeks).
What are the forty two rivers in Maryland?
As you are not specific as to the criteria regarding which 42 of all Maryland's rivers - Anacostia River Antietam Creek Back River Ballenger Creek Bear Creek Big Pipe Creek Bird River Blackwater River Bodkin Creek Bread and Cheese Creek Broad Run Budds Creek Bush River Casselman River Cabin John Creek Carroll Branch Catoctin Creek Chester River Choptank River Christina River Conococheague Creek Cuckold Creek Curtis Creek Deer Creek Deep Run Dividing Creek Dry Seneca Creek Dundee Creek Elk River Flintstone Creek Frog Mortar Creek Furnace Creek Georges Creek Great Seneca Creek Gunpowder Falls Gwynns Falls Hawlings River Herring Run Horsepen Branch Indian Creek (Anacostia River) Indian Creek (Patuxent River) Jones Falls Licking Creek Limekiln Branch Little Choptank River Little Falls Branch Little Monocacy River Little Paint Branch Little Pipe Creek Little Seneca Creek Lyons Creek Magothy River Marley Creek Marshyhope Creek Mattawoman Creek Middle Creek (Toms Creek) Middle River Minnehaha Branch Monocacy River Moores Run Muddy Branch Nanjemoy Creek Nanticoke River North East River Octoraro Creek Paint Branch Patapsco River Patuxent River Piscataway Creek Pocomoke River Port Tobacco River Potomac River Rhode River Rock Creek Rock Run (Potomac River) St. Marys River Saltpeter Creek Sassafras River Savage River Seneca Creek Severn River Sideling Hill Creek South River Sligo Creek Stony Creek Susquehanna River Swanson Creek Toms Creek Tuckahoe Creek Watts Branch (Anacostia River) Watts Branch (Potomac River) West River Wicomico River (Potomac River tributary) Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore) Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River) Wye River Youghiogheny River
Is Pine Creek the longest creek in Pennsylvania?
No, the Conodoguinet Creek is longer. Pine Creek is 86 miles long, but the Conodoguinet is 104.
Creek a proper noun?
The word creek is a common noun. When used in the name of a creek, the name or title for something. Examples:Fall Creek Falls, Pikeville, TNColdwater Creek (clothing)Blue Creek Elementary School, Jacksonville, NCDawson's Creek (TV program)Fly Creek, NY 13337Creek Nation Casino, Muscogee, OK
Is creek common or proper noun?
The word creek is a common noun unless used for a specific creek such as Rock Creek in Washington, DC or a proper name such as Coldwater Creek fashions.
