Parts of Speech
Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
The part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
Subject
A verb that helps the main verb.
Helping Verb
A sentence that tells about something and ends with a period.
Declarative
A verb is plural if the _____ is plural. A verb is singular if the _____ is singular.
Subject
A word that shows action or being.
Verb
The subject and all the words that go with it.
Complete Subject
The verb and all the words that go with it.
Predicate
A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Interrogative
A group of words that is not a complete thought is a ___________.
Fragment
A word that modifies a noun.
Adjective
A word that takes the place of a noun.
Pronoun
A verb that shows action.
Action Verb
A sentence that gives a command or request and usually ends in a period.
Imperative
Two or more sentences incorrectly joined as one sentence is a ______________.
Run-On Sentence
A word that modifies a verb.
Adverb
The noun that a pronoun replaces.
Antecedent
Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been
Being Verbs
A sentence that shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark.
Exclamatory
Homophones
A word that connects a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence.
Preposition
Identify the subject of the following sentence:
My hairy dog jumped on the couch.
Dog
Identify the verb in the following sentence:
John should arrive any minute now.
Should arrive
Name the sentence type below:
Go clean your room.
Imperative
Words with the same spelling but different definitions and pronunciations are _____________.
Homographs