Parts of Speech
This part of speech is used to describe a person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
What punctuation is placed at the end of a sentence?
What is a period?
What two letters are usually placed at the end of a verb to make it past tense?
What is -ed?
What is the part of word that is added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning?
What is a prefix?
For these questions, say the conjugation in the present tense that makes the most sense.
My mom ______ (to peel) the potatoes for dinner
What is peels?
What is the part of speech used to modify a noun?
What is an Adjective
This punctuation is used to communicate a question
What is a question mark?
What is the name of two words that mean the same thing?
What is a synonym?
What is the part of word that is added to the end of a word to change the meaning?
What is a suffix?
For these questions, say the conjugation in the past tense that makes the most sense.
Yesterday I _____ (to eat) an apple
What is ate?
What is the part of speech used to describe an action or occurrence?
What is a verb?
This punctuation is used to list objects, or combine two sentences?
What is a comma?
What is the name of two or more words that mean different things?
What is an atonym?
What does the prefix co- (as in coexist, collaboration, coeducation) mean?
What is together?
For these questions, say the conjugation in the future tense that makes the most sense.
If we have a snow day tomorrow I _____ ski
What is will?
This part of speech usually ends in -ly and modifies adjectives or verbs
What is an adverb?
What punctuation implies a high level of energy?
What is an exclamation point?
What is the name of two words that are spelled the same that have different meanings?
What is a homonym?
What does the prefix anti- (like antisocial, anticlimactic) mean?
What is against? (doesn't have to be exact)
For these questions, say the conjugation in the conditional tense that makes the most sense.
If it was summer I _____ swim
What is would?
This part of speech is used to connect certain phrases and clauses
What is a conjunction?
What part of speech is used to indicate a pause between two large sentences?
What is a semicolon?
What is the name of two or more words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings or spellings?
What is a homophone?
What does the prefix in- (like incorrect, inability, incomplete)?
What is not? (doesn't have to be exact)
For these questions, say the conjugation in the past continuous tense that makes the most sense.
I ________ (to walk) to the store yesterday when it started raining
What is was walking?