Parts of Speech
The color red is an example of what part of speech?
Adjectives
What type of sentence is "She wanted food."
Basic
What type of verb is "to try"
Action Verb
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What type of sentence is this sentence: "The sun was setting behind the hills, and the cool evening breeze finally swept through the valley."
Compound
New York City is an example of what part of speech.
Proper Noun
What type of sentence is "Although the sky darkened rapidly, the hikers continued their journey up the mountain."
Complex
What type of verb is the word are in this sentence "The children are smart."
Linking Verb
Ourselves is an example of what part of speech?
Pronouns
What must come before a conjunction?
A comma
Yikes! is an example of what part of speech?
Interjection
What type of sentence is "He finished his homework, so that he could go outside to play."
Complex
What type of verb comes before another verb?
Helping Verb
What is the preposition in this sentence: "he keys are in the drawer."
In
What is the independent clause in this sentence:"We stayed indoors because a heavy thunderstorm rolled through the neighborhood."
We stayed indoors
What is the verb in this sentence: Although walking in the rain, she stayed dry.
Stayed
What is wrong with this sentence: "Because I forgot to finish my thought."
It is a dependent clause, and therefore, it is not a complete sentence.
What kind of verb is the word is?
Both a helping and linking verb.
What is the adverb is the sentence: The kids played outside.
Outside
What is wrong with this compound sentence: The dog barked all night, the neighbors could not sleep.
It is missing a coordinating conjunction
8pm is an example of what part of speech?
Preposition
What type of sentence is "Although the rain poured heavily, the campers gathered around the fire, and they sang songs until midnight."
Compound-Complex sentence
What is the linking and helping verb in the sentence: "She has been a great teacher."
Has= Helping
Been= Linking
What is the definition of conjunction?
They are used to connect the independent clause to dependent clauses
What is the formula for a complex sentence?
IC + DC or DC + IC