PARTS OF SPEECH
SENTENCES
PUNCTUATION
CAPITALIZATION
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100
I am a word that indicates the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. I often suggest where something/someone is or where they are going.
What is a preposition?
100
I am a clause that can stand alone.
What is an independent or main clause?
100
I allow the reader to take a breather.
What is a comma?
100
I am the sentence that is incorrectly capitalized? A. I received a gift from Uncle George, but not from my other uncle. B. She spoke to Mother about the bill, but not to her father. C. Over 2,000 people attended the rally for governor Brown
What is sentence C? Governor should be capitalized.
100
Everyone in the factory is throwing their shoes into the machinery.
What is, “. . . is throwing his/her shoes into the machinery.”
200
I am often found at the beginning of sentences to express a strong feeling or an emotion.
What is an interjection?
200
I provide very important information in a sentence, but I can’t stand alone.
What is a subordinate or dependent clause?
200
If you use too many of me in your writing, I lose my power.
What is an exclamation point?
200
Unless we are the first word of a title, we are the words NOT capitalized in a book, article, or song title.
What are short prepositions, conjunctions, and/or articles?
200
Me and my brothers went to the store.
What is, “My brothers and I went to the store.”
300
I connect words or groups of words.
What is a conjunction?
300
We are the three parts necessary to create a simple sentence or an independent clause.
What are the subject, the predicate, and the complete thought?
300
I am a mark that shows possession or ownership. I also help two words become one word.
What is an apostrophe?
300
Correct the capitalization in the following sentence. The boston Red Sox won the world series in October of 2013.
What is capitalize Boston and World Series?
300
Each one of the Utopian Socialists are insane.
What is, “Each one of the Utopian Socialists is insane.”
400
I modify verbs and tell when, where, how, or how much.
What is an adverb?
400
Private investigators or police officers interrogating a prisoner often use this type of sentence.
What is an interrogatory sentence?
400
If you use someone else’s words in your writing, you must use me or else you might be guilty of plagiarizing.
What are quotation marks?
400
Correct the capitalization in the following sentence. I had a jaunty spring in my step in the spring of 2013.
What is capitalize Spring of 2013?
400
Behind the loud weaving machine we could not hardly hear each other's voices.
What is, “Behind the loud weaving machine we could hardly hear each other's voices.”
500
In the following sentence, what part of speech is the work love? “The love of a mother for her child is special.”
What is an abstract noun?
500
I am made up of two independent or main clauses connected by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
500
Writers sometimes use these to set off extra information that further explains or clarifies an idea but is not necessary to the meaning of a sentence.
What are parentheses?
500
Correct the capitalization in the following sentence. We have studied christianity, islam, and judaism, and learned that all three religions believe in one god - Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.
What is capitalize Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and God?
500
If I was a landlord I would raise the rent every week.
What is, “If I were a landlord I would raise the rent every week.
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