Parts of Speech
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An Important Clause
Singular or Plural?
How's it used?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
An action word
What is a verb?
100
A sentence made up of one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
100
Two singular subjects joined by "and" will always be this number.
What is plural? *Anything joined by "and" is considered plural in number!*
100
In the sentence "Look at the small dog run," the word "small" is an example of this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
200
These words describe a noun.
What are adjectives?
200
These nouns must be capitalized because they refer to specific people and places.
What are proper nouns?
200
A sentence made up of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
200
Two singular subjects joined by "or" or "nor" will always be this number.
What is singular?
200
In the sentence, "I am very excited to be here today!" the word "very" is an example of this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
300
These words describe a verb, adjective, or adverb.
What are adverbs?
300
These words connect words, phrases, or clauses
What are conjunctions?
300
A sentence made up of two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
300
Two plural subjects joined by "or" or "nor" will always be this number.
What is plural?
300
In the sentence "Huzzah! Our country has won the war!", the word "Huzzah" is an example of this part of speech.
What is an interjection?
400
These are words or phrases used to exclaim, protest, or command
What are interjections?
400
These words are locators in time and place.
What are prepositions?
400
Anything with a subject and a verb that can stand on its own as a complete sentence
What is an independent clause?
400
The pronouns each, either, neither, anyone, no one, someone, everyone, anybody, nobody, somebody, and everybody will always be this in number.
What is singular?
400
In the sentence "Denzel Washington's movies are the best.", the phrase "Denzel Washington's" is an example of this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
500
This part of a sentence is the noun performing the action, and everything related to it.
What is the (complete) subject?
500
This part of the sentence is the action of the sentence, and everything related to it.
What is the (complete) predicate?
500
Anything with a subject and a verb that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence
What is a dependent clause?
500
The pronouns both, few, many and several will always be this in number.
What is plural?
500
In the sentence "When I go to the movies, I like to buy popcorn.", the word "when" is an example of this part of speech.
What is a subordinating conjunction (the word that introduces a dependent clause)?
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