Parts of Speech
Names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.
What is a noun?
Simple, Compound, and these two structures make up the four sentence structures.
What are Complex and Compound-Complex?
"I cried.," is this sentence pattern.
What is S-Vi?
"Jesus wept.," is an example of this type of purpose.
What is declarative?
That part of a sentence about which something is being said that goes on the left side of the cross when diagramming.
What is the subject?
Connects grammatically equal words or phrases or groups of words such as compound subjects, compound verbs, or compound sentences.
What are FANBOYS?
Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction make up this sentence structure.
What is Compound?
"She called me.," is this sentence pattern.
What is S-Vt-DO?
Declarative, exclamatory, and these 2 others make up the 4 purposes of a sentence.
What are imperative and interrogative?
A predicate nominative or adjective are diagrammed with this type of line in front of them.
What is slanted?
Answers the questions; How, when, where, why, how often, how much, to what extent, and under what condition?
What is an adverb?
True or False: "Charlie Brown and Snoopy screamed." is an example of a compound sentence.
What is false?
"The socks are stinky.," is this sentence pattern
What is S-Vl-PA?
"Who made you boss?," or "Who is the boss?," are examples of this sentence purpose.
What is interrogative?
A direct object is always diagrammed with this type of line in front of it.
What is straight or vertical?
They can be descriptive, possessive, or limiting.
What are adjectives?
Structure of this sentence: "Flying scares me, and it should scare you, since you are not safe on the ground."
What is Compound/Complex?
"Mom made me cookies.," is this sentence pattern.
What is S-Vt-IO-DO?
A sentence that ends with an exclamation point can be either one of these two purposes.
What are exclamatory and imperative?
These are always diagrammed on an angled lined below the word that they give more detail to.
What are modifiers?
A word or phrase used as a strong expression of feeling or emotion.
What is an interjection?
The structure of this sentence: "The broken red bike sank into the muddy field marsh."
What is simple?
"Adorable Amy loudly sings in the shower and delightfully dances in the park.," is this sentence pattern.
What is simple?
"Follow me.," is an example of this sentence purpose.
What is imperative?
This part of speech rests on a horizontal line with dotted lines connected to the verbs in the clauses.
What are coordinating conjunctions?