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Sentence Basics

100

What are the 8 parts of speech?

Noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction, interjection, preposition, adjective.

200

What are the 4 purposes/types of sentences and what punctuation typically goes with each one?

Declarative (.)

Exclamatory (!)

Interrogative (?)

Imperative (.!)

300

What are the 4 sentence structures?

Simple

Compound

Complex

Compound-complex

400

5 parts of a complete sentence?

Subject

Predicate

Capital letter

End mark (.?!)

Complete Sense

500

I am typically the understood subject of an imperative sentence. 

I am the word 'you'.

Who Am I? A

100

Tells what something does or is

Verb

200

Takes the place of a noun

Pronoun

300

I am a subject and predicate pair that cannot stand alone. I am found with an introductory word that makes me express an incomplete thought. 

I am a dependent clause

400

What are the 3 different types of conjunctions?

Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating

500

I am the main word(s) in a complete subject.

I am the simple subject

Who Am I? B

100

Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or adverb. 

Adverb

200

Shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in the sentence

Preposition

300

I tell how, when, where, or to what extent. 

Adverb

400

I am a set of subject and predicate pairs with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Complex Sentence

500

I am the main word(s) in a complete predicate.

I am the simple predicate.

Who Am I? C

100

Names a person, place, thing or idea

Noun

200

I contain a subject and predicate pair and express a complete thought. 

I am also known as a simple sentence. 

I am an independent clause.

300

I tell what kind or how many. 

I am an adjective

400

I always have a subject and a predicate.

I am a clause.

500

 I begin with a preposition, may include modifiers, and end with the object of the preposition. 

Prepositional Phrase

Who Am I? D

100

I modify or describes a noun or pronoun.

Adjective

200

I connect words, phrases, or clauses together in a sentence.

I am a conjunction

300

I contain two or more independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

I am a compound sentence.

400

I am all the words in the subject part of the sentence.

I am a complete subject.

500

I am all the words in the predicate part of the sentence. 

I am the complete predicate.