Parts Of Speech
What is a Noun?
A Noun is a person, place or thing.
What is a Phrase
A phrase is a group of words that functions in a sentence as one part of speech. Phrases do not have a subject and a verb, and they are not complete sentences.
What makes up a sentence?
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects.
What comes at the end of a sentence?
A punctuation mark.
How old was Brandon Chavez?
Brandon was 9 years old
What is the word star in this sentence:
Jake is our star player
A) Adjective
B) Verb
C) Noun
The answer is A
What is a Clause?
A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb. Clauses may or may not be complete sentences.
Identify The Subject:
Conner went to the park
Conner
How many ways can a comma be used?
Bonus: Name 2 ways it is used
There are 8 ways it can be used
Separate items in a list
Join two complete thoughts with a conjunction (and, but, or)
Follows a command before a name (Stop, Sarah)
Sits between a greeting and a name (Hello, Joe!)
Surround definitions (appositives)
Slow down the pace of reading
Separate opener phrases and closer phrases from the rest of the text
Separate multiple adjectives in a row
Who was the author of Ground Zero?
Alan Gratz.
What does FANBOYS stand for? What are they?
(Your team doesn't get points if you only get one question right)
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
They are Conjunctions.
Identify the dependent clause?
You have to finish your vegetables, and then you can eat dessert.
Answer: and then you can eat dessert.
Which one is not a predicate:
A)Jump
B)Swim
C)Water
D)Drink
The answer is C
What punctuation would be in this sentence?
Thanks so much
There would be a exclamation mark!
Brandon, And Reshmina
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
Adjectives describe nouns while adverbs describe verbs.
Adjective ex: She has a small cat.
Adverbs ex: He laughed loudly.
What is the difference between Independent and Dependent Clauses?
Independent Clauses can work alone, Dependent Clauses require another clause.
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How many functions does a Dash have?
Bonus: Name 2 ways.
A Dash has 6 functions.
Builds suspense
Adds an additional detail to what came right before (goes deeper)
Adds an additional fact
Adds extra thoughts
Creates an interruption in a thought or statement
Makes an idea more specific
What happened to Reshmina's house?
What are all the parts of speech, that we have learned?
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.
What is a Adjective Phrase?
An Adjective Phrases are a group(s) of words that modify nouns.
Ex: The test was super hard.
Super hard is describing the test.
What is the subject, predicate, and object in this sentence? The children gave mother a present.
Subject: The children
Predicate: Gave
Object: Present
Fix the punctuation: Jane asked "Kate do you have a pencil"
Answer: Jane asked, "Kate do you have a pencil?"
Where did Brandon's dad work at?
He worked at windows on the world.