Parts of Speech
Noun
What is a person, place, or thing?
Interjection
What is shows emotion, but it has no grammar function?
Predicate
What is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does, is, or becomes?
Independent Clause
What is a group of words containing a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence?
Simple sentence
Verb
What is show action or being or links a subject to a subject complement?
Pronouns
What is a word that takes the place of a noun?
Direct object
What is a noun or object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb?
Dependent Clause
What is a group of words containing a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence?
Compound sentence
What is a sentence made up of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (like "and," "but," "or," etc.) or a semicolon? Each independent clause must be able to stand alone as a complete sentence
Adverb
What is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adjective
What is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun?
Indirect Object
What is a noun or pronoun that is located between the action verb and the direct object and is indirectly affected by the action?
Appositive Phrase
What is a group of words that renames or clarifies a noun within a sentence? It essentially provides additional information about the noun, often in a descriptive way.
Complex Sentence
What is a sentence containing one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
Preposition
What is it shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence?
Article Adjectives
What are a, an, and the?
Subject Complement
What is the noun, pronoun, or adjective that is linked with the subject by a linking verb?
Infinitive Phrase
What is a group of words that starts with an infinitive (the "to" + base form of a verb) and may include other words that modify the infinitive, such as objects, adverbs, or other modifiers? These phrases can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs within a sentence.
5 kinds of sentences
Declarative- States information(.)
Interrogative- Asks a question (?)
Exclamatory- Provides emotion (!)
Imparative- Gives a command (.)
Conjuction
What is a word that joins two words or a group of words together?
Subject
What is the part that identifies the person, thing, or idea that is performing an action or experiencing a state of being? It's the "who" or "what" of the sentence.
Prepositional Phrase
What is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, which functions as the object of the preposition?
This sentence contains all four: an independent clause, a dependent clause, an appositive phrase, and an infinitive phrase-
"Although she was nervous, Maria, a talented violinist, decided to perform at the concert."
Identify each grammatical element in the sentence.
What are:
Dependent clause: "Although she was nervous"
Appositive phrase: "a talented violinist"
Independent clause: "Maria decided to perform at the concert."
Infinitive phrase: "to perform at the concert"
Two types of sentences that end in a period.
What is a declarative sentence and an imperative sentence?