Parts of Speech
A _______ is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement
What is a Verb?
A _____________ is a group of words expressing a complete thought
What is a Complete Sentence?
A ____________ is a group of words not containing a verb and its subject.
What is a Phrase?
A __________ is a group of words containing a subject and a predicate and is used as part of a sentence.
What is a Clause?
Neither of the pitchers (was, were) able to stop the Blue Jays from winning the baseball game.
WAS
A _____________ is a word used in place of a noun.
What is a Pronoun?
A complete sentence consists of two parts: the ___________ and the _______________.
What is the Subject and the Verb?
A _____________ ___________ is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun.
What is a Prepositional Phrase?
A clause that can stand alone if removed from its sentence is called an _________________ clause.
What is Independent?
Both of your answers (is, are) correct.
ARE
A _____________ is a word that joins words or groups of words.
What is a Conjunction?
A ____________ ___________ consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a comma, conjunction, and have the same verb.
What is a Compound Sentence
An ____________ phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
What is an Adjective Phrase?
Clauses that do not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone are called ________________ clauses.
What is a Subordinate or Independent
One of the women hurt (her, their) foot in the race.
HER
A _____________ is a word used to show the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
Who is the subject of this sentence?:
"DeShaun misses Janaya.
Who is DeShaun?
An _________ phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
What is an Adverb Phrase?
Are the following examples independent or subordinate clauses?
"whoever knows the song"
"which is my favorite song"
"as she has always insisted"
What is Subordinate (dependent sentence)
Jane or the twins (is, are) sure to be home when you call.
ARE
An ____________ is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
What is an Adverb?
Diagram this simple sentence:
"Artists paint."
Artists = Subject Noun
Paint = (Predicate) verb
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence: Two clowns from the circus gave a performance.
What is "from the circus"
Are the following examples independent or subordinate clauses?
"It was a hot, sunny weekend."
"All the beaches were packed."
"The soup was delicious."
What is Independent?
Each of the students had brought (his, their) notes to the meeting.
HIS