Grammer
This punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or show contractions
What is an apostrophe?
This type of syntactic unit consists of a subject and a predicate but can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
This ends an exciting sentence that indicates something big has happened or someone is overly happy.
What is an exclamation mark?
This has a negligible impact on the environment.
What is recycling a single bottle?
This preposition is used to describe something that is "in" a location or "within" boundaries, such as in the phrase "in the room."
What is "in"?
These two words should not be confused: one means "to receive" and the other means "to give."
What are "accept" and "except"?
This term refers to the part of a sentence that explains the action or state of being, usually following the subject.
What is the predicate?
These punctuation marks are used to indicate direct speech or to highlight specific words.
What are quotation marks?
This suffix, meaning "full of," is often added to adjectives to describe something that has a lot of a particular quality, like "beautiful" or "hopeful."
What is -ful?
The object of a preposition is always this part of speech, as in "by the lake," where "lake" is the object.
What is a noun or pronoun?
This type of sentence contains both a dependent and an independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
This syntactic function describes the noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb.
What is the direct object?
This punctuation mark is used to enclose additional information or clarifications within a sentence.
What are parentheses?
This suffix is added to adjectives to indicate a higher degree of comparison, as in "smarter" or "taller."
What is -er?
In the question "Where did you go during the break?" this part of the sentence is the prepositional phrase.
What is "during the break"?
This part of speech modifies a noun and answers questions like "What kind?", "Which one?", or "How many?"
What is an adjective?
This type of sentence, often used in questions, inverts the usual subject-verb order.
What is interrogative syntax?
This punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses when they are closely related, often before words like "however" or "therefore."
What is a semicolon?
This suffix is used to form diminutives, meaning "small" or "little," as in "booklet" or "droplet."
What is -let?
In the sentence "They will meet at the park," the prepositional phrase acts as this part of speech, modifying the verb.
What is an adverb?
This type of pronoun is used to show ownership.
What is a possessive pronoun?
In English, this syntactic structure typically places adjectives before the noun they modify.
What is adjective-noun order?
These three dots are used to indicate omitted text, a pause in speech, or unfinished thoughts.
What are ellipsis marks?
This suffix is used to form words that describe a person’s profession or occupation, like "scientist" or "dentist."
What is -ist?
This preposition is used to show movement toward something, as in "She ran toward the door."
What is "toward"?