Monday (parts of speech)
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
The part of the sentence about which something is being said
What is a subject?
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence
What is an independent clause?
Use this to make a word possessive or make contractions
What is an apostrophe?
This line separates....
What is the subject from the verb?
Modifies nouns
What is an adjective?
A verb that does NOT have a direct object
What is intransitive?
A sentence that contains one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
You use this for proper nouns and the beginning word of each sentence
What is capitalization?
On this line, you put the.....
What is article?
A word that shows a relationship to a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence
What is a preposition?
To find this, say "subject, verb, whom? or what?"
What is a direct object?
A clause that begins with a subordinating conjunction, which makes it no longer an independent clause
What is a dependent clause?
How to mark capital letters for DGP
What is three lines underneath the letter?
After this line, you put the....
What is the direct object?
Verbs that can be added to another verb to make a single verb phrase
What is a helping verb?
A noun or a pronoun placed near another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it
What is an appositive?
Type of sentence that is one independent clause + one or more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence?
Punctuation mark that joins two independent clauses that don't have a coordinating conjunction
What is a semi-colon?
What goes on this line?
What is a coordinating conjunction?
A verb that acts like a noun and ends in -ing.
What is a gerund?
An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
What is a predicate adjective?
Type of sentence that is two or more independent clauses + one or more dependent clauses
What is a compound - complex sentence?
The punctuation mark that is used after a noun of direct address
What is a comma?
This goes inside the parentheses
What is an understood you?