Parts of Speech 1
A person, place, thing, or idea
a noun
A word that describes a noun
an adjective
it
a pronoun
declarative
does not express a complete thought or idea
fragment
The simple subject:
My fluffy, yellow canary escaped from his cage.
canary
Takes the place of a noun
pronoun
A word that describes a verb
an adverb
kitten
What is a noun?
asks a question
interrogative
too many thoughts or ideas in a sentence
fragment
The simple predicate:
Please don't eat the daisies.
eat
A word that describes action or a state of being
a verb
What the sentence is about
subject
races
a verb or a noun
gives a command
imperative
joins two complete thoughts using a conjunction
compound sentence
The complete subject:
Only the old wizard and the tiny, green frog knew what had actually happened that night.
Only the old wizard and the tiny, green frog
A word that shows emotion
an interjection
tells what the subject is doing or is
predicate
OW!
an interjection
shows strong emotion
exclamatory
contains just one complete thought or idea
simple sentence
The complete predicate:
An enormous Easter egg rolled over the hill and down into the valley.
rolled over the hill and down into the valley
A word used to join words or groups of words.
a conjuction.
words that express a complete thought or idea
sentence
and,or,but
a conjunction
Kind of sentence:
Please go back to your seats.
imperative
has one complete thought and one incomplete thought
complex sentence
The simple subject and the simple predicate:
Several small children, on a clear summer day, splashed in the clear blue lake.
children; splashed