Chart 1
Verbs
Potpourri
Definitions
Vocabulary
100
The four sentence structures.

What are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex?

100

Am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, taste, smell, sound, seem, look, feel, say become, grow, appear, and remain. 

What are the linking verbs? 

100

This part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, qualifying, or limiting.

What is an adjective?

100

Names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.

What is a noun? 

100
large, immense

What is vast? 

200

The eight parts of speech.

What are noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction, interjection, preposition, adjective? 

200

"to" + verb

What is the infinitive? 

200

These are the questions that adjectives answer. 

What kind? How many? Which? Whose?

200

A, an, the

What are article adjectives? 

200

to use up or reduce in amount

What is deplete? 

300
The four sentence purposes.

What are declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory?

300

Person, number, voice, and mood.

What are the four verb attributes? 

300

I, you, he/she/it, we, you (all), they

What are the subjective or nominative pronouns? 

300

Replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. 

What is a pronoun? 

300

quickly and skillfully 

What is deftly?

400

The five parts of a sentence.

What are subject, verb, capital letter, end mark, and must make complete sense?

400
Do, does, did, has, have, had, am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, may must, might, could, should, would, shall, will, can.

What are the helping verbs? 

400
Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive tell about a verb's ____________. 

What is mood? 

400

This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. 

What is an adverb? 

400

to take out

What is extract? 

500
Seven sentence patterns.

What are S-Vi, S-Vt-DO, S-VL-PN, S-VL-PA, S-Vt-IO-DO, S-Vt-DO-OCN, and S-Vt-DO-OCA?

500

This verb type makes an assertion by joining two words. 

What is a linking verb?

500

Infinitive, present, past, present participle, and past participle. 

What are the five principal parts of verbs? 

500

Asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or acts as a helper. 

What is a verb?

500

worthy of admiration or esteem

What is prestigious?

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