Sentence Parts and Phrases
Tenses
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
Clauses and Sentence Type
100
the "who" or "what" of the verb
What is the simple subject.
100
happening now
What is the present tense
100
person, place, thing, idea
What is noun
100
joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction
What is semicolon
200
simple subject plus its modifiers
What is the complete subject
200
happened previously
What is the past
200
takes the place of a noun
What is pronoun
200
used to make words possessive and to make contractions
What is apostrophe
200
two or more independent clauses
What is compound sentence
300
verb plus its modifiers
What is the complete predicate
300
will happen in the future
What is future
300
modifies nouns
What is adjective
300
done to papers, magazines, CDs, movies, and novels
What is underlining/italicizing
300
every sentence mast have at least one
What is independent clause
400
completes the meaning of the subject and verb
What is the complement
400
have or has plus past participle
What is present perfect
400
modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs
What is adverb
400
done to days of the week, months, holidays, people, states, races, religions
What is capitalization
400
one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
What is complex sentence
500
follow preposition and tells "what?" or "whom?"
What is the object of preposition
500
will have or shall have plus past participle
What is future perfect
500
shows action or state of being
What is verb
500
used with titles of short stories, poems, songs, articles
What are quotation marks
500
can never stand alone
What is dependent clause
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