Parts of Speech Definitions
Parts of Speech
Subjects and Predicates
Sentence Types
Punctuation
100
person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
100
What are the nouns in the following sentence? Mrs. Petrie and Ms. Barry run around the playground.
What are Mrs. Petrie, Ms. Barry and playground.
100
tells who or what the sentence is about
What is a subject?
100
tells something; ends with a period.
What is a declarative sentence?
100
Statements tell you something. They end with a _____
What is a period?
200
describes a noun or a pronoun; can tell what kind, how many, or which one.
What is an adjective?
200
What is the adjective in the following sentence? Miss Fallon owns tons of fancy shoes.
What is fancy?
200
tells what the subject does or is
What is a predicate?
200
shows strong emotion; ends with an exclamation point
What is an exclamatory sentece?
200
Questions ask you something. They end with a ______
What is a question mark?
300
Shows what someone or something is doing; it is found in the predicate of a sentence.
What an action verb?
300
What is the action verb in the following sentence? Coach K crawls across the floor.
What is the floor?
300
What is the subject in the following sentence? The puppy cried all night long.
The puppy.
300
gives a command; ends with a period
What is an imperative sentence?
300
Exclamations are sentences that show excitment. They end with a ________
What is an exclamation point?
400
a word that describes an action word; tells how, when, or where the verb happens.
What is an adverb?
400
What is the adverb in the following sentence? Molly was cold, so she came inside.
What is inside?
400
What is the predicate in the following sentence? The bust beaver gnawed the tree trunk.
gnawed the tree trunk
400
asks a question; ends with a question mark
What is an interrogative sentence?
400
"My Dad made me a sandwhich" would end with what punctuation?
What is a period?
500
Words used as names for unique individuals, events, or places. Contrast with common noun.
What is a proper noun?
500
Dad's car was pushed by his son, Jenny, and Molly. What are the nouns in the sentence? Are they common or proper?
COMMON: son PROPER: Dad, Jenny, and Molly
500
What is the subject and predicate in the following sentence? The little brown dog wagged his tail.
SUBJECT: The little brown dog PREDICATE: wagged his tail
500
"Please play it one more time." Is an example of what type of sentence?
What is an imperative sentence?
500
"Horray, the Giants won the superbowl" would end with what punctuation?
What is an exclamation point?
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