A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. (dog, pizza, computer, freedom, honesty)
What is a noun?
200
-ee (nominee, employee)
What is receiver or performer?
200
New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania.
What are the 13 original colonies?
200
lb.
What is pound?
200
Shows action or a state of being. (begin, speak, take, walk, is, are)
What is a verb?
300
-ed (called, hammered, laughed)
What is past tense?
300
The war between the states.
What is the Civil War?
300
Ave.
What is avenue?
300
A word that describes (or modifies) a noun or pronoun. (happy, huge, wonderful, sloppy)
What is an adjective?
400
-ess (lioness, actress, heiress)
What is female?
400
Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
dept.
What is department?
400
A word that takes the place of a noun. (I, you, she, he, they)
What is a pronoun?
500
-cycle (bicycle, recycle, tricycle)
What is circle or wheel?
500
The 16th president, signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
abbr.
What is abbreviation?
500
A word that shows how one word in a sentence relates to another. (among, by, in, at, above)