Parts of Speech
This part of speech describes a NOUN or a PRONOUN
What is an Adjective?
Before you diagram a sentence you must _______ each word.
What is label?
I would not wake up this morning. This sentence is turned into a contraction by turning two words into one.
What is wouldn't?
I did not get on the bus b------ I did not have money for the bus fare. How do you spell the conjuction above?
What is B-E-C-A-U-S-E?
This is the career the narrator pursued after being discouraged from becoming an artist.
What is a pilot?
The horse trotted elegantly through the fields. Elegantly describes a VERB (trotted) and there for is what part of speech?
What is an Adverb?
In order to diagram sentences you must know these very well in order to label the sentence correctly. All together, these are called...?
What are parts of speech?
My brother drove the car that belongs to my dad. This sentence shows possession and can be rewritten with a singular possessive noun.
What is My brother drove my dad's car?
This word means having or showing a very high opinion of one's appearance, ability or worth and it describes one of the people who lived on an asteroid and bored the Little Prince!
What is vain?
The narrator drew this image, which adults mistakenly thought was a hat?
What is a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant?
This part of speech helps express positions or locations. The dog ran in the field. I am standing by the stop sign. You are sitting next to your friend.
What is a preposition?
Santa and the elves are making toys. This sentences has what kind of subject?
What is a compound subject?
This sentence requires two changes, one showing a contraction and the other adding a possessive noun. You should not use the computer that belongs to Ms. Griffith.
What is You shouldn't use Ms. Griffith's computer.
You have a strong desire for a certain food and you can't stop thinking about it. You must have it soon. You are __________ it. (Wordly Wise word)
What is a craving?
The Little Prince asks the narrator to draw him one of these animals but he doesn't want the first or second drawing and finally loved the last one. The last one is...
What is a sheep in a box?
Oh! Wow! No way! Cool! This part of speech is an exclamation, otherwise known as a what?
What is an Interjection?
This part of the sentence tells what happens to the subject.
What is a predicate?
What is The trees' flowers are fragrant.
This word refers to a ghost or something you think you are seeing but you're not sure. We learned this word while reading the Little Prince.
What is an apparition?
The narrator realizes that adults only value this type of information about the stars.
Rachel is tired. Is is what type of Verb?
What is a linking verb?
This word, which is a part of speech, is used to connect words, phrases and clauses and should be circled in the diagramming subjects and/predicates. for, and, nor, but, yet, so are the main ones
What is a conjunction?
They will ask to go to the playground that belongs to the children. This sentence requires two apostrophes. (One is an irregular possessive plural noun)
This word describes a state of pleasant thought or daydreaming. I was in deep _________ and didn't hear the bell ring.
What is reverie?
The Little Prince is confused by work that doesn't offer a sense of purpose. He explains the work he does on his planet. These are two of his 'jobs' on Asteroid B612?
What are raking volcanoes to keep the planet safe and clean? What is watering his rose?