Parts Of Speech
A noun
What is a person, place, or thing
The three uses of the hyphen
1. Connects existing words to create new, more specific, words
2. Add humor through the creation of new words
3. Separate a multiple syllable word in a page break
An independent clause
What is a complete thought?
A prepositional phrase
What is a group of words that acts as a preposition (showing a relationship)?
What is the preposition: Before I finished the round, it was time to eat.
Before
A verb
What is an action or state of being
The two uses of the semicolon
1. Connects two related complete sentences
2. Separates long items in a list
A subordinating conjunction
What is turning a independent clause into a dependent one?
A phrase
What is a group of words that functions in a sentence as one part of speech?
Where do the commas go (there are two): I went to the store and got bread chips and cookies.
I went to the store and got bread, chips, and cookies.
An ajective
What is describing or modifying a noun or pronoun
The four uses of the colon
1. Introduces a list
2. Introduces a quote
3. Prepares a reader for an example
4. Separates main ideas and examples.
A dependent clause
What is an incomplete thought?
A noun phrase
What is a group of words that act as a noun
What are the verbs (there are two): I tripped and fell onto the couch.
Tripped, fell
An article
What is an adjective that introduce nouns
The six uses of the dash
1. Builds suspense
2. Adds an additional detail to what came right before
3. Adds an additional fact
4. Adds extra thoughts
5. Creates an interruption in a thought or statement
6. Makes an idea more specific
Is this a independent or dependent clause: After Jerry fell
What is a dependent clause?
A verb phrase
What is a group of words that acts as a verb
What is the adverb: I ran quickly across the road.
Quickly
A preposition
What is showing a relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words in a sentence.
The eight uses of the comma
1. Separate items in a list
2. Join two complete thoughts with a conjunction (and, but, or)
3. Follows a command before a name (Stop, Sarah)
4. Sits between a greeting and a name (Hello, Joe!)
5. Surround definitions (appositives)
6. Slow down the pace of reading
7. Separate opener phrases and closer phrases from the rest of the text
8. Separate multiple adjectives in a row
Is this a dependent or independent clause: I tripped and fell down the stairs
What is a independent clause?
An adverbial phrase
What is a group of words that acts as a adverb (modifying a verb)?
What is the adjective: The fat dog laid on the floor.
Fat