Parts of Speech
What is a verb?
An action
What is a subject?
Who/what the sentence is about (noun)
What is a simple sentence?
What is possession (in grammar)?
ownership
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, idea
What part of speech is the following word?
Quickly
adverb
What is a predicate?
What the subject is doing (verb)
Identify the type of sentence:
My favorite drink is Mountain Dew, and my favorite food is mozzarella sticks.
compound
How do you make a singular word possessive?
Add apostrophe-s
's
Describe the difference between a compound and complex sentence.
compound=2 sentences joined together with conjunction
complex=1 sentence + dependent clause
Give 3 examples of pronouns.
he, she, I, you, we, they, us
Identify the simple subject:
Tommy's snowman began to melt once the sun came out.
snowman
What is a dependent clause? What type of sentence has it?
A fragment that can't stand on its own. Starts with a subordinating word (because, if, when,...).
A complex sentence has it.
Fill in the blank with the correct possessive form of the word in parathesis:
The _________ basketball team won. (women)
women's
A plural that doesn't end in s / the main word changes.
ex. mice, children, deer, women
The small, happy baby had a cute laugh and wore a blue shirt with stripes.
4 (small, happy, cute, blue)
Identify the simple AND complete predicate:
After the baseball game, the players drank lots of water.
simple: drank
complete: After the baseball game, drank lots of water.
Identify the sentence type:
The sixth-grade students' favorite musical artists included Drake, KATSEYE, Mitski, Laufey, Tyler the Creator, and Billie Eilish.
simple
How do you make a regular plural word possessive vs. how do you make an irregular plural word possessive? Give an example of each.
regular plural = s apostrophe (ex. photographers')
irregular plural = apostrophe s (ex. children's)
Name the 3 articles.
a, an, the
Identify the part of speech of ALL WORDS in the following sentence:
I went to the store to buy milk, but I accidentally purchased Takis.
I - pronoun
went - verb
to - preposition
the - article
store - noun
to -preposition
buy - verb
milk - noun
but - conjunction
I - pronoun
accidentally - adverb
purchased - verb
Takis - noun
Identify the simple subject, complete subject, simple predicate, and complete predicate of the following sentence:
After work, Mrs. Smith's husband ordered a pizza to their house for dinner.
simple subject: husband
complete subject: Mrs. Smith's husband
simple predicate: ordered
complete predicate: After work, ordered a pizza to their house for dinner.
Identify if the following sentences are simple, compound, or complex:
1. Although my favorite holiday is Halloween, I also really like Christmas and Valentine's Day.
2. After school, I like to go home and watch YouTube, scroll on Instagram, and eat a snack.
3. My little brother is in third grade, and my older sister is in high school.
1 = complex
2 = simple
3 = compound
Correct all the possession errors in these sentences:
The childrens behaviors were bad, so the teachers assistant made calls to their mom's and dads. The childrens' parents' were not happy.
children's , teacher's , moms , children's , parents
Name all FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so