Parts of Speech
An action: like run, jump, or read; or a state of being: like is or was.
What is a verb?
This indicates the end of a sentence, or to follow an abbreviation.
What is a period.
The doer or the actor of the sentence.
What is a subject?
A verb that shows what you do.
What is an action verb?
Word groups that consist of the simple form of verb preceded by its modifiers.
What is an infinitive phrase?
A person, place, or a thing.
What is a noun?
Used to separate different ideas in the sentence.
What is a comma?
When a sentence has one subject.
What is a single subject?
A verb that connects a pronoun to a noun.
What is a linking verb?
Always functions as an adjective.
What are participial phrases?
Tells how an action occurred: quickly, slowly, carefully.
What is an adverb?
Used at the end of every question.
What is a question mark?
When more than one subject is completing the action or existing in the sentence.
What is a compound subject?
A verb that shows when something happened or will happen.
What is a helping verb?
No commas are placed around this phrase.
What are restrictive phrases?
Used to replace a noun: it, I, them
What is a pronoun?
Can be used in contractions in place of omitted letters or to show possession.
What is an apostrophe?
Pronouns exist in English that are always subjects.
What are Subject Pronouns?
A verb that indicated if something should happen or not.
What is an auxiliary verb?
Consists of a preposition, a noun or pronoun, and any words that may modify the noun or pronoun.
What are prepositional phrases?
Describes relationship: on, over, for, beside
What is a preposition?
Used to indicate direct quotes.
What are quotation marks?
This can act as a subject, but is not a subject.
What is a gerund?
Verbs that do not follow the consistent spelling pattern.
What is an irregular verb?
A group of words consisting of a noun or pronoun and ends in -ing or -ed.
What are absolute phrases?