Parts of Speech
Something that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A group of words that expresses a complete thought or idea.
What is a sentence?
The three types of common errors.
What are wrong word errors, punctuation errors, and usage errors?
Type of error that includes colons, semicolons, and apostrophes.
What is a punctuation error?
Verb tense should always be...
What is consistent?
A noun is...
What is a person, place, thing, or idea?
Type of sentence that only expresses one idea.
What is a simple sentence?
Effect, there, and its are examples of...
What are commonly confused words?
Singular subjects mean...
What is a singular verb?
Identify the linking verb.
Bobby appeared to know the answer.
What is appeared?
FANBOYS
What is a conjunction?
The difference between a compound and complex sentence.
What is one idea is more important than the other in a complex sentence?
You should use quotation marks with a footnote...
What is after the punctuation?
You never put commas with these things.
What are the words such and like, between a subject and verb, and if words are necessary to explain something?
Mari needed to complete her chores. She hated having to take out the trash.
Identify the pronoun.
Who is she?
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday are the days that the band has practice.
Identify the six nouns?
What is Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, days, band, and practice?
A subordinate clause...
What is can not stand on its own as a complete sentence?
Listing things, introduction phrases, and to give extra information are some things that this is used for.
What are commas?
Type of error that is not simply a very long sentence.
What is a run on sentence?
Correct the error.
When falling asleep the students head hit the desk.
What is an apostrophe between the t and s in students?
HEY! You can not do that!
What is this an example of?
What is an interjection?
Sentence type that has three different clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The three purposes of grammar.
What is to provide clarity of meaning, credibility, and readability?
To do this two things that you may do is read aloud and learn the rules.
What is preventing errors?
Error that must agree in gender, number, and person.
What is a pronoun/ antecedent agreement?