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Person, Place, Thing, or Idea

Noun

100

What part of speech is homework?

noun

100

Contains one independent clause

simple sentence 

100

Indicates the end of a declarative sentence 

period

100

What type of phrase is the following: Ansley, my younger sister, lives in Florida. 

appositive phrase

200

Takes the place of a noun

Pronoun

200

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What part of speech is beyond?

Preposition

200

Contains two or more independent clauses

compound sentence

200

A pause or separation in a sentence, often used in lists or before conjunctions.

comma

200

DAILY DOUBLE

What type of phrase is the following: Andrew went beyond the fence and school and later got in trouble. 

Prepositional Phrase

300

modifies nouns and pronouns

adjective

300

What part of speech is to create?

infinitve

300

Contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. 

complex

300

Used in an exclamatory sentence; shows strong feeling 

exclamation mark

300

What part of speech expresses emotion but has no real conneciton with the rest of the sentence

interjection

400

modfiies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs

adverb

400

What part of speech is organize?

verb

400

two or more independent clauses + one or more dependent clauses

compound complex 

400

Is used to indicate speech or a direct statement 

quotation marks

400

a verb that acts like a noun, ends in -ing

gerund

500

shows relationships between a noun or pronoun

preposition

500

What part of speech is while?

conjunction

500

Is also known as a subordinate clause; cannot stand alone as a complete thought. 

dependent clause

500

To connect closely related independent clauses.

semicolon

500

what part of speech is defined as to + verb

infinitive

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