Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Simple & Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
100
What type of noun refers to any person, place, thing, or idea and is not capitalized
Common
100
What type of verb expresses an activity performed by a noun?
Action verb
100
What type of adjective describes the quality or characteristics of a noun?
Descriptive
100
Name the three requirements for a simple sentence
1. Noun/Subject 2. Verb 3. Complete Idea
100
What are the elements of a complex sentence?
An independent clause plus a dependent clause
200
What type of noun names a person, place, or thing and is capitalized?
Proper
200
What type of verb connects a noun to more information about that noun?
Linking verb
200
Are numbers adjectives?
Yes
200
A simple sentence is otherwise known as what kind of clause?
Independent
200
What is a dependent clause?
A clause that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence
300
What type of noun refers to things that you can put a number in front of and an s on the end of?
Count
300
What type of verb comes before an action verb to help express its tense, mood, or voice?
Auxiliary/helping verbs
300
This type of verb points out a noun or pronoun.
Demonstrative
300
What are the three elements of a compound sentence?
Independent clause, coordinator/conjunction, independent clause
300
What requirement of independent clauses are dependent ones usually missing?
Complete idea
400
What type of noun combines two or more words together to create a single noun?
Compound
400
What type of verb does not follow the usual rules of verb forms?
Irregular verbs
400
What type of adjective asks a question about a noun?
Interrogative
400
What acronym do we use to help us remember the coordinator/conjunction words?
FANBOYS
400
What type of word introduces a dependent clause?
A subordinator
500
What type of noun refers to intangible things?
Abstract
500
What is the simple past tense of the word "go."
Went
500
What are the two higher degrees or levels of adjectives?
Comparative and superlative
500
What does each letter in FANBOYS stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
500
When do you put a comma between a dependent and an independent clause?
When the dependent clause is the first one in the sentence.
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