Sentence Parts
Parts of Speech
Comma Rules
Phrases / Clauses
Sentence Types
100
Begin by finding
What is the verb
100
devour, run, grab
What are action verbs
100
You want to play football, yet you refuse to wear cleats.
What is independent clause joined by a conjunction
100
grammatically related words without a subject and a predicate
What is a phrase
100
Tom ate the pizza.
What is simple sentence
200
Ask who or what about the verb and the answer is
What is the subject
200
There are 23 of these
What is helping verbs
200
Go to the store and buy milk, eggs, cheese, and apples.
What is items in a series
200
a sequence of related words containing both a subject and a predicate
What is clause
200
The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.
What is compound sentence
300
read the subject and verb together to check for
What is compliments
300
Predicate nouns, predicate adjectives, direct objects
What are compliments
300
The black, ugly, angry dog stalked us all the way home. The ugly, black, angry dog stalked us all the way home. The angry, ugly, black dog stalked us all the way home.
What is coordinate adjectives
300
a sequence of related words which can stand alone, containing both a subject and predicate
What is main or independent clause
300
Though Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller,and he enjoyed it very much.
What is compound-complex sentence
400
Find the first noun or pronoun that hasn't been indentified, move to the left to the first word that doesn't describe the noun or pronoun
What is prepositional phrase
400
Words that answer how, how much, when, where, why?
What are adverbs
400
During the ACT test, Annie was sweating bullets.
What is the introductory phrase or clause
400
this contains a subject, predicate and either a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun
What is a subordinate or dependent clause
400
Because the soup was too cold, I warmed it in the microwave.
What is complex sentence
500
This optional sentence part tells to whom or for whom something is done
What is the indirect object
500
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions
500
Pardon me, John, but I'm taking Anita to the prom.
What is words in a direct address
500
After, although, because, until, if...
What are subordinating conjunctions
500
Some students like to study in the mornings.
What is simple sentence
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