Parts of Speech
What is an adjective?
a word that describes a noun
What is a simple sentence?
a sentence with an independent clause
What is an article?
is a, an, the
What is a sentence?
a group of words with a subject, predicate, and expresses a complete thought
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
What is a compound sentence?
a sentence with 2 or more independent clauses
What is an interjection?
a word that expresses emotion
What is a pronoun?
a word that takes the place of a noun
What is a preposition?
A word that shows the realtionship of a noun or pronoun to another word
What is an independent clause?
a group of words that contains a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought
What is a conjunction?
a word used to join words or groups of words
What is a subject?
the noun or subject pronoun that the sentence is about
What is a noun?
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a dependent clause?
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but doesn’t express a complete thought
What is F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.?
for, an, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is a predicate?
The word that tells what the subject is or does
What is a verb?
an action word
What is a complex sentence?
a sentence with an independent clause with a dependent clause
What are homophones?
words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings
What is a fragment?
a word, phrase, or clause that doesn’t form the same sentence