Parts of Speech
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence with a independent claus.
What is an independent clause?
A group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.
What is a predicate?
Tells what the subject is or does.
What kind of sentence is this? Joe waited for the train.
Simple sentence.
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies a verb or adjective.
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence with two or more independent clauses.
What is a dependent clause?
A group of words that contains a subject and verb, but does not express a complete thought.
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or yet, and so.
What kind of sentence is this? He studied hard because he wanted to go to medical school as he suffered from a sickness.
Complex sentence.
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with an independent and dependent clause.
What is an example of an independent clause?
Sam went to the park.
What is a homophone?
Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation.
What kind of sentence is this? The dog barks.
Simple sentence.
What is a verb?
An action word.
What is an example of a simple sentence?
The dog was fluffy.
What is an example of a dependent clause?
Same went to the park after he finished school.
What is a fragment?
A part that is broken off or incomplet.
What kind of sentence is this? They got there early, and they got really good seats.
Compound sentence.
What is a preposition?
A word that shows a relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word.
What does a complex sentence have that no other do?
A dependent clause.
Which one usually comes first dependent or independent?
An independent clause.
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes place of a noun.
What kind of sentence is this? I really need to go to work, but i’m too tired to drive.
Compound sentence.