Adjectives
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
What is an adjective?
This noun begins with a capital letter.
What are proper nouns?
Choose the correct term: Everyone (has/have) done his or her homework.
What is has?
An incomplete sentence.
What is a sentence fragment
Use a _________ to connect introductory, interrupting, and some concluding material.
What is a comma?
Large, beautiful, careful, hateful are which type of adjectives?
What is a pronoun?
A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group.
What is an adverb?
A ____________ occurs when independent clauses are not joined properly.
What is a run on sentence?
What is a question mark?
This, that, these, those, such are which type of adjective?
What are demonstrative adjectives?
love, time, beauty, and science are all examples of which type of noun?
What are abstract nouns?
Linking Verbs
What are connect the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective that describes it?
An independent clause
What is a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence?
Use a __________ to join two related independent clauses in place of a comma and a coordinating conjunction
What is a semicolon?
Which adjective indicates how many or how much and can be in numerical form?
What are limiting adjectives?
People: army, crew, gang, squad, band, club, cult, clergy, posse, mob, staff, team, jury are examples of which type of noun?
What are collective nouns?
Kathy lifted the book and began to read. Lifted is an example of what kind of verb?
What is an action verb?
A _______________ is an independent clause (a sentence that can stand on its own) with 1 or more dependent clauses added (dependent clauses can't stand on their own as a sentence).
What is a complex sentence?
This shows either possession or indicates a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
This adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.
What are possessive adjectives?
Identify the nouns in the following sentence. Give the books to her.
What is "books" and "her"?
Identify the verb in the following sentence: Stars shine brightly at night.
What is shine?
A conjunction
What is is a word or phrase that connects words, phrases, clauses, and sentences together?
This form of punctuation signify excitement or emphasis.
What is an exclamation mark?