Identify parts of speech
The possessive pronoun in the sentence "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
What is his?
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
What is declarative?
The linking verb in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
What is were?
A verb that expresses a physical action.
What is an action verb?
A sentence that ask a question.
What is interrogative?
The adjectives in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
What is poor and much?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A sentence that makes a demand, request, or offers advice.
What is imperative?
The proper noun in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
What is Henson?
A verb that describes a state of being.
What is a linking verb?
A sentence that expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point.
What is exclamatory?
The coordinating conjunction in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
A word that connects two independent clauses.
What is a coordinating conjunction? for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
A sentence that is made up of a independent clause, coordinating conjunction, and independent clause. 2 independant clauses connected by the conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?