Parts of Speech
Which part of speech is an interrupter, and normally one or two words, often at the beginning of a sentence?
Interjection
What punctuation mark is always at the end of an interrogative sentence?
Question mark
In thinking about the types of structures, what does compound mean?
There are at least two independent clauses, or they have been compounded (multiplied).
What does the term "simple" mean in subject/predicate?
That there is a focus on one word, either the main subject or first verb
What do you need to have in a complete sentence?
A subject and a verb
How are nouns and pronouns related?
Pronouns stand in for specific nouns
How might an imperative sentence only contain one word?
Because it may have an implied subject and the word remaining would be the verb.
Is the following a dependent or an independent clause?
After the game was played
Dependent
What does the term "compound" mean when thinking about a compound subject or compound predicate?
There are two or more and they are joined by the word "and"
Is it possible to have a complete sentence that is only one word?
Yes. Commands could be just the verb and the subject "you" is implied.
What three things do adverbs modify?
verbs, adjectives and other adverbs
Why would it make sense that an interjection may appear in an exclamatory sentence?
Because often interjections are emotional and attention-getting in nature.
What does the "complex" label mean in complex and compound complex sentences?
That there is a mix of clauses: dependent and independent
What does the term complete mean when talking about subject/predicate?
Everything that is connected to either the subject or predicate is included.
Fix the error by changing the part of speech that is incorrect
He was near crying when he found out the news.
He was nearly crying
Change the adjective near to the adverb nearly
What's it called when you have "multiple" subjects?
Compound subject
Which type of sentence is the most common?
Declarative
What type of sentence structure is this?
He batted for the other team, but he was dedicated to ours, in spirit.
Compound
What is the simple predicate in this example?
Was going to the fair.
Was
Which word in the following sentence is an adverb and what is it modifying?
The purely golden moon shone on the stunning city.
Purely is the adverb
It is modifying golden
Why did we draw a cube to learn about prepositions?
Because it was a starting point to show the locations around a cube: above, below, beside, etc.
What type of sentence is this?
I don't know.
Declarative
What type of sentence is this?
Because Tyrone has several allergies, his mom is keeping him at home today.
Complex
What is the simple subject in this example?
Both of the girls
Both
What are all of the conjunctions?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so